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December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

This week's Top 3 Links from Loop WP, Issue 185:

1) Fixing WooCommerce Performance - remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-w...

2) 40% off Barn2 Plugins - barn2.com/ref/1295/?ut...

3) WordPress 6.9 Field Guide - make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11...

Read the full newsletter below. 👇

🚨 Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

This week's Top 3 Links from Loop WP, Issue 185:

1) Fixing WooCommerce Performance - remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-w...

2) 40% off Barn2 Plugins - barn2.com/ref/1295/?ut...

3) WordPress 6.9 Field Guide - make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11...

Read the full newsletter below. 👇

🚨 Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident

November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

A fun email to receive this morning from OpenAI...🫠

openai.com/index/mixpan...

OpenAI shares details about a Mixpanel security incident involving limited API analytics data. No API content, credentials, or payment details were exposed. Learn what happened and how we’re protectin...

openai.com

November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

A fun email to receive this morning from OpenAI...🫠

openai.com/index/mixpan...

What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident

OpenAI shares details about a Mixpanel security incident involving limited API analytics data. No API content, credentials, or payment details were exposed. Learn what happened and how we’re protectin...

openai.com

November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 "Loop WP", Issue 185 is out now!

🎄 In this week's newsletter about WooCommerce and WordPress - Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

Full issue below. 👇

🚨 Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 "Loop WP", Issue 185 is out now!

🎄 In this week's newsletter about WooCommerce and WordPress - Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

Full issue below. 👇

🚨 Are you ready? Prepare your WooCommerce store for the holiday rush with hosting, caching, CDN tips, and faster checkout for higher conversions.

💻 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter about WordPress and WooCommerce. I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🐫 Happy Hump Day! It's Wednesday which means "Loop WP", my latest newsletter about WooCommerce and WordPress drops later today.

⏱️ Landing in inboxes in around 3 hours time!

Feel free to subscribe below. 👇

Loop WP

Portland, Maine (feat. Jordan Davis)

November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

Portland, Maine is 10 years old! 🫠

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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🐫 Happy Hump Day! It's Wednesday which means "Loop WP", my latest newsletter about WooCommerce and WordPress drops later today.

⏱️ Landing in inboxes in around 3 hours time!

Feel free to subscribe below. 👇

Loop WP

💻 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter about WordPress and WooCommerce. I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 This week's Top 3 Links in "All About Email", Issue 217:

1) Bots & Inflated Open Rates - www.linkedin.com/posts/danosh...

2) Inbox Visibility in 2025 - send-it-right.com/blog/inbox-v...

3) Email Design Systems - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGbb...

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🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 This week's Top 3 Links in "All About Email", Issue 217:

1) Bots & Inflated Open Rates - www.linkedin.com/posts/danosh...

2) Inbox Visibility in 2025 - send-it-right.com/blog/inbox-v...

3) Email Design Systems - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGbb...

Read the full newsletter below👇

🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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Develop with Woo

@developer.woocommerce.com

🧪 WooCommerce 10.4 Beta is ready for testing! ✨ Accessibility upgrades for carousels & emails, HPOS data caching gets a hard launch, and REST API requests are now 30-60ms faster 🛒💨
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769354

November 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 Issue 217, of "All About Email" is out now!

🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

Read the full newsletter. 👇

🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🚨 Issue 217, of "All About Email" is out now!

🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

Read the full newsletter. 👇

🤔 Is Email Marketing Too Hard? Email marketing can be overwhelming, but there’s purpose in the craft. A reminder that passion, learning, and community keep us going.

📬 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter "all about email". 😉 I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🎶 It's "just another manic Monday, I wish it were "All About Email" day..."

...and it is! (Thanks, The Bangles)

Need a respite from the BFCM onslaught?

I've got you. 💪

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All About Email

📬 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter "all about email". 😉 I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🎶 It's "just another manic Monday, I wish it were "All About Email" day..."

...and it is! (Thanks, The Bangles)

Need a respite from the BFCM onslaught?

I've got you. 💪

Dropping into inboxes in a few hours.

Feel free to subscribe below.👇

All About Email

🖤 A twist on the obligatory BFCM Edition- Big discounts on plugins, hosting, and tools I use and trust. Includes new, existing, and lifetime offers.

November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

Last day to get this discount! 👇

Simon Harper @srhdesign.co.uk · 11d

🥳 How many companies would do this!

Massive thanks to @beehiiv.com & @tylerdenk.bsky.social 🐝

Want to lock in a discount for this year?

My link gets you:

- 30-day Free Trial
- 20% off for three months

🚨 Or sign up by November 21st and get 20% off annual pricing

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“Email from beehiiv informing Simon that a 20% Black Friday discount will automatically apply to his upcoming annual renewal. The message explains no action is needed, links to the help page and subscription management, and is signed by Tyler Denk, CEO of beehiiv, with small social media icons below.”

November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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Brian Jackson 🌵

@brianleejackson.com

You can now create and manage PHP, JS, CSS, and HTML code snippets from inside Perfmatters! We store and load code snippets using a flat-file method and directly integrate with all of our existing optimization options for the best performance. ⚡

See more here: perfmatters.io/docs/code-sn...

Perfmatters code snippet optimizations and conditions

November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Reposted by Simon Harper

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

This week's Top 3 Links from Loop WP, Issue 184:

1) Ultimate WordPress Debugging - remkusdevries.com/wordpress-de...

2) Get 30% off Novashare - novashare.io/?ref=61&utm_...

3) WordPress Abilities API - developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/11...

Read the full newsletter below. 👇

Issue #184 Loop WP

🖤 A twist on the obligatory BFCM Edition- Big discounts on plugins, hosting, and tools I use and trust. Includes new, existing, and lifetime offers.

November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM

Reposted by Simon Harper

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

🥳 How many companies would do this!

Massive thanks to @beehiiv.com & @tylerdenk.bsky.social 🐝

Want to lock in a discount for this year?

My link gets you:

- 30-day Free Trial
- 20% off for three months

🚨 Or sign up by November 21st and get 20% off annual pricing

www.beehiiv.com/?via=simon-h...

November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM

Simon Harper

@srhdesign.co.uk

This week's Top 3 Links from Loop WP, Issue 184:

1) Ultimate WordPress Debugging - remkusdevries.com/wordpress-de...

2) Get 30% off Novashare - novashare.io/?ref=61&utm_...

3) WordPress Abilities API - developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/11...

Read the full newsletter below. 👇

Issue #184 Loop WP