Cimo Image Optimizer is out-the-park brilliant. Instant - it is INSTANT. Instantly optimized. It's wow. And free. And just wow. wordpress.org/plugins/cimo...

“Front Page Template is in charge,” said WordPress.
“Not today,” said I, with a hammer and a plan.
Here’s how to make FSE stop hijacking your homepage.
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I made a simple little scrambled word game. Would love any feedback. anagramblast.com

It’s been ages since I did a “favorite WordPress plugins” post, so here we go: my personal toolkit.
✨ All free in the WP repo
✨ Essentials I use almost everywhere
✨ Situational picks that save my bacon
Check it out → donnafontenot.com/my-go-to-wor...

Why are all the companies (yeah, I'm exaggerating but it FEELS like everybody) sending out "we've changed our terms of service" emails the past few days/weeks? Especially AI companies. Leave me alone!

I'm heartbroken. Alan, that conversation we began just a couple of months ago, we'll never get to finish. I really wish you were still here. On the other hand, I am happy that you are so at peace now. <3

Well when they go completely authoritarian and the American people try to flee, then the black on our side of the wall might come into play.

Seriously WooCommerce?? Today's 10.1.0 changelog has 200 changes in it? (half of those were fixes...it was that broken?) Oh, I'm not worried that SOMETHING in all that chaos will break, said no one ever.

I usually say “You’ve lost your mind again, buddy. Here’s a recap of our progress to this point. Stay on track or I’m walking away!” (Definitely would scare it into submission cuz I know it would miss me). 😃

Life took a sharp turn for me so... want a fully built SaaS with a niche audience & no coding headaches?

Webring Studio is live, monetized, & ready for growth. RSS feeds, link rot prevention, customizable widgets — all included.

Yours if you want it: webringstudio.com/app-for-sale/

Go get ‘em!

I built a modern take on the classic webring - clean SaaS interface, RSS integration, link rot prevention, customizable widgets, and a niche audience.

Now it’s ready for a new steward to take it further.

See what’s included: webringstudio.com/app-for-sale

Ha! Love it! Here's what it gave me:

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Your mouse didn’t move ... it shimmered! Custom cursor trails were chaotic, laggy, and absolutely iconic.

✨ Relive the sparkle and dive into the glitter glory:

webringstudio.com/why-every-site-had-a-cursor-trail

#90sWeb #CursorTrails #DigitalGlitter #WebringStudio

Ha, yeah, I've been an SEO and web designer for longer than the moon has existed, so it's a blind habit I guess. :)

I didn't want anyone to feel tied to it. I wanted them to be able to self-host their rings if they wanted to. If I did that wrong, happy to discuss.

It's very possible I got something wrong. The object was that if my site went down and went away, I wanted to make sure people could still host their webrings themselves. There are advantages to choosing the free hosted version because they get in the directory, have management tools, etc. but...

This is insanely cool!

You’ve got a site. Maybe even a few.

Should you join a webring? This post will walk you through the why and how. No gatekeeping, no weird code, just connection.

webringstudio.com/should-you-j...

#webrings #howto #indieweb #handmadeweb

Blinkies. Guestbooks. Rainbow dividers. Our old websites were chaotic - and perfect. This isn’t a roast. It’s a love letter to the magic we used to let ourselves have online.

webringstudio.com/cringe-spark...

#oldweb #webrings #nostalgia #personalweb

P.S. Also lemme give a shoutout to South Park!

People say “I miss the old web.” So I built something new that revives what worked back then and fixes what didn’t.

Here’s how I rebuilt webrings for 2025:

webringstudio.com/we-dont-just...

#indieweb #webrings #nostalgia #rebuildingtheweb

This is so freaking adorable…. 🫠
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯

The world: “Make content that converts.”

Me: makes nachos, drinks Boone’s Farm, writes a blog post about the spiritual decay of the internet instead.

I regret nothing.

donnafontenot.com/rebelling-ag...

Webrings can be static nostalgia or dynamic networks of fresh content. The secret weapon? RSS.

Modern webrings aren’t stuck in 1998.

webringstudio.com/the-secret-w...

#rss #webrings #indieweb #alternativetech