Articles

The practical guide to SPF, DKIM and DMARC

SPF, DKIM and DMARC decide whether your email reaches the inbox and whether anyone can spoof your domain. What each record actually checks, how to publish all three and how to reach p=reject without losing legitimate mail.

16 min read

Tutorials JavaScript Tooling

How to generate code screenshots programmatically with an API

Turn source code into clean, syntax-highlighted images for changelogs, release posts and docs. Highlight it, frame it, render it with an API, and automate the whole thing in CI.

5 min read

Tutorials WordPress PHP

How to auto-generate featured images for WordPress posts that don't have one

Stop broken thumbnails in your archive. Generate a branded featured image from the post title automatically whenever a WordPress post is published without one.

5 min read

Tutorials JavaScript

How the JavaScript event loop works

The event loop decides what runs and when in JavaScript. Learn the call stack, tasks and microtasks, and the three-step rule that makes any snippet's output predictable.

6 min read

Tutorials PHP

How to auto-generate a LinkedIn share card when a learner passes your certification

When a learner passes your certification, hand them a personalised, share-ready image and a one-click LinkedIn button. Here's how to generate that card in Laravel and trigger it automatically on every pass.

6 min read

Tutorials JavaScript

How to turn any URL into a screenshot from Node.js

Capture any web page as a PNG from Node with a single fetch. Full-page captures, single-element grabs by selector, saving to disk and batching, no Puppeteer.

4 min read

Tutorials WordPress

Add certificate downloads to a WordPress LMS (LearnDash or TutorLMS)

Render your own branded certificates from HTML when a learner finishes a course in LearnDash or TutorLMS, and serve them as a download from the learner's account.

4 min read

Tutorials WordPress

Generate social share cards for WooCommerce products automatically

Generate a branded social card with the product photo, name and price for every WooCommerce product on save, and serve it as the share image on the product page.

4 min read

Tutorials WordPress

How to auto-generate Open Graph images for every WordPress post

Generate a proper 1200x630 share card for every WordPress post automatically on save, built from the post's own title, and serve it as the og:image.

4 min read

Tutorials Tooling

How to generate blog hero images with the HTML to Image API

Stop hand-making featured images one at a time. Here is how to generate consistent, on-brand blog hero images from a JSON payload, automatically at publish time.

5 min read

Tutorials PHP

Use Laravel to create your own MCP server

Expose your Laravel application's data and actions to AI clients like Claude with the official laravel/mcp package. This guide builds a working MCP server with tools, resources, prompts, validation, authentication and tests.

10 min read

Tutorials PHP

How to automate website screenshots in Laravel

Three ways to automate website screenshots in Laravel: headless Chrome, Browsershot and a screenshot API. Includes cookie banner fixes and a scheduled capture command.

6 min read

Tutorials PHP JavaScript Tooling

How to generate blog heroes, quote cards and podcast covers from HTML in Laravel

Generate blog heroes, quote cards, podcast covers and email headers from HTML in Laravel. One template system, one renderer, brand refreshes in minutes.

10 min read

Tutorials PHP Tooling

How to render invoices, receipts, vouchers and product cards from HTML in Laravel

Render invoices, receipts, vouchers and product cards from HTML in Laravel. Three approaches, working code, and the email pattern that beats PDF attachments.

10 min read

Tutorials PHP Tooling

How to generate dynamic social media images for every platform from one template

Generate per-platform social images (OG, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube) from one HTML template. Working Laravel code and the fan-out pattern.

9 min read