General web nerd. Rider of bicycles. Amateur picture taker.

  • Exclude posts from WordPress’s Sitemap

    Starting with 5.5, WordPress now generates its own sitemap.xml without the need of a plugin. It’s possible to filter the results to exclude a specific post using the below filter: That filter takes a familiar WP_Query argument, so it’s quite simple to add any additional filters, for example if you wanted to exclude posts from…

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  • Hi There!

    This might be my, oh I don’t know, 5th or 6th attempt at writing on the web. I think it’ll stick this time. I’m starting my career as a web developer, and I want to contribute to the community that I’ve taken so much from over the years. I find writing is a great way…

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Please excuse the rough edges. This site is an experiment with WordPress 5.9’s Full Site Editing – a new way to make websites with open source software. Things may be a little rough for the foreseeable future, though (hopefully) still entirely useful.