Donna Fontenot

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Today's WP plugin changelog annoyance: 64 fixes 31 adds 25 updates 27 dev 9 tweaks 11 performance 6 enhancements for a total of 173 changes in the changelog of one plugin. Y'all...I just can't.

Trump / White House issues presidential memorandum listing all international organizations, conventions, and treaties the US will withdraw from "that are contrary to the interests of the United States". www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

176 items in today's Woo plugin changelog... 176. Imagine if one of these changes broke a site and your job was to figure out which one. I hate these kinds of changelogs. They make me really nervous.

WordPress agencies and others who create sites for clients... I'm curious how everyone handles setting up payment connections for the client. Like, connecting to Stripe or Paypal via Woocommerce or other cart system. Do you walk the client through the connection process or somehow do it for them?

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...

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.

The new website is finally here for Unleash the Wapuu! Go check it out and then grab yourself a copy of the game... 🐾🃏 #WordPress #Wapuu #UnleashTheWapuu unleashthewapuu.com

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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. :)

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.

Why don't my WordPress cover blocks with a background show the background on mobile? Tried deactivating all plugins, changed themes, deleted cache, used different browsers, & a different host. Is this a universal problem? Example url: donnafontenot.com/about-donna-... Looks fine on desktop resized.

I made a "WordPress Carol." Silly, I know, but hey, we all need a break every once in a while. 😃 🎄🎁🦌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvB... #WordPress #HolidayWishes