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Small Tools Big

We had a recent request to put out an update for a free tool for WordPress that has a small user base. The tool is really useful but is not well-known. What it does is to substitute keywords in your pages with links – it does this automatically, based on a set of keywords and […]

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WordPress and WooCommerce Compatibility Requirements – June 2023

As of this month, we are updating relevant WordPress plugins and WooCommerce extensions to meet the following minimum version requirements and version compatibilities: WordPress 6.2 compatible WooCommerce 7.8 compatible PHP 8.x compatible WooCommerce HPOS compatible Minimum WordPress 6.0 required Minimum WooCommerce 7.4 required Minimum PHP 7.2 required Our first new update to cover these is […]

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WordPress Database Collation Troubles

WordPress Database Collation Troubles

If you ever come across this kind of error message in your WordPress debug.log (assuming that you have debugging enabled) … WordPress database error Illegal mix of collations (utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8mb4_unicode_ci,IMPLICIT) … … then you have a query that involves tables which have clashing collations. In my case, one table used utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci for a row […]

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Elefant

The unsettling Truth about the Global Unset

In PHP, there is a pitfall when using unset on a global variable within the scope of a function or method. When referred to using the global keyword within a function, unset will not destroy the global variable within the global scope. global $banana; $banana = ‘yellow’; function monkey() { global $banana; unset( $banana ); […]

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Free Lunch Optimizations

Free Lunch Optimizations

Looking at a recent support request which involves issues with an “optimization” plugin, it reminds me of why we assertively recommend to avoid using any generic optimization plugins … like the plague! From lots of years of experience in providing support for our tools, there are countless cases of issues caused by “optimization plugins”. Experience […]

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The Power of Newsletters

Newsletters are a popular way of reaching your audience. You can add this powerful communication tool to your WordPress site with the Groups Newsletters extension. A newsletter allows you to write meaningful content and provide it to your audience in an easy and automated way. Write one or more stories, combine them into a newsletter […]

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Feedback we love and good Ideas

While attending several requests related to our plugins on WordPress, I was delighted to see new awesome feedback and rating on our Groups plugin and the support we provide for it: Excellent support – I have to say, these things provide a huge motivation to me and everyone involved in making the Groups ecosystem better […]

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Silence is Golden, Debugging is Silver

How to adjust PHP error reporting for WordPress Debugging It’s important to be aware of any issues in your code when you develop for WordPress. But sometimes, too much information is just … too much. Here is an efficient way of choosing which notices are important to you and which are not. When you develop […]

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