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    Building an Accessible Color Palette (Without the Guesswork)

    ByMichael Gillihan February 14, 2026February 14, 2026

    I’ve used a lot of color contrast checkers. They all do roughly the same thing: you plug in two colors, they tell you if you’ve passed or failed WCAG requirements, and then you’re on your own. Which is fine, I guess. But I don’t need a tool to tell me I’ve failed. I need a…

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    Where Were We

    ByMichael Gillihan February 10, 2026February 10, 2026

    Ever leave a Cursor chat and come back hours, days, weeks later? This little gem will review the files touched previously in the chat and give the timestamp of the last edit.

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    Hide Gravity Forms Field Labels

    ByMichael Gillihan January 10, 2018June 5, 2018

    If you’re like me you like simple forms and one thing I find myself doing over and over is visually hiding the labels on form fields in lieu of placeholders. I also find myself working with Gravity Forms quite often and have always found it a bit annoying to hide the field labels. Luckily, the…

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    Branding the WordPress login page with Beaver Builder theme

    ByMichael Gillihan January 1, 2017January 8, 2018

    If you use the Beaver Builder Theme, here’s a little plugin I made that replaces the default WordPress logo on the login page with the Header logo added through the customizer. Get it free over on GitHub. Get The Plugin

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    CaboPress: WordPress Conference Nirvana

    ByMichael Gillihan November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

    Last week, my wife Sheryle and I had the privilege to attend CaboPress, a WordPress mastermind retreat organized by Chris & Melissa Lema. It really was an amazing week and the most impactful WordPress event I’ve attended to date. I wasn’t sure how the week would play out. I’m extremely introverted, struggle with social anxiety and…

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    Add an Author Box to the Beaver Builder Theme

    ByMichael Gillihan August 23, 2016January 8, 2018

    You’ve spent hours crafting that new post. Days of editing and tweaking have passed. It’s your masterpiece, your magnum opus! You should get some credit for your efforts, right?! Get the credit you deserve by adding an Author Box to your site. Adding an Author Box to your blog posts is a great way introduce…

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    Tools, Links and References for WordPress Professionals

    ByMichael Gillihan August 16, 2016August 7, 2018

    My primary development tool is a narcoleptic 2011 Macbook Pro. It works hard, but those old bones just don’t function like they used to. Recently, after completing a fresh install of the OS, I was transferring my favorites from a backup and it occurred to me that I have a rather large collection of WordPress…

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    Just Another Sassy Grid

    ByMichael Gillihan January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

    There are a LOT of grid systems out there. I’ve used and abused quite a few of them, but have always found them to be too verbose or too limited or just a PITA to use. In the past I think the only system I used for more than a single project was Chris Coyier’s…

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    My Sublime Text Setup

    ByMichael Gillihan December 19, 2014January 20, 2015

    Update (01/20/2015): I forgot to include one of my favorites Hayaku. I’ve also quit using Bracket Highlighter (found it a bit annoying) and Color Picker (it’s hard to beat Frank). I’ve been on the Sublime Text bandwagon for a while, but have put off upgrading to version 3 until this week. In the process of…

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