Chad Ritchie

Graphic Designer, Front-End Web Developer

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How to disable WordPress plugin updates

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This snippet of code prevents WordPress from checking for plugin updates. For security reasons, it is important to keep third-party WordPress plugins up-to-date. However, there are times when you might create a site for a client and don’t want them to update their plugins. Perhaps you have changed a plugins code or concerned a plugin update could cause problems or break the site.

Simply paste the following code into your sites functions.php file. The functions.php file is located in your sites theme folder.

remove_action( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_plugins' );
add_filter( 'pre_site_transient_update_plugins', create_function( '$a', "return null;" ) );
?>

Timelapse Experiment Using Canon 7D

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This was my first timelapse video experiment.

Equipment used:

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  • Canon 7D with the stock 18-55mm lens
  • Canon TC-80N3 Timer/Remote Controller
  • Tripod set very low to the ground to avoid blowing over from the wind

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Camera settings:

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  • Image recording quality: JPEG mode – Small/Fine
  • ISO 100
  • Aperture: f10
  • Shutter: 1/250 sec

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This experiment consisted of 421 still images, each shot at a 15 second interval over an estimated hour and 45 minute period. I used Quicktime 7 and imported the images in sequence, the first (video #1) at a frame rate of 10 frames per second, the second (video #2) at 15 frames per second and the third (video #3) at 30 frames per second.

Like I mentioned earlier, this was my first timelapse experiment and I learned quite a bit. On the next experiment I will change the camera settings. A much slower shutter speed might help smooth transitions between frames. The problem I foresee with that setting would be allowing to much light into the lens.

Video #1 – 15 second interval/10 frames per second

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Video #2 – 15 second interval/15 frames per second

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Video #3 – 15 second interval/30 frames per second