Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “WordPress Development”
Over the past 12 months, I’ve written a number of posts that focus on adding functionality to WordPress using custom fields. We’ve looked at creating custom post list templates, crafting the perfect travel blog and more. While plugins like CustomPress and Advanced Custom Fields make creating custom post type easy-peasy, if you want to really understand how they work you …
Object-oriented programming can be difficult to wrap your head around but is important to learn and understand if you want to grow your skills in plugin development. Last year, I wrote about using object-oriented programming (OOP) in plugins through a specific example. Since that article contained a lot of advanced code, I thought it would be a good idea to write …
WordPress comes with a whole bunch of default scripts out-of-the-box that you can take advantage of to power your themes and plugins. jQuery is one commonly used script, as is TinyMCE. But what if you want to replace a built-in script with your own? We recently looked at how to add jQuery scripts properly to your install. WordPress uses the same mechanism …
Despite the fact WordPress has been around for a while, and the method of adding scripts to themes and plugins has been the same for years, there is still some confusion around how exactly you’re supposed to add scripts. So let’s clear it up. Since jQuery is still the most commonly used Javascript framework, let’s take a look at how …
Welcome back to our six-part WordPress Multisite masterclass. In part two of this series, you’ll learn how to activate Multisite and get your network up and running. I’ll walk you through the installation process, then show you how to create sites on your network, add users, install themes and plugins and configure your network settings. In this series, you’ll learn …
I read a lot of email newsletters. So many, in fact, that I’m resigned to the fact I’ll never reach inbox zero, and I’m totally fine with that. Why? Because newsletters are awesome, they really are, and I sign up for new ones all the time. I can’t get enough of them. What’s not to like about a curated collection …
The Rewrite API for WordPress is an important feature that you probably don’t read much about, yet you’re no doubt using without even realizing it. The API provides the functionality for creating your own unique links – permalinks – for your website. In this tutorial, I’ll explain permalinks in-depth – what they are, why they are permanent, their possible structures, …
The WordPress core is secure but you can make the passwords stored in your site’s database even more secure by upgrading from MD5-based password hashing to bcrypt. While some may say otherwise, the WordPress core really is secure, and it’s not that hard to keep your WordPress website safe from most common attacks by using a unique admin username and …
Search engines are always modifying how they do things. In just a few years’ time, we’ve gone through a strictly keyword-based search algorithm to a semantic search algorithm that prioritizes context over exact keyword matches. The days of keyword stuffing are long behind us now and if you want to make sure your website ranks as high as possible and …
Everyone’s talking about the REST API right now and some pretty grand claims are being made, including an ambition for WordPress to become a component of 100% of the internet, not as a CMS but as an application platform. This is all very exciting for developers, but the vast majority of people working with WordPress are users and not developers. So …
