internet software

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UBlock Origin logo

Software >
Brave, extensions >
Chrome / Chromium, Chrome extensions (list of posts) >
Microsoft Edge, extensions >

(on Wikipedia)
(FullLite)
(on the Edge Add-ons Store)
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

An ad blocker.


Security Header Generator icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/security-header-generator/
https://kevinpirnie.com/kevin-pirnies-articles/wordpress-plugin-security-header-generator/

Adds various security headers into your blog to appease checkers and possibly improve SEO.



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ideastocode - Enable SVG, WebP & ICO Upload

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >
WordPress SVG support >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-svg-webp-ico-upload/
https://ideastocode.com/plugins/enable-svg-WebP-ico-upload/

Exactly as its titled; enables WordPress SVG support, .webp and .ico

  • SVG Support has more advanced features, such as defence against XSS and Injection attacks.



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Background Link Checker image

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

A tool to make it ridiculously easy to not just find and edit broken links, but has other features to apply to them, like changing their style.

Recommended by Internet Archive, which is good enough for me.




  • 2023-02-28 – 2.0 on WordPress 6.1.1, with PHP 8.1.16

    • I signed up to wpmudev.com but did not give my administrator credentials. I installed their plugin instead.
    • All the configuration and use are now totally different.
  • 2018-03-07 – (version not recorded) – on WordPress 4.9.4, with PHP 5.6.33

    • It’s still working fine.

Configuration

Settings are under Settings > Link Checker

blog.spiralofhope.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=link-checker-settings

General

  • Check each link: 700

    • (this is a little less than a month)
  • [_] Send me e-mail notifications about newly detected broken links
  • [_] Apply custom formatting to broken links
  • [_] Apply custom formatting to removed links

Look For Links In

  • [x] Scheduled
  • [x] Draft
  • [x] Pending

Which Links To Check

  • [x] Plaintext URLs
  • [x] Embedded YouTube videos (old embed code)
  • [x] Embedded GoogleVideo videos
  • [x] Embedded YouTube playlists (old embed code)
  • [x] Smart YouTube httpv:// URLs
  • [x] Embedded Vimeo videos
  • [x] Embedded DailyMotion videos

Exclusion list

://blog.spiralofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/
://blog.spiralofhope.com/?p=
://example.com
://www.example.com
://subdomain.example.com
://www.wowace.com/projects/
://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/
://archive.today/
://youtube.com/view_play_list?
://youtube.com/playlist?
://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?
://www.youtube.com/playlist?
://www.instagram.com/
://www.facebook.com/

Advanced

  • Timeout 90
  • Show link actions [x] Fix redirect

Usage

If you accidentally click dismiss link you can search your blog for removed_link.

brave-logo-transparent-2

Google > Chrome >
Software > Web browsers, SVG viewers >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Google Play)
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
https://brave.com/

Brave is a web browser that uses components from Chrome to build a more security-conscious browser which also has an alternate advertising mechanism with revenue sharing.

Like Chrome, it’s missing fundamental things.



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Footnotes icon-256x256

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/footnotes/
https://cheret.org/footnotes/

A plugin to let you insert text mid-sentence, and have it be turned into a link leading to the text instead placed at the bottom of the page.

Easy to use and really nice!

  • Abandoned

    • The author commented that he is not a programmer and that he needs assistance for his ideas. I know exactly how he feels.
    • As of 2021-02-26 this situation has not changed.
    • 2024-07-17 – Abandoned – The WordPress plugin page states this plugin is closed by the author’s request; RIP.
  • 2.1.3 had a serious vulnerability so I was forced to update; I’ll look for a replacement and maintained footnotes plugin.



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SVG Support icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >
WordPress SVG support >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/svg-support/
https://web.archive.org/web/20230330161835/https://benbodhi.com/

For WordPress SVG support.

  • Protects against XSS and Injection attacks; although be sure to enable that in configuration and remove the exclusion for Administrator and Editor roles.



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