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.
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.
And we’re back again for the fourth instalment of the VPS setup guide for WordPress! Just to refresh your memories, we are setting up a VPS using the VPS.net service, optimised for faster serving of your WordPress sites. Today we will focus on caching, which is an essential element in
Today I came across a super-interesting article on how to start a newsletter. You can find the article here, it’s written by Pat Flynn, an online marketer and blogger who earns upwards of $40,000 per month, so he must be doing something right!
We’re back for the third instalment of the VPS setup guide for WordPress. Just to refresh your memories, we are setting up a VPS using the VPS.net service, optimised for faster serving of your WordPress sites. In Part 1 we discussed the technologies used, and in Part 2, we set
In this tutorial, the second part of our WordPress VPS series, I’m going to walk through setting up a web server using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty, NGiNX, PHP-FPM and MySQL. I use this setup for all of my servers, and this post is my way of remembering the process, and maybe
If you want a lot more power and flexibility in capturing and displaying data, check out the recent release of Types and Views WordPress plugins. WP Types and Views are plugins that let you build virtually anything without coding. In a nutshell, the Types plugin defines custom post types, taxonomy
If you’ve read our article about WordPress performance optimisation and our WordPress SEO guide , you know that it’s important to have a fast-loading website, both for SEO purposes and more importantly, for your users’ convenience. In the first part of our WordPress VPS guide, we talk about the difference
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