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I wanted visitors on WebberZone.com and ajaydsouza.com to have a clear visual signal when a link was about to take them off-site. The difference between an internal link and an outbound one isn’t always obvious, especially with descriptive anchor text. I also like building plugins, so I built WebberZone Link Warnings to handle it. This…
Readers who finish an article don’t always leave immediately. They’re often looking for what to read next. The problem is that WordPress doesn’t surface that content for them by default — it leaves them to go looking, and most won’t bother. That’s a missed opportunity. A reader who has just finished an article is the…
If you’re developing WordPress sites locally with Laravel Herd, testing email functionality can be awkward. Emails sent from a local environment do not actually reach real inboxes, which makes it harder to test features such as password resets, contact forms, or notification emails. This is where MailHog fits in neatly. MailHog is a developer tool…

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by Ajay D'Souza on HeroPress.com
In October 2023, I will complete 20 years of my association with WordPress. What started as an experiment soon became an integral part of my life. Hi! I am Ajay D’Souza. I am the author of several completely free WordPress plugins, and this is my WordPress story. In the beginning… I vaguely recall always having…
Here are the events I've attended and ones I'll be attending in the future (in bold).
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Total: 3
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