Jean Galea is an investor, entrepreneur, and writer. He is the founder of WP Mayor, and the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and Spotlight. He also runs the Good Life Collective. Connect with him on X or visit jeangalea.com.
I’ll be honest here, until recently, while I had been building WordPress queries on a daily basis, I still really didn’t know the way the WordPress query is build and the best way to modify it. Go through this article and you’ll be sure to learn some new things that will help you develop better themes and plugins.
Plugins hosted on the WordPress repository enjoy a very neat and integrated update procedure whereby as soon as you upload a new version of the plugin, the users will get a notification in their dashboard saying that there is a new version available.
However if on the other hand your plugin is not hosted on the repository, you might be wondering if you can achieve the same thing. As you might have guessed, the answer is yes!
If you’ve ever asked “How can I contribute to WordPress?” then go check out the WordPress Core Contributor Handbook.
In internet marketing it’s all about the traffic and the people you can reach. One of the best ways to reach people is by having an email newsletter. But how to make people willing to subscribe to your newsletter? One of the ways is to offer a high quality product in exchange for their email addresses. Statistically the most effective way to make this offering is through a pop up.
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 need, we must do something to help them.
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’re very happy to announce that we will be present at WordCamp Seville, really looking forward to meet some other WordPress developers and users, as well as touring this magnificent city.
qTranslate is the most popular free multilanguage plugin for WordPress. This is frequently reason enough for you to use a plugin, however you might want to spend a few more minutes reflecting on whether it is best to use qTranslate or WPML for your multilingual WordPress site.
I’ve recently teamed up with Joyce Peralta for an interesting interview about how I work with WordPress and my experiences with affiliate marketing. Check it out on BraveNewCode’s website.
The RSS Aggregator plugin I released a few months ago has proved to be quite successful, so I’ve decided to develop it further. Version 1.1 is now out, check out the new features!