Jacob McKinney

Passwords are important. Passwords are the first line of defense for most of your data online. Passwords are the biggest threat to your online security.

Like many developers, I often need to find out what the most recent tag is in my git repository, usually, so I can make sure I'm tagging my next hotfix or release properly...

Let’s be honest, the command line is amazing and often saves a TON of time. If you’ve been working in a command line for any amount of time, you’ve likely mentally tucked away several commands that you use frequently. But how can we further optimize the process? Enter Aliases.

Hey there! It's been a while. I’ve done a pretty great job of neglecting this blog for the past several months, but that’s all about to change. I’m getting back into the habit of writing and working on personal projects...

Ready to learn the basics of Gutenberg? Learn the ins and outs as well as useful tips and tricks for publishing content using WordPress’ new editing experience.

This is my first Gutenberg post. Both in topic, and in practice. I have used the Gutenberg editor locally and in testing quite a bit but have been reluctant to install it in a production environment because it wasn't quite ready.

Learn to fully manage your WordPress installation in the command line with WP-CLI and the wp core command.

We've all had to change the default WooCommerce button color once or twice with some extremely redundant CSS. Now you can use some mildly redundant SASS instead.

In this tutorial we use jQuery and flexbox to create a layered navigation effect.

Domain renewals are an easy thing to let slide, especially if a project has stalled and may not continue, but letting a domain expire is almost never worth the risk.

Vagrant and other virtual servers can be great tools for local development. Unfortunately, there's one pesky bug connection error bug that keeps popping up.