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Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/
http://cagewebdev.com/optimize-database-after-deleting-revisions-wordpress-plugin/

Delete old revisions and optimize your WordPress database.

This halved the size of my database.



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Discord app

Software > VoIP, Instant messagers, Video conferencing >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Google Play)
https://discord.com/

Yet another VoIP client.

A clumsy “pretends to be pretty” interface, but it seems reasonable enough. Definitely not better than Mumble for the basics.

It might be better-suited for large groups, or because it has a free server, or some other thing I haven’t discovered. I’ll keep it in my toolbox, but I don’t really like it.



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404 to 301

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://github.com/joel-james/404-to-301
https://wordpress.org/plugins/404-to-301/

Redirect your 404 pages to a page or a custom URL. Turn them into 301 (page moved), 302 or 307 codes so that search engines aren’t so offended by missing pages.

Does the job, and it’s an important job.



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ScrapBook X icon

Software > Archivism >
Pale Moon > Pale Moon extensions >

https://github.com/danny0838/firefox-scrapbook

Scrapbooking that can also scrape and include linked documents and files. Allows further editing and note-taking.

A game-changer for archivists using the internet.



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DownThemAll! >

https://github.com/downthemall/anticontainer/
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/downthemall/nljkibfhlpcnanjgbnlnbjecgicbjkge
was addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/12577 (TODO)



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Pale Moon logo -- logo256

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
Linux > http://www.palemoon.org/
http://www.palemoon.org/

A web browser which is essentially a fork of Firefox. Pale Moon keeps the simpler UI before the astonishingly terrible changes Firefox made.

A very good browser. Newer addons targeting the latest Firefox which are addicted to its new interface will not work with Pale Moon, since Pale Moon lacks that interface. Older addons or proper UI-agnostic addons will work fine.



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