Advanced WordPress Development: Writing Object-Oriented Plugins

There are a lot of benefits to learning object-oriented programming if you’re a WordPress developer. OOP code can help organize your code and make it reusable. It’s more extensible, easier to maintain, and encourages a culture of using design patterns. This is the second post in our six-part series focusing on WordPress for advanced developers. This series follows on from our …

Hard Refresh: A New WordPress-Related Tech Podcast with a Unique Storytelling Format

Hard Refresh is a new WordPress-related tech podcast with a unique format that focuses on web developers and the challenges they face in building software that people depend on. Most WordPress podcasts follow a news or talk-show-style format, but Hard Refresh was designed to appeal to both developers and non-technical listeners with its polished story-driven narrative format. The show is …

GoDaddy Launches New Onboarding Experience for WordPress Customers

Over the past year, GoDaddy has been pursuing the WordPress market more aggressively. In addition to its recent acquisition of ManageWP and new initiative to hire full-time WordPress core contributors, the company has just launched the third edition of improvements to its onboarding experience for new WordPress customers. According to Gabe Mays, head of WordPress products at GoDaddy, the company …