#How Works WordPress?

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

Happy birthday, Shele Pinizzotto! (April 2, 1947 – February 4, 2014)

Honoring Shele today, without whom the hard rock/blues rock '70s band Birtha would not have rocked quite as hard (especially considering she was the rhythm/lead guitarist in the four piece band - and what a fabulous guitarist, at that)! My hope is that 2025 (at least) is the year of the Birtha renaissance, when people discover (or even re-discover!) what a good hard rock band Birtha was, and how important it is still to appreciate the awesome music they gifted to us and to recognize how hard these four musicians worked to make the fabulous music that we better either head-bang or dance to (or both) forevermore. BIRTHA ROCKS! 🤘

[wanderestless]

write on the black lives matter movement in ways that make liberals uncomfortable: get your blog banned and vilified as a 'russian psyop', which @staff has never addressed afaik.

be black and trans with a blog: get your blog banned due to racist & transphobic reporting and hard-to-miss transphobic moderation

comment too loudly on obvious transphobic discrimination: get your blog banned with no warning or explanation, then get harassed by the ceo of tumblr

comment on shockingly inappropriate and law-breaking level of personal harassment by the ceo of tumblr: get your blog banned with no warning or explanation

and the cherry on top is 'hello fellow kids, we already sold your data, artwork, writing, and personal diaries but we promise we can un-sell it! we just need every single user to tell us they don't want their data scraped, because we assume everyone wants their privacy violated!'

[gottaarc]

Building my website rn and I am reminded that I know ~nothing~ about custom css

[syssyadmin]

mods are asleep (laid off) time to report every single ad you see in hopes that some type of automod stops showing them

[tinyclowndancer]

I'M BACK

...but Tumblr is still blocked on residential internet and I don't want to risk getting flagged by the spam filter again for using VPN, so let's hope reporting my ISP to our National Telecommunication Agency does something. At least this blog isn't restricted anymore; thanks for those who interacted with my test posts (you did help) and T&S team for fixing the issue! ✨

I'll be doing artistic and scientific collaborations at Oceanview in the meantime. See ya around. 🍹

[digitaldeeptech]

Must-Have Programmatic SEO Tools for Superior Rankings

Understanding Programmatic SEO

What is programmatic SEO?

Programmatic SEO uses automated tools and scripts to scale SEO efforts. In contrast to traditional SEO, where huge manual efforts were taken, programmatic SEO extracts data and uses automation for content development, on-page SEO element optimization, and large-scale link building. This is especially effective on large websites with thousands of pages, like e-commerce platforms, travel sites, and news portals.

The Power of SEO Automation

The automation within SEO tends to consume less time, with large content levels needing optimization. Using programmatic tools, therefore, makes it easier to analyze vast volumes of data, identify opportunities, and even make changes within the least period of time available. This thus keeps you ahead in the competitive SEO game and helps drive more organic traffic to your site.

Top Programmatic SEO Tools

1. Screaming Frog SEO Spider

The Screaming Frog is a multipurpose tool that crawls websites to identify SEO issues. Amongst the things it does are everything, from broken links to duplication of content and missing metadata to other on-page SEO problems within your website. Screaming Frog shortens a procedure from thousands of hours of manual work to hours of automated work.

Example: It helped an e-commerce giant fix over 10,000 broken links and increase their organic traffic by as much as 20%.

2. Ahrefs

Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO tool that helps you understand your website performance, backlinks, and keyword research. The site audit shows technical SEO issues, whereas its keyword research and content explorer tools help one locate new content opportunities.

Example: A travel blog that used Ahrefs for sniffing out high-potential keywords and updating its existing content for those keywords grew search visibility by 30%.

3. SEMrush

SEMrush is the next well-known, full-featured SEO tool with a lot of features related to keyword research, site audit, backlink analysis, and competitor analysis. Its position tracking and content optimization tools are very helpful in programmatic SEO.

Example: A news portal leveraged SEMrush to analyze competitor strategies, thus improving their content and hoisting themselves to the first page of rankings significantly.

4. Google Data Studio

Google Data Studio allows users to build interactive dashboards from a professional and visualized perspective regarding SEO data. It is possible to integrate data from different sources like Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and third-party tools while tracking SEO performance in real-time.

Example: Google Data Studio helped a retailer stay up-to-date on all of their SEO KPIs to drive data-driven decisions that led to a 25% organic traffic improvement.

5. Python

Python, in general, is a very powerful programming language with the ability to program almost all SEO work. You can write a script in Python to scrape data, analyze huge datasets, automate content optimization, and much more.

Example: A marketing agency used Python for thousands of product meta-description automations. This saved the manual time of resources and improved search rank.

The How for Programmatic SEO

Step 1: In-Depth Site Analysis

Before diving into programmatic SEO, one has to conduct a full site audit. Such technical SEO issues, together with on-page optimization gaps and opportunities to earn backlinks, can be found with tools like Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, and SEMrush.

Step 2: Identify High-Impact Opportunities

Use the data collected to figure out the biggest bang-for-buck opportunities. Look at those pages with the potential for quite a high volume of traffic, but which are underperforming regarding the keywords focused on and content gaps that can be filled with new or updated content.

Step 3: Content Automation

This is one of the most vital parts of programmatic SEO. Scripts and tools such as the ones programmed in Python for the generation of content come quite in handy for producing significant, plentiful, and high-quality content in a short amount of time. Ensure no duplication of content, relevance, and optimization for all your target keywords.

Example: An e-commerce website generated unique product descriptions for thousands of its products with a Python script, gaining 15% more organic traffic.

Step 4: Optimize on-page elements

Tools like Screaming Frog and Ahrefs can also be leveraged to find loopholes for optimizing the on-page SEO elements. This includes meta titles, meta descriptions, headings, or even adding alt text for images. Make these changes in as effective a manner as possible.

Step 5: Build High-Quality Backlinks

Link building is one of the most vital components of SEO. Tools to be used in this regard include Ahrefs and SEMrush, which help identify opportunities for backlinks and automate outreach campaigns. Begin to acquire high-quality links from authoritative websites.

Example: A SaaS company automated its link-building outreach using SEMrush, landed some wonderful backlinks from industry-leading blogs, and considerably improved its domain authority. ### Step 6: Monitor and Analyze Performance

Regularly track your SEO performance on Google Data Studio. Analyze your data concerning your programmatic efforts and make data-driven decisions on the refinement of your strategy.

See Programmatic SEO in Action

50% Win in Organic Traffic for an E-Commerce Site

Remarkably, an e-commerce electronics website was undergoing an exercise in setting up programmatic SEO for its product pages with Python scripting to enable unique meta descriptions while fixing technical issues with the help of Screaming Frog. Within just six months, the experience had already driven a 50% rise in organic traffic.

A Travel Blog Boosts Search Visibility by 40%

Ahrefs and SEMrush were used to recognize high-potential keywords and optimize the content on their travel blog. By automating updates in content and link-building activities, it was able to set itself up to achieve 40% increased search visibility and more organic visitors.

User Engagement Improvement on a News Portal

A news portal had the option to use Google Data Studio to make some real-time dashboards to monitor their performance in SEO. Backed by insights from real-time dashboards, this helped them optimize the content strategy, leading to increased user engagement and organic traffic.

Challenges and Solutions in Programmatic SEO

Ensuring Content Quality

Quality may take a hit in the automated process of creating content. Therefore, ensure that your automated scripts can produce unique, high-quality, and relevant content. Make sure to review and fine-tune the content generation process periodically.

Handling Huge Amounts of Data

Dealing with huge amounts of data can become overwhelming. Use data visualization tools such as Google Data Studio to create dashboards that are interactive, easy to make sense of, and result in effective decision-making.

Keeping Current With Algorithm Changes

Search engine algorithms are always in a state of flux. Keep current on all the recent updates and calibrate your programmatic SEO strategies accordingly. Get ahead of the learning curve by following industry blogs, attending webinars, and taking part in SEO forums.

Future of Programmatic SEO

The future of programmatic SEO seems promising, as developing sectors in artificial intelligence and machine learning are taking this space to new heights. Developing AI-driven tools would allow much more sophisticated automation of tasks, thus making things easier and faster for marketers to optimize sites as well.

There are already AI-driven content creation tools that can make the content to be written highly relevant and engaging at scale, multiplying the potential of programmatic SEO.

Conclusion

Programmatic SEO is the next step for any digital marketer willing to scale up efforts in the competitive online landscape. The right tools and techniques put you in a position to automate key SEO tasks, thus optimizing your website for more organic traffic. The same goals can be reached more effectively and efficiently if one applies programmatic SEO to an e-commerce site, a travel blog, or even a news portal.

[iwouldliketoeatrandy]

Fun fact: did you know the US government has been awarding Automattic Inc. millions of dollars since 2021 which will run until December of 2024? Specifically, the presidential office has been funding tumblr.

Automattic Inc. bought tumblr in 2019.

Do you know who else funded Automattic Inc. in 2019 some $70,000? The US Department of Defense.

[tardis--dreams]

Feeling homicidal at work today ♡

[maleficore]

All this coding just keeps bringing back memories of my internship and god I can't believe 18 year old me set up 2 whole ass websites from nearly the ground up in 2.5 days almost entirely ON MY OWN, adding last tweaks like 15 minutes before a huge launch event FOR FREE.

They used my autism against me...

[galsinspace]

I always go down weird rabbitholes reading random stuff online but I thought this was really funny lol. All from one long blog post

[seven-thewanderer]

yall, remind me so I don’t forget:

I am going to make a new side blog for my Flower Cows (since the old one’s a mess)

[dashcon-two]

DashCon 2 Venue Announcement, Vendor's Hall, and More!

The DashCon 2 team is thrilled to announce the concrete answers to all your biggest questions. Where it is, when it is, how to buy tickets, and more. You ready?

TL;DR

Where: DashCon 2 will be held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in North York, Toronto

When: July 5th, 2025

What: Tickets will go live on February 22nd. Vendor Applications will be open on February 1st, and Panelist Applications on February 10th.

Our Venue!!

[6 Sakura Way, North York, ON M3C 1Z5]

Image belongs to Bartman905 on Wordpress

The JCCC has previously hosted plenty of other fan conventions, notably the Anime North Halloween Event and Pretty Heroes. Given their experience with convention hosting and gorgeous venue space, we think they’re the perfect fit.

So, why did this take so long?

Well… the JCCC wasn’t our first pick. Our first pick, who we won’t name, dropped us unexpectedly after months of negotiations. Why? Original DashCon’s reputation. We literally got DashCon’d before the convention had even started!!

While we were expecting this and had backup plans, we were blindsided by a rejection this late into the negotiation process. After reaching out to our other contacts, we settled on the JCCC, but we had to restart the entire process. So much of our planning had to be restarted or paused, which set us way behind schedule. Naturally, we didn’t want to say anything about losing our venue spot until we’d adequately replaced it.

We’re happy to say that the Classic DashCon Venue Struggle is over and done with - and our rental with the JCCC is paid in advance. No $17k hostage situation necessary.

However, all this provokes another obvious question: why did you go public with the project when you hadn’t signed with the venue yet? In short: Strange Aeons’ DashCon: An Extensive Oral History video. We were already knee-deep in the project behind the scenes before finding out she was making a YouTube video about DashCon, pushing the story into the public eye again. The team was concerned that declaring we were organizing DashCon 2 soon after Strange Aeons’ video would imply it was a rush-job inspired by her video. We were far enough along in the initial venue negotiations that we decided to go public with the video rather than after it.

Date & Time

DashCon 2 will be held for one day: Saturday, 5th July 2025. We alluded to using the same weekend as the original DashCon when we first went public, but unfortunately this date wasn’t available at our venue. This does mean it’s pretty close to the American 4th of July - in our defense, we didn’t really think of that, we’re Canadian.

The convention will open to the public at 9:30 AM and close at 9:30 PM. All this information and more will be available on our website.

(These hours may be subject to minor changes, please always check our website for our most recent info!)

Admission

Ticket sales to in-person DashCon 2 will open on Feb 22nd! Mark your calendars…

We’ll be processing ticket sales through Simpli Events, an all-Canadian competitor to Eventbrite. You can click here to find the events page.

We’re working on the feasibility of expanding DashCon 2 into a hybrid event, with live-streams of the most anticipated panels/events and some other informal online panels hosted on a private Discord. More information on those will come at a later date.

Vendor and Panel Applications

DashCon 2’s Artist Alley/Vendor's Hall is a space for independent artisans who create print media, handmade crafts, or other merchandise. If you want the opportunity to sell your merchandise at DashCon 2, then you’ll be excited to learn that vendor applications will open on February 1st!

Please see www.dashcontwo.com/dealers-hall/ for more details about tables, prices, and merchandise. The link to the application form will be posted there.

We’re also happy to say that we’re opening panel applications on February 10th! We have a few guest panellists already lined up (including a few we can’t talk about yet), but we’re excited to open applications to everyone with a good idea! All DashCon 2 panels will be moderated by our volunteer team, and we’ll put out more info soon about volunteer sign-ups!

[nokingsonlyfooles]

Ha. Aha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaa...

The links don't work on the Front Page template! Well, sure! Who needs links on their front page? That would be a silly feature! I don't need a working menu for any reason! You don't actually want to READ anything when you come to my site, right? RIGHT?

🤣

God help me, I thought WP's Query Loop blocks were broken, but I had a brainwave and tried them on a regular page. They work fine!

I have severely scaled back the 3rd party stuff and I'm working almost entirely with WP's own blocks and their latest theme. (The few things I have are all tested with my version and I really can't do without them. They're supposed to play together!) It should WORK, right? Why would they go public with that stuff and start tearing up their existing editor with all kinds of new options that I can't set correctly unless I use the site editor IF IT DIDN'T WORK?

It would be generous to call this a beta test and they're NOT.

I have no good options. WP keeps updating to add more features (and fixes, I assume) for the site editor, and the themes and blocks designed for the old customizer are all struggling to keep up. And I wind up with old pages and posts that lack values that the updates are looking for. So they either assign me a default value, a value of zero, or a random one, and of course they don't tell me. Things just break and I gotta plug input into a black box that lies to me on the backend until it spits out what I want on the frontend.

The new editor seems resistant to letting a person work in HTML at all. I used to be able to toggle it on and off and now in places it's either hidden or gone. All blocks all the time, baby! Haha, yeah. That wouldn't be a problem if they just worked like you said they did!

I rebuilt the whole site from scratch less than two years ago because I thought that would clear up all the errors from outdated code. That did not work like I wanted! It's so much worse now!!

If I keep fixing it in the old editor, it's going to keep breaking. But the new editor doesn't work. I mean, the old editor barely worked either, so I get why they need a new one, but it needs to work. I need more than just a static page and a storefront. I need complex text that work on mobile and desktop and is as accessible as possible - because I don't want to be a total jerk to people who have worse eyes than I do.

They're giving me features that were difficult or impossible to code before. For example, I can finally take the air out of Milo's cards with a basic Paragraph block. But, dear god, as a result of that NOTHING is basic anymore.

The default image displays with rounded corners now and it doesn't bother to tell you the value is set to round the corners. It just looks blank, null, but you actually have to set it to zero - you have to type in a number or drag the slider all the way to one end to make it produce corners. EVERY TIME. You need to do a similar thing to set the "padding" and "margins" to zero - you have to set them to one and then drag them back. Ah, except when it comes to the Content block, which SHOULD have an automatic margin because it looks like hell without one. You can't give that thing a margin AT ALL. You have to select all the content on each individual page or post, group it, and give it a margin that way. I think there's a default template for everything, and they're probably all available to edit but god only knows if the edits will match on the frontend.

I can fix the front page. I don't have the energy now, but I deleted the template and set it to a static page via the old editor, which still has some necessary features on it and is still available on every (I think?) theme that uses the site editor. Wow. When the new editor comes packaged with the old one, that really inspires confidence. I'm sure it's fine, It MUST work like it supposed to, I'm probably just terrible at websites. Anyway, since the Query Loop works on a "normal" page, (hahahaaaaa everything is templates now, what even is "normal"?) axing the template ought to fix it. And I don't need more than one front page anyways, so to hell with the template.

...Until I get another damn update that forces me to use it, god knows when.

[autolenaphilia]

God, Matt Mullenweg is a dumbass. He could just have let his staff ban predstrogen, ignore her harassment and kept quiet, and he would have gotten away with it. She is a trans woman and people literally get away with murdering us, and the majority of the people who care are fellow trans women. Don't get me wrong, he will likely still get away with it, but he made this a bigger problem for him than it would have been otherwise.

Like this is more evidence that rich people are not smarter, they are often quite dumb. They don't work harder, and have quite easy jobs. Matt at this point has one of the easiest jobs in history, just let the money from wordpress being 40% of the internet roll into his bank account and relax. And he still managed to fuck that up.

That's because he took the quite minor controversy over Predstrogen being repeatedly banned personally for some reason. I'm not sure why, probably he thought his site being accused of transmisogynic moderation practices was a blow to his self-image as a cool tolerant dude.

And then he proved the critics point by repeatedly misgendering her, and singling her out by him, the ceo of tumblr, personally justifying her being banned. And then arguing about it with randos in replies and even dms. Like he points out himself that "We generally do not comment on individual cases." That's generally a good policy for a ceo of a social media site to have, Matt, don't ever make an exception to it, no matter how upset you are about "misinformation" that you are a transmisogynist.

Like his company's PR team must have been literally asleep or off the clock, or he didn't consult with them beforehand, because if they were in any way competent they would have told him what a bad idea this was.

[jesuisgourde]

i spent essentially all day building my bibliography for my writeup. i still have like 50 more pages to go through

[transmandrake]

Hmmm... it would be sort of fun and a learning experience to try and recreate as much of my own site to neocities as possible... but also a tremendous waste of time when ive, yknow, already made it.

Gotta say the pricing of it is surprisingly... high?

I pay €60 a year (albeit on a legacy plan... wonder when they'll boot me from it...) for a full website with servers and emails and neocities is also €60 for just the website...? The storage and bandwidth is very generous, and yes of course the fact its free by default means paying is more like a bonus than a proper bundle, but still. I hope people know that that's what they're getting, because paying for hosting isn't just the website itself, and that seems to be all that neocities gives you.

I dream wistfully of something with the freedom of coding yourself but the ease of use of a website builder... Did you know I had to install 3 add-ons to make boxes on my wordpress site. You can do it by default now but why the fuck could I not do that without 3 add-ons 4 years ago. Why. Took me like 5 minutes to do in html so its not like its a new thing. Whyyyy

...Boggles the mind that websites, the web itself even, just dont have commenting or accounts built into them. Probably one of the single biggest reasons i use wordpress. Many times I have wanted to comment on a site and given up because I forget my disqus or whatever 5 hosts there are's log in every time and figuring it out is not worth typing 'i love this! Great work!' And hitting send. Its also so damn ugly looking.

I would whine more but I should sleep... if anyone wants to hear more probably uneducated opinions about web hosting lemme know