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 …

Multisite, Hummingbird and Cloudflare: Make Your WordPress Network Blisteringly Fast

You may have caught the recent announcement that our Hummingbird performance plugin has been integrated with CloudFlare. But given that CloudFlare works on a domain level, what does this mean if you’re running a Multisite network? The good news is that with one CloudFlare account you can cover multiple domains. Unlike many services, you don’t need a separate account for each …

Advanced WordPress Development: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

Want to take your WordPress game to a whole new level of coding mastery? Are you ready to really push your PHP skills and add even greater complexity and advanced functionality to your plugins and themes? Welcome to our latest series, WordPress Development for Advanced Users. This series follows on from our popular WordPress Development for Intermediate Users, which introduced you …

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a WordPress Theme Framework (Plus In-Depth Reviews)

Since I last reviewed WordPress frameworks two years ago, the nature of frameworks has evolved. My definition of a framework back then was a parent theme with an API and/or extensive customization options for non-coders. But things have changed. Not all frameworks are even themes now, let alone parent themes. Some of the frameworks reviewed here take the form of plugins, …

Introducing Gillie, Our Hip New Upfront Theme – and That’s Not Even the Best Part!

Don’t panic people, that noise you hear is the sound of awesomeness dropping. Our hip new Upfront starter theme Gillie is live… And that’s not even the best part. You may have noticed our Upfront theme framework got a huge upgrade this week, and with it comes Gillie, a welcoming new design that balances contemporary and vintage. It’s like peeking into a fashion magazine layout …