How to Display Random Content on Your WordPress Site

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When my client asked about a new page on their WordPress website, a page that would display random content in two sections of the page, I had a number of questions about what they envisioned.

  • What were the goals for the two sections?
  • Was the content already available?
  • Was the content images? Graphs? Videos? Text?
  • Would the content be a mix of text and imagery?
  • Would each piece of content link to another post or page on the client’s site? Or to an external site?
  • What was the expected behavior for the two sections of content?

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Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor

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When my smartphone crashed in January 2019, I quickly discovered the issues involved with having a two-factor authentication method that only sent info to an app on my smartphone.

Since my phone wasn’t working, I couldn’t access many accounts as well as WordPress websites where I depended on authentication from a mobile app.

Argh! Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor

Share Your Favorite Plugin: Media Library Assistant

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As you publish content on your WordPress website, you’re adding images to your Media Library. Over time, your Media Library will grow in size to hundreds, if not thousands of images.

What happens when you want to search for that image of the WordCamp Denver conference you attended last year?

Or the screenshot of a particularly challenging accessibility issue in an application? Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Media Library Assistant