Lucas Fenwick

Dev building things. Marketer selling things. Writing about JavaScript, PHP, and the psychology behind the pixels.

Joined on Jun 27, 2026 https://pixarlabs.com/

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Lucas Fenwick

Jul 21

WordPress tells you a comment is "In reply to A WordPress Commenter." That is a name, not an ID

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

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Lucas Fenwick

Jul 20

The WordPress post ID is already in every row of your admin list, core just never prints it

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

5 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 19

The WordPress admin never shows featured images, and the reason is a design decision worth knowing

#wordpress #webdev #php #beginners

4 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 18

Copy-pasting a WordPress post only copies a third of it. Here is what the other two thirds are

#wordpress #webdev #php #beginners

4 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 16

WordPress has no button to duplicate a menu, and rebuilding one by hand quietly breaks your dropdowns. Here is why

#wordpress #webdev #php #beginners

5 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 15

You dragged your WordPress posts into order and the front end ignored you. Here is the step every tutorial skips

#wordpress #webdev #php #beginners

4 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 14

Screen Options is the undo button on your client's dashboard, and the CSS fix everyone posts does not remove it

#wordpress #webdev #php #beginners

5 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 13

Removing the WordPress Site Health widget does not disable Site Health, and the four code paths nobody covers

#wordpress #webdev #php #performance

4 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 12

Hiding the WordPress theme update notice takes three hooks, and the snippet every guide gives you does something else entirely

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

4 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 11

Hiding WordPress plugin update notices takes two hooks, and the snippet everyone pastes does something else entirely

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

3 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 9

Hiding the WordPress core update notice takes two hooks, not one (and why the badge survives)

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 8

The WordPress "PHP Update Required" notice has no dismiss button — here's how to remove it (and why hiding fixing)

#wordpress #webdev #php #productivity

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 7

The WordPress welcome panel doesn't go away when you dismiss it - here's how to actually remove it (site-wide)

#webdev #wordpress #productivity #php

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 6

Every WordPress plugin dumps notices on your dashboard - here's how to hide them (without losing the ones that matter)

#wordpress #webdev #productivity #php

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 5

WordPress has no search for its own admin menu — here's how to add one

#wordpress #webdev #productivity #php

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 4

The WordPress admin menu has been 160px since 2013 — here's how to widen it

#wordpress #webdev #css #productivity

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 2

Color-code your WordPress posts list by status (so you can actually scan it)

#wordpress #webdev #css #productivity

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jul 1

How to change the WordPress admin font (with any Google Font, no enqueue)

#wordpress #webdev #css #googlefonts

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jun 30

How to replace the Gutenberg editor logo (without version-fragile CSS)

#wordpress #webdev #gutenberg #css

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jun 29

How to change the WordPress admin favicon (without an `add_action` hack)

#wordpress #webdev #favicon #php

2 min read

Lucas Fenwick

Jun 28

I redesigned the WordPress admin UI without writing a line of CSS

#wordpress #webdev #productivity #php

1 min read

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WordPress tells you a comment is "In reply to A WordPress Commenter." That is a name, not an ID

Want to connect with Lucas Fenwick?

The WordPress post ID is already in every row of your admin list, core just never prints it

The WordPress admin never shows featured images, and the reason is a design decision worth knowing

Copy-pasting a WordPress post only copies a third of it. Here is what the other two thirds are

WordPress has no button to duplicate a menu, and rebuilding one by hand quietly breaks your dropdowns. Here is why

You dragged your WordPress posts into order and the front end ignored you. Here is the step every tutorial skips

Screen Options is the undo button on your client's dashboard, and the CSS fix everyone posts does not remove it

Removing the WordPress Site Health widget does not disable Site Health, and the four code paths nobody covers

Hiding the WordPress theme update notice takes three hooks, and the snippet every guide gives you does something else entirely

Hiding WordPress plugin update notices takes two hooks, and the snippet everyone pastes does something else entirely

Hiding the WordPress core update notice takes two hooks, not one (and why the badge survives)

The WordPress "PHP Update Required" notice has no dismiss button — here's how to remove it (and why hiding fixing)

The WordPress welcome panel doesn't go away when you dismiss it - here's how to actually remove it (site-wide)

Every WordPress plugin dumps notices on your dashboard - here's how to hide them (without losing the ones that matter)

WordPress has no search for its own admin menu — here's how to add one

The WordPress admin menu has been 160px since 2013 — here's how to widen it

Color-code your WordPress posts list by status (so you can actually scan it)

How to change the WordPress admin font (with any Google Font, no enqueue)

How to replace the Gutenberg editor logo (without version-fragile CSS)

How to change the WordPress admin favicon (without an `add_action` hack)

I redesigned the WordPress admin UI without writing a line of CSS