One of the marks of a truly great WordPress developer, is his ability to include excellent commenting in his code. Go ahead, take a look at some of the plugins/themes by the best developers, and see how easy it is
Many WordPress plugins include as their core functionality the ability to output things on the front end.
For example, an events calendar plugin needs to show a calendar on a page or post of your site.
That brings us
Although WordPress is a system that performs well in general, it’s worth delving a bit deeper into performance considerations when building plugins and themes for general distribution. You never know who will be using your plugin or theme, it might
TablePress enables you to create and manage tables on your WordPress site. No HTML knowledge is needed, as a comfortable interface allows to easily edit table data. Tables can contain any type of data, even formulas that will be evaluated.
The current trend in plugin development is all about having a core plugin and then developing other addons. But how do you prevent an addon plugin being activated when the core (parent) plugin is not activated?
It doesn’t matter how careful you are. At some point of another, a plugin is going to cause your WordPress website to crash. The only way to avoid a crash is to have a test area that is an exact
The Settings API is essential when building themes and plugins.
Since many of our readers are doing just that, I thought I’d share with you the best resources on this excellent API.
Many WordPress developers are trying out their luck with selling themes on places like Themeforest or on their own site. Although it certainly seems like a crowded space, there is a lot of growth potential, in my opinion. Just take
Comments are the backbone of any blog or website. If you are running a blog or site of your own, you must already be aware of the importance of comments. In fact, without proper discussions and community interaction, a blog
There are many resources where you can learn about WordPress nowadays, however books still have a special status for me. Luckily, we do find some really amazing books about WordPress out there, and I’ll be highlighting them in this post.
Most probably from time to time you felt the need, or tried to secure your WordPress installation. You feel such urge because one of your websites got hacked, or a fellow blogger’s WordPress got hacked and infected with malware. Maybe
One thing I noticed when running a small web design business was that a number of beginner designers that we (me and my friend) were trying to hire didn’t have a grasp on the design-business connection, so to speak. What
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