Jeff Starr

@perishable
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Digital Nomad. Web Developer. Full Stack. Traveler. Hearts WordPress. Vanlife. Photographer. Book author. Minimalist. Writes tutorials on Apache/.htaccess, security, performance, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL. AI/LLM enthusiast. Enjoys graphic design, DIY publishing, digital art, drawing, painting, music, and delicious food :)

Online since 1999.

Perishable Presshttps://perishablepress.com
Monzilla Mediahttps://monzillamedia.com
Plugin Planethttps://plugin-planet.com
Code Snippetshttps://wp-mix.com
Jeff Starr7h ago
⚡ How to Disable All Automatic Updates (WordPress Core, Plugins, and Themes) https://digwp.com/2026/03/disable-all-automatic-updates/ #WordPress
Jeff Starr1d ago
🚀 Very excited to launch my latest #WordPress #plugin: REST Pro Tools 🛠️ https://plugin-planet.com/rest-pro-tools/
Show threadJeff StarrMar 3
So I figured out what's up w/ the new colors.. they're from the current "Modern" color scheme, which has been around forever. For WP 7.0 they are swapping the "Default" fresh blue palette w/ the harsher "Modern" palette. Good news is you can change it back via your user profile.
Jeff StarrMar 3
Perfect example of how too many ads completely ruin a web page (before and after).
Jeff StarrFeb 28

👉 Two great (and free) sites for grabbing #emojis, icons, symbols, and special characters on the fly:

No ads, no popups, just awesome and free:
https://symbl.revend.group

Also great but has a giant popup cookie banner that breaks flow:
https://copychar.cc

Jeff StarrFeb 23
Testing #WordPress 7.0 beta, not loving the new link color in Admin Area 🫤
Jeff StarrFeb 4
When a bug flies into my office
Jeff StarrJan 27
😎 Spent some quality time on this update for Contact Form X ⚡ Version 3.0 refactors all CSS/JavaScript, improves cookies, adds three custom fields (choose text, phone, radio, select, checkbox), and much more. Completely free and open source forever, get it @ https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-x/ #WordPress #plugin
Jeff StarrJan 21

☕ Fresh updates for all of my #books now available ⚡ New versions feature many improvements, including updated links, new resources, better formatting, and more. As always, book owners can download the latest versions and all extras for FREE 😎 https://books.perishablepress.com/ #WordPress #webdev #htaccess #sql

📖 .htaccess made easy
📖 Digging Into WordPress
📖 The Tao of WordPress
📖 Wizard’s SQL Recipes
📖 WordPress Themes In Depth

Jeff StarrJan 20
🧙‍♀️ Finally cooked up a proper PDF demo for Wizard's SQL Recipes for WordPress https://books.perishablepress.com/wp/wp-content/demos/Wizards-SQL-Recipes-WordPress_DEMO.pdf #WordPress #SQL #book