The OWASP Top 10, Translated for WordPress Sites
The OWASP Top 10 is written for web applications in general. Here is what each risk actually looks like on a WordPress site, and the one fix that matters most for each.
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Notes from the forge.
Performance engineering, security hardening, and WordPress operations. Written by the people who run the metal.
Honeypots and Tripwires: Cheap Early Warning for Your Site
Decoy fields, fake endpoints, and canary tokens turn an attacker's reconnaissance into your alert, often before they ever get close to real data.
Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway to Charge for Any Web Resource
Cloudflare has announced a Monetization Gateway that lets site and API owners charge agents or other callers per request using stablecoin payments over the open x402 protocol, with all payment verification handled at the edge.
Automation Recipes: Scheduled Tasks Every Site Should Run
A working set of cron jobs for nightly database maintenance, weekly link checks, cache warming, and status emails, so your WordPress site stays fast and healthy without daily babysitting.
Custom Post Types: Model Anything in WordPress
Pages and posts run out of road fast once your content has structure. Here's when a custom post type is the right tool, how to register one that behaves, and the rewrite-flush mistake that causes almost every '404 on my new CPT' support ticket.
National Grid Backs Joulent with $1.75B to Power AI Data Centers
National Grid Ventures is investing $1.75 billion in power developer Joulent, which builds dedicated generation facilities adjacent to hyperscale AI campuses to bypass strained utility interconnection queues.
Local WordPress Development Environments Compared
Docker-based tools, one-click apps, and command line setups all promise the same thing: a working copy of your site on your laptop. Here is how to pick one, match it to production, and keep it in sync without losing a weekend to configuration drift.
Your First Custom Block: Gutenberg Development Demystified
A practical walkthrough for PHP developers who want to build a real Gutenberg block, from scaffolding with the official toolchain to understanding block.json and shipping a production build.
99.9% vs 99.99%: What Uptime SLAs Really Promise
A single decimal point in an SLA can mean the difference between 43 minutes and 4 minutes of allowed downtime a month. Here is how to read the fine print and what credits actually cover.