How I Added Native Lazy Loading To A WordPress Theme
A tutorial-style article about handling native lazy loading in WordPress themes and deciding when default behaviour is useful or needs refining.
Category: Development
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DevelopmentHow I Started Using CSS Clamp For Responsive Typography How I Started Using CSS Clamp For Responsive Typography
A practical article about using CSS clamp() to control responsive typography without relying on several breakpoint-specific font sizes.
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DevelopmentHow I Used Core Web Vitals To Make Performance Conversations Less Vague How I Used Core Web Vitals To Make Performance Conversations Less Vague
A practical look at using Core Web Vitals to move performance discussions away from vague complaints and towards measurable user experience problems.
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DevelopmentHow I Reworked A jQuery-Heavy Interface Without Breaking It How I Reworked A jQuery-Heavy Interface Without Breaking It
A practical look at reducing jQuery dependency carefully, without rewriting an interface so aggressively that existing behaviour becomes unreliable.
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DevelopmentCookies Consent And The New Privacy Conversation Around Website Builds Cookies Consent And The New Privacy Conversation Around Website Builds
A 2019 article about cookies, consent, analytics and why privacy started affecting ordinary website delivery rather than only legal documents.
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DevelopmentDark Mode Made Colour Choices Feel Less Permanent Dark Mode Made Colour Choices Feel Less Permanent
A 2019 article about dark mode, prefers-color-scheme and what happens when websites start responding to the visitor’s environment.
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DevelopmentWordPress Site Health And The Maintenance Work Clients Never See WordPress Site Health And The Maintenance Work Clients Never See
A practical article about WordPress Site Health, maintenance conversations and why technical issues need to be visible before they become emergencies.
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DevelopmentNative Lazy Loading And The End Of Every Image Needing A Script Native Lazy Loading And The End Of Every Image Needing A Script
A 2019 article about native lazy loading, image-heavy websites and the shift from custom JavaScript patterns to browser-level performance features.
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DevelopmentjQuery Was Still Everywhere And That Changed How I Planned JavaScript jQuery Was Still Everywhere And That Changed How I Planned JavaScript
A grounded look at working with jQuery in 2019, when newer JavaScript conversations were everywhere but real client websites still depended on older patterns.
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DevelopmentWhen Gutenberg Became The Editor We Had To Design Around When Gutenberg Became The Editor We Had To Design Around
A practical 2019 reflection on Gutenberg becoming part of day-to-day WordPress work, and why the editor changed how websites had to be planned.