Cimo Image Optimizer is out-the-park brilliant. Instant - it is INSTANT. Instantly optimized. It's wow. And free. And just wow. wordpress.org/plugins/cimo...

“Front Page Template is in charge,” said WordPress. “Not today,” said I, with a hammer and a plan. Here’s how to make FSE stop hijacking your homepage. donnafontenot.com/make-fse-fro...

I made a simple little scrambled word game. Would love any feedback. anagramblast.com

It’s been ages since I did a “favorite WordPress plugins” post, so here we go: my personal toolkit. ✨ All free in the WP repo ✨ Essentials I use almost everywhere ✨ Situational picks that save my bacon Check it out → donnafontenot.com/my-go-to-wor...

Why are all the companies (yeah, I'm exaggerating but it FEELS like everybody) sending out "we've changed our terms of service" emails the past few days/weeks? Especially AI companies. Leave me alone!

I'm heartbroken. Alan, that conversation we began just a couple of months ago, we'll never get to finish. I really wish you were still here. On the other hand, I am happy that you are so at peace now. <3

Seriously WooCommerce?? Today's 10.1.0 changelog has 200 changes in it? (half of those were fixes...it was that broken?) Oh, I'm not worried that SOMETHING in all that chaos will break, said no one ever.

Life took a sharp turn for me so... want a fully built SaaS with a niche audience & no coding headaches? Webring Studio is live, monetized, & ready for growth. RSS feeds, link rot prevention, customizable widgets — all included. Yours if you want it: webringstudio.com/app-for-sale/

I built a modern take on the classic webring - clean SaaS interface, RSS integration, link rot prevention, customizable widgets, and a niche audience. Now it’s ready for a new steward to take it further. See what’s included: webringstudio.com/app-for-sale

Your mouse didn’t move ... it shimmered! Custom cursor trails were chaotic, laggy, and absolutely iconic. ✨ Relive the sparkle and dive into the glitter glory: webringstudio.com/why-every-site-had-a-cursor-trail #90sWeb #CursorTrails #DigitalGlitter #WebringStudio

You’ve got a site. Maybe even a few. Should you join a webring? This post will walk you through the why and how. No gatekeeping, no weird code, just connection. webringstudio.com/should-you-j... #webrings #howto #indieweb #handmadeweb

Blinkies. Guestbooks. Rainbow dividers. Our old websites were chaotic - and perfect. This isn’t a roast. It’s a love letter to the magic we used to let ourselves have online. webringstudio.com/cringe-spark... #oldweb #webrings #nostalgia #personalweb P.S. Also lemme give a shoutout to South Park!

People say “I miss the old web.” So I built something new that revives what worked back then and fixes what didn’t. Here’s how I rebuilt webrings for 2025: webringstudio.com/we-dont-just... #indieweb #webrings #nostalgia #rebuildingtheweb

This is so freaking adorable…. 🫠 Snuggles… 🥰 🐯 🐯

The world: “Make content that converts.” Me: makes nachos, drinks Boone’s Farm, writes a blog post about the spiritual decay of the internet instead. I regret nothing. donnafontenot.com/rebelling-ag...

Webrings can be static nostalgia or dynamic networks of fresh content. The secret weapon? RSS. Modern webrings aren’t stuck in 1998. webringstudio.com/the-secret-w... #rss #webrings #indieweb #alternativetech

Before likes and hearts, there were guestbooks. Before algorithmic doomscrolling, there were kind strangers leaving notes. A love letter to the lost art of saying "I was here." webringstudio.com/guestbook-gr... #oldweb #guestbooks #digitalnostalgia #indieweb

Gartner says 50% of users will pull back from social this year. People are done being force fed by algos they no longer trust. They want slow, human, real. Modern webrings, anyone? www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/... #WebringStudio #indieweb #digitaltrust

What happens when our digital maps vanish? No search. No browser history. No bookmarks. Could your site still be found? I wrote about resilience, memory, and rediscovering the human web: webringstudio.com/if-browsers-...

Now that we've reached the "it's a hoax" stage, I expect his supporters to finally have their lightbulbs turn on. If not, then we are truly and utterly doomed.

What if search engines become unreliable? The Webring Studio Directory is a "coming to life" directory of indie sites. Right now, it's a little sparse. It needs you so others can discover corners of the web that hit them just right. webringstudio.com/the-webring-... #webrings #indieweb

When Brett Tabke speaks, the SEO world listens. This piece isn’t just a nostalgic sigh. It’s a blueprint for revival. Yahoo-style directories aren’t dead. www.searchengineworld.com/oped-yahoo-2... #webrings #directorycomeback #humanweb #indieweb #WebringStudio

The web isn't dead. It's just been quietly waiting for someone to light a match. Webring Studio is now live - and like any newborn, it’s a little squishy and full of potential. Be one of the first to shape it. 👉 webringstudio.com/we-are-live-... #indieweb #webrings #bringbacktheweb #webdesign

First feature request: “Can RSS feeds show images?” Me: Yes. Added. Implemented. Glorious. Your webring now shines a little brighter. webringstudio.com

Tired of doomscrolling whatever the algorithm shoves at you? I miss the old web when discovery was human, weird, and joyful. So I built something: Webring Studio. Modern tools. Retro soul. Even RSS. It's early. Help it grow. Let's make the web human again. webringstudio.com #indieweb #retronet

I've been working hard on a project and have been using TickTick to plan my daily tasks. Came up for air today and decided to how many tasks I've completed since I started using a todo app. 246. That's the amount of things I've gotten crossed off the list in 2 weeks. And these weren't tiny tasks.

This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)

Life gets real between paychecks, so I’m running a quick flash sale this week. Starting at just $30 gets you: – A website fix – A blog post or content cleanup – A polished email or social caption – etc If it helps you shine online, I’ll write or fix it. Fast, friendly, professional. DM or comment

There are some gems of mashups out there. "Break on Through (to the Funky Side) is a great one. Doors mashed up with The Temptations. It works really well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY25...

I love vibe coding!

Created a new site and dreaded writing the alt text for all the images. I decided to try an AI alt text generator #WordPress plugin and assumed I would need to do a fair amount of work to fix anything it got wrong. But y'all, it was perfect! Amazing. alttext.ai/r/1sjr I couldn't have done better.

Hey #WordPress #Woocomerce folks... Why oh why does the shop page not have the option to sort by category? Actually, I don't care why so much. I really need to know how to make it so! Ideas?

Some may not want to hear this but if you are in a marketing department, start learning something new. From what I've been experiencing this last week, AI will destroy most marketing jobs. Great for the people who can't afford to hire marketers. Disastrous for the marketers. Five years...tops.

Stable, Skilled, and Underpaid: 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey Shows Growth Slowing, Optimism Holding www.therepository.email/stable-skill...

Working on a new project. Haven't been this jazzed about a personal website in many years.

Why won't chatgpt make a Ghibli-style image for me like it has for everyone else? I uploaded a photo of me and my girlfriend, and it replied that:

Are any SEOs out there using AI to analyze a Google sheet that includes keyword volume, average position, and number of URL sessions to see which are the top URLs in the list? If so, which AI tool do you use and what kind of prompt would you write? Thanks, y'all. #SEO #AI

One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.

Wellp, it was only a matter of time and circumstance before someone or a group of people filed a class action lawsuit against Automattic and or Matt Mullenweg storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

There’s no off switch. Sorry, but you are stuck with it on the ON setting forever. Wondering what I’m talking about? Indulge me, while I tell you a little story. Once upon a time, 44 years ago, I frequently hid from the cops. Why? Because I wasn’t alone in my car, driving through the streets […]

Snow in the deep, deep south! Wow! It's not often we get to see this in Southeast Louisiana. Had to take the obligatory video as proof that it happened. :)

As I've been testing various web building solutions, it occurred to me that it would be a real pain in the ass to not have a huge number of plugins available at my fingertips to do practically anything I might want to do on a website. And that is the true power of WordPress. There are better

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Well this is kind of exciting. Or at least intriguing. new.drupal.org/drupal-cms All new. Nothing like the Drupal everyone already knows about.

Am I the only one who feels the need to apologize to the chat bot for making it work so hard. It answers one prompt, and I just keep making it do more and more. By now, that thing is probably wanting to say, "Damn beeotch, you don't pay me enough to make me work this hard"! Like, I feel really bad.

Sigh... just noticed when I google my name, I have a short little knowledge panel, with info about me and my novel, but with a photo of some other woman named Donna Fontenot. Boo, Google. Boo.