Month: November 2023

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Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.

When

Occurs when adding a new shortcode in a WordPress Plugin.

Solution

Add the ob_start() and ob_get_clean() functions

function load_shortcode() {
    ob_start();

    ?> 
       <h1>test</h1>
    <?php

    return ob_get_clean();
}
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Disable the Windows “Shake” feature

Shaking the mouse while dragging another window’s title bar minimizes all other Windows. The UI to disable this “feature” is no longer obvious and I was able to disable it by making the following registry change. Note: This worked even on a gpo machine since it only modified CURRENT_USER.

registry location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Add the following DWORD key with value 1

DisallowShaking