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The “Pro” version of Broken Link Checker has been discontinued. All features that were previously paid-only have been merged into the free version. This includes (among others):

Internationalized domain name support.
The ability to check embedded videos from popular video hosting sites (e.g. YouTube).
The ability to check links to popular file […] Continue Reading…

Today I was going to post a new WordPress plugin. I had the screenshots prepared, the .zip archive uploaded, and a halfway decent headline already in mind. The customary anxiousness of being faced with a blank text field was also setting in, and with it the usual doubts – […] Continue Reading…

If you run a WordPress site, chances are that you use plugins. If you use plugins, chances are that some of those plugins add their JavaScript or CSS files to your pages. And if there’s lots of JS/CSS on your pages, chances are that your site isn’t as fast […] Continue Reading…

Tor AutoSwitcher is a free utility that automatically switches Tor  to a new identity every 10 minutes. The time interval is configurable.

In case you’re wondering what the hell “Tor” is and why would anyone care about “switching” their identity, here’s a relevant quote from the Tor article Wikipedia:
Tor is […] Continue Reading…

When another blogger links to one of your posts, you usually get an automatic notification known as a pingback. But when someone links to your homepage, there is no such notification*. This is because WordPress accepts only pingbacks sent to specific posts. Even if the person linking to you […] Continue Reading…