Delve into WordPress development, a key theme for coders and tech enthusiasts. It covers advanced topics like theme and plugin development, custom coding, API integration, and performance optimization. This theme is tailored for developers seeking to build, customize, and enhance WordPress sites with technical expertise and innovative solutions.
Time and time again we’ve heard that one of the downsides of WordPress is the plugins area. Mind you, it’s also one of its strongest advantages. However there are loads of plugins that are difficult to use, and given that most WordPress users rely on plugins to achieve what they
An important aspect of keeping your plugin well organised is to create a file and folder structure that makes sense.
I’ve recently done some research on how the leading plugin developers are structuring their plugins, and would like to share this with you.
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Starting this page as a repository for resources that can help you with creating great plugins taking into consideration best practices.
A quick tip for our readers today. I’ve received a question asking me to explain the difference between the Settings API and Options API when developing WordPress plugins.
We had visited this topic a while ago when reviewing DesktopServer, however I just came across another method which I’d like to share with you.
I recently came across a fantastic diagram by Rarst showing the difference between WP_Query(), query_posts() and get_posts(). As you may know, these are all ways of retrieving posts in WordPress, but they are not all equal.
I recently came across a very nifty piece of code (credits to jdenham) for setting the upload directory for a custom post type.
Starting out in WordPress development? I recommend going through the WordPress core code as well as following the practices employed by the best WordPress coders out there. Check out this list.
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In the WordPress admin screen, when working in the post or page editor, you will see some media upload buttons above the TinyMCE editor. If you would like to hide them from your client, for example to disable the upload of such files, you can follow the steps in this
Custom Post Types are one of my favourite features in WordPress nowadays, and I use the excellent Easy Content Types plugin for generating them. Sometimes I need to include uploadable images within the the custom post types, and although the plugin mentioned allows file uploads, I still feel that some
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