Alex Standiford

Alex
Alex
@alex@www.alexstandiford.com

Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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  • It’s that time of year where I start getting back into the habit of waking up at 5AM to work on side projects before I start my day in-earnest. It’s always been the most-productive time of day for me, and I think I can attribute a lot of my career growth to this time-block. I…

  • I’m Looking For Freelance Work (Resolved)

    I’m gearing up for WordPress side projects this season. Seeking teams managing complex WP sites needing tech help. I have experience in technical site audits, custom RESTful integrations, and plugin feature work. Check the post for more information, links to relevant case studies, and how to get in-touch.

  • Well it took all freaking summer, but we finally got this corner set up how we want. Just in time to start thinking about leaving ????. I guess we’ll get a few weeks out of it…

  • My favorite feature of the new iOS is that you can set the wallpaper to change every time your screen turns on. I set it to “Nature” and every time my phone comes on I get to see one of the many amazing vistas I’ve taken a photo of over the years in our travels.…

  • Reclaiming Authenticity: Building Your Personal Hub in A Post-Twitter Era

    This presentation covers how I transformed my website from being a static digital portfolio into a dynamic hub, ingrained with my social presence, containing the most authentic version of me online.

  • WPTavern Brings Us Full-Circle By Launching a Forum

    WPTavern launched a forum today. How amazing would it be if they federated this?

  • Spotify’s “Enhance” Feature Is Awesome

    Spotify keeps pushing the AI-based DJ “X”, but honestly I think the killer app is the playlist “Enhance” feature.

  • The splash screen background while migrating to the new Outlook looks straight out of Windows XP. I’m disappointed to find that I didn’t get the music, too.

  • I’ve started to use Cloudinary for media hosting solution on this site. It seems really good so-far, except for the fact that my media URLs aren’t working quite right when I upload from mobile. Hoping to get that resolved because other than that, this seems like the perfect solution to my problem.

  • Old URL used when uploading media from the WordPress APP via the block editor

    I submitted a bug report for the Cloudinary plugin, related to the mobile experience when uploading media using the WordPress app.