plugin Archives - Rob Cottingham

In praise of laziness… and Duplicator, a free plugin for moving WordPress sites around

by Rob Cottingham | May 1, 2015 | Technology

Everyone cheers a robust work ethic. But laziness deserves a little time in the sun, too. The desire to duck drudgery drives countless innovations. If necessity is the mother of invention, then laziness is the sperm donor. Life lesson: if you find yourself doing a...

Doodlecasting: cartoons via RSS

by Rob Cottingham | Jun 7, 2007 | Cartoons, Technology

I wanted to make my cartoons available via RSS, which I thought would be a fairly straightforward proposition… but not so, it turns out. Out of the box, there’s apparently no way to have WordPress make images automatically available as RSS enclosures â€“...

Spam score: Spammers 1, Akisment 68

by Rob Cottingham | Jan 28, 2006 | Blogging

If you’re being tortured by comment spam on your WordPress blog, have a look at Akismet, the plugin from the folks who brought you, well, WordPress. The secret sauce: cooperation. Akismet relies on clever folks like you and me to help teach it what is and...