What can my fellow entrepreneurs learn from Elvis? Turns out, lots. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Make WP_Query Arguments Filterable
The WP_Query class is very powerful. It lets you create your own custom queries to run anywhere in your WordPress site – in the main content, in the sidebar or anywhere else you like. It’s something I use a lot, either in custom template files or in areas outside the content such as the sidebar […] View original post at …
The Psychology of Brand Loyalty: 5 Key Takeaways
Is brand loyalty dead? Nope, not from this contributor’s perspective. View original post at Entrepreneur…
10 Plugins for Easily Importing and Exporting WordPress Data
Tim O’Reilly, founder of the terms “open source software” and “Web 2.0,” once said, “We’re entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.” No matter how much I love WordPress, he’s right. Software gives us the power to do, but what good is all that “doing” if we don’t have […] View original post at …
Unit Testing WordPress Plugins with PHPUnit
When you’re working on plugins and you start introducing new functionality, it’s good practice to ensure the existing logic isn’t broken. Without proper testing, the chances are high that simple fixes may snowball into a spaghetti coding nightmare. So in today’s article, I’ll show you how to take advantage of unit testing for your WordPress […] View original post at …
Early Results from NRKbeta’s Comment Quiz Plugin Show Readers Enjoy the Quiz but Rarely Leave a Comment
Earlier this year, NRKbeta, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s media and technology site, open sourced its comment quiz plugin for WordPress. The site’s publishers have been experimenting with requiring their readers to complete a short, three-question quiz before giving access to the comment form on certain articles. The goal of the plugin was to prevent rants and off-topic responses by ensuring …
WordPress 4.9 to Focus on Code Editing and Customization Improvements, Targeted for November 14
photo credit: Sophie Ollis WordPress core contributors have set a tentative schedule for the upcoming 4.9 release, which will be co-led by Mel Choyce and Weston Ruter. The development cycle kicked off in early August with Beta 1 scheduled for early October and the official release targeted for November 14. Choyce published a list of goals today that outlines what …
Is Your Website Accessible? If Not, You Could Be Violating the ADA
Do you recognize the name Juan Carlos Gil? Well, if you’ve built a WordPress site that provides services or sells products to the general public, then you should probably take a moment or two to acquaint yourself with his story. On June 13, 2017, U.S. District Judge Robert Scola of Florida ruled in favor of […] View original post at …
WooCommerce Forks select2, Releases selectWoo as a Drop-In Replacement with Improved Accessibility
The WooCommerce development team has forked select2 to create a more accessible, drop-in replacement library called selectWoo. select2 is a widely used jQuery-based library for making custom drop down menus. Many users are wondering if the project has been abandoned, because the repository hasn’t seen any activity since February and 115 pull requests have piled up. In the interest of …
7 CSS Image Filter Plugins for Instagram-ifying WordPress
If you spend as much time on social media as I do, then you know that people have a tendency to overuse image filters. I guess applying a classy black-and-white filter to a wedding photo could be a nice touch, but not when it’s a picture of a screaming child dancing with the groom. I’d […] View original post at …