Today is the Internet Slowdown, to show support for Net Neutrality.
If you want to participate, you can install the Cat Signal plugin on your WordPress.org site, or enable the setting for your WordPress.com blog.
Tag Archives: WordPress.com
Grepping for Terms on Separate Lines but Near Each Other
I wanted a way to search through the ~200 themes we have on WordPress.com to find out which ones registered sidebar areas for the home page, and this is what I came up with: find . -print0 |xargs -0 grep 'register_sidebar' -s -A 2 |grep 'home\|front' |more That’d have to be customized to fit other […]
How to Create Strong Passwords
We just updated the password advice we give to WordPress.com users so that it focuses on modern techniques like password managers and passphrases. It’s aimed at non-technical users, and very little of it is specific to WordPress.com, so it’s a good resource to share with clients or friends who could use a little nudge towards […]