VegasGeek https://vegasgeek.com/ Personalized WordPress Development and Support Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://vegasgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png VegasGeek https://vegasgeek.com/ 32 32 Talking Clients Out of a Project is a Super Power https://vegasgeek.com/blog/talking-clients-out-of-a-project/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/talking-clients-out-of-a-project/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:57:00 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=8008 A few weeks ago I was on a call with a client who wanted us to build them an AI tool. They’d heard about AI. Everyone has. They wanted some of it on their site, and that’s a completely reasonable thing to want right now. So we started talking through what it would actually do....

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/why-content-marketing-fails-google-ai/feed/ 0 How to Build a Local WordPress Dev Stack on Mac with Homebrew https://vegasgeek.com/blog/local-wordpress-dev-mac-homebrew/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/local-wordpress-dev-mac-homebrew/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 14:38:48 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=7984 As a long-time WordPress developer, over the years I’ve used every sort of tool available for running WordPress locally for development purposes. I remember starting with XAMPP, moving to MAMP, Desktop Server (RIP), and I event tried Local by WP Engine for a while. They’re great tools for getting started… download, click a button, you’ve...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/local-wordpress-dev-mac-homebrew/feed/ 0 Automate Cloudflare and SpinupWP Cache Purges with Git Hooks https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automate-cloudflare-spinupwp-cache-purge-git-hooks/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automate-cloudflare-spinupwp-cache-purge-git-hooks/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:46:28 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=7918 The Core Insight: A local Git pre-push hook that calls the Cloudflare and SpinupWP APIs automatically clears your cache on every push, with nothing to configure on the production server. There’s a version of this conversation I’ve had more times than I care to count. I push a change, send the client an email saying...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automate-cloudflare-spinupwp-cache-purge-git-hooks/feed/ 0 Hacked WordPress Site? How to Decide Between a Cleanup and a Full Rebuild https://vegasgeek.com/blog/hacked-wordpress-site-recovery-rebuild/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/hacked-wordpress-site-recovery-rebuild/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:23:34 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=7797 The Core Insight: When a WordPress site gets hit with malware, the first move is always to find a clean backup and restore from it. A full rebuild is the last resort, not the first one — but sometimes it’s the only option left. We got a call from a guy after their WordPress site...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/hacked-wordpress-site-recovery-rebuild/feed/ 0 The Hard Part of Business Automation Isn’t the Code: How to Identify Automation Opportunities https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automation-vision-gap-vs-coding/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automation-vision-gap-vs-coding/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:49:27 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=7773 The Core Insight: Business automation fails not because of coding complexity, but because of a “vision gap”. Most owners normalize repetitive manual tasks, like domain tracking or report generation, without realizing they are prime candidates for AI-driven automation. The reaction is always the same We’ve been building a lot of automation scripts over the past...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/automation-vision-gap-vs-coding/feed/ 0 Never Wonder “Did It Run?” Again https://vegasgeek.com/blog/never-wonder-did-it-run-again/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/never-wonder-did-it-run-again/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:32:34 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=6931 Sometimes, the best product ideas come from scratching your own itch. A while back, we had a client with a daily process running behind the scenes. Everything was fine… until one day, it wasn’t. The process broke, and nobody was notified. Weeks went by before anyone realized it had stopped running. Ouch. To fix this,...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/never-wonder-did-it-run-again/feed/ 0 Fixing an issue with og:image and Featured Images https://vegasgeek.com/blog/fixing-an-issue-with-ogimage-and-featured-images/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/fixing-an-issue-with-ogimage-and-featured-images/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:06:28 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=6857 Over the past month, I’ve been putting some extra effort into updating the VegasGeek site. As they say, the cobbler’s kids have no shoes. Well, the web developer’s website is the last to receive updates. One of the first things I noticed was the preview image being used on social media when I shared the...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/fixing-an-issue-with-ogimage-and-featured-images/feed/ 0 New Plugin: Set Sort Order https://vegasgeek.com/blog/new-plugin-set-sort-order/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/new-plugin-set-sort-order/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:15:00 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=6448 While working on a client project, I added a few custom post types and a custom taxonomy to each. Once the client started adding content to the site, he asked, “How do I sort the order of the items on the page?” This should have been a simple request. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. After...

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]]> https://vegasgeek.com/blog/new-plugin-set-sort-order/feed/ 0 10 Lessons Learned While Creating an Online Course https://vegasgeek.com/blog/10-lessons-learned-while-creating-an-online-course/ https://vegasgeek.com/blog/10-lessons-learned-while-creating-an-online-course/#respond Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:13:33 +0000 https://vegasgeek.com/?p=6198 I love teaching. There, I said it. Over the years, I’ve provided one-on-one training in person and via Zoom. I’ve organized a local meetup, I’ve spoken at conferences across the country, and I’ve even created webinars. But the one method that I hadn’t done was to create an online course. It’s something that I’ve wanted...

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