Forminator is an undercover superhero. On the surface, Forminator appears to be an unassuming form plugin, but if you take the time to look through the Forminator API, you’ll see that beneath those hipster glasses and vest, there is a beast waiting to be unleashed. Unlike other form plugins, Forminator’s API is not blocked off […] View original post at …
How to Display Random Posts from Different Categories using WP_Query
Sometimes you want to mix things up a little when displaying posts on your site, maybe by making the list random instead of just showing the last five posts like every other site in town. The great news is that if you add a custom query to your page using the WP_Query class, you can […] View original post at …
WPWeekly Episode 310 – Community Management, PHP, and Hello Dolly
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss the news of the week including, the removal of offensive lyrics in Hello Dolly, a request for plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions, and changes coming in WordPress 4.9.5. We also talk about community management, the difference between comments and forums, and finally, John shares his concerns on how …
HTML to WordPress Theme Tutorial: Step 1 – Converting Your HTML to PHP
For many of us, our first experience of coding for WordPress is when we write our first theme. After all, every WordPress site needs a theme, and if you want something bespoke then it makes sense to code it yourself. When I started out with WordPress in 2010, I’d never worked with a content management […] View original post at …
A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions
Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt. While we wait for the Trac discussion …
How to Use One Query to Run Multiple Loops
I’ve written a few posts here on the blog about the WP_Query class and how to use it to create multiple queries and multiple loops. I’m a big fan of WP_Query, and often use it on client sites and my own site to create advanced and custom queries. However, it does have its downsides if you […] View original post at …
WordPress.org to Add New Page Educating Users on Benefits of Upgrading PHP
WordPress’ Core PHP team has created a new GitHub organization for initiatives focused on improving the use of PHP in the project. The first one they are tackling is a new page on WordPress.org dedicated to educating users about the benefits of upgrading PHP. Contributors are collecting third-party articles and tutorials on PHP upgrades to find inspiration for the project, …
BuddyPress 2016 Survey Results Show 54% of Respondents are on PHP 7.0+
The results of the BuddyPress 2016 survey have been published. This year the survey received feedback from 302 respondents in 61 different countries, a 43% increase in responses from 2015. The top five countries represented in the survey include the United States (27.15%), India (7.62%), United Kingdom (6.95%), Germany (6.29%), and Canada (3.64%). English remains the most popular language for …
PHP 5.6 Is Now the Most Widely Used PHP Version
PHP 5.6 usage has steadily increased over the past year and has now overtaken versions 5.3 and 5.4 to be the most widely used version, according to W3Techs’ stats. PHP is used by 82.6% of all the websites for which W3Techs can detect a server-side programming language. PHP 7 accounts for 3.1% of these websites and PHP 5.x makes up …
Changing or Updating Your Version of PHP for WordPress
If you want to keep your website running smoothly, it’s a good idea you change or update the version of PHP it’s running on soon since PHP 7 could soon be a minimum requirement for self-hosted WordPress sites by mid-2017. And since PHP is the programming language that forms the backbone of WordPress, this is one tutorial you shouldn’t put off. …
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