Austin Ginder

  • Developers, Talk To Your Codebase!

    AI is here to stay, and the ways that developers make applications are forever changing. There is no return to human-only coding. Moving forward, I’m convinced that the vast majority…

  • Rendering HTML Output with WP-CLI

    Have you ever had an issue with an individual WordPress page or post that required the use of a staging site? I’ve previously explored troubleshooting directly on the production site…

  • Auditing WordPress code with WP-CLI and AI

    Two week ago, Google released their newest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro experimental. This caught my eye for two reasons (🧠 + 💵). First, it’s the most advanced coding model…

  • Unlimited storage for WordPress with B2 and Rclone

    I know there are plugins for offloading WordPress uploads to bucket storage like WP Offload Media or Infinite Uploads. However, I recently wondered if anyone tried using Rclone and Nginx…

  • Experimenting with WordPress Part 1 – Minnow Transmuter

    This post is the first part of a series called “Experimenting with WordPress” If you post something on X about a new WordPress fork – or even a hint of…

  • Meet Disembark

    Over the summer I created Disembark, which is a super simple way to generate a WordPress backup. There are plenty of existing tools for making a WordPress backup like ManageWP,…

  • Common Compatibility Fixes for Elementor 3.26

    Elementor 3.26 was a big update and dropped support for outdated and deprecated code. This resulted in several compatibility issues relating to 3rd party addons made for Elementor. This is…

  • Converting WordPress Uploads to WebP

    There are plenty of options when it comes to optimizing your images. With Kinsta, a single click from their built in CDN and all images will be served out using…

  • It’s Always A Good Time To Fork

    Thoughts

    With the recent WordPress conflict between Automattic and WP Engine, there’s an increased talk about forking WordPress. To that I say, it’s always a good time to fork. Whenever you…

  • Recovering Images from WordPress’ Downscaled Images

    Many years ago WordPress introduce a new method for handling large images. If an image larger then 2560px wide is uploaded then WordPress would generate a scaled down version. These…