How to navigate the WordPress plugin landscape
A situation with Pipdig showed the importance of selecting the right plugins and components for your website. So here's how you can navigate the WordPress plugin landscape.
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Staying informed about web security
A couple of WordPress plugin-related security issues are not super uncommon in this landscape. But they serve a reminder that you have to stay on top of web security news to protect your site and users.
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Object-oriented programming in WordPress plugins
Creating a WordPress plugin is pretty simple. It's just another functions.php file, right? But what if you tried creating a plugin with object-oriented programming.
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Should Gutenberg blocks be in plugins or themes?
Gutenberg is still going through the finishing stages before it's released in WordPress core. But there's still a question about Gutenberg blocks that I'm not really seeing anyone answer. Should blocks be placed in plugins or themes?
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Why you should create a webpage for your WordPress plugin
A dedicated webpage for your WordPress plugin gives you more credibility in the flooded plugin market and give your users a place to get help. So why haven't you created a page for your plugin?
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What I learned in a year with Sports Bench
It's been about a year since I released Sports Bench, a plugin/theme package that keeps track of sports stats for your league. So what have I learned in the last year with it?
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Why you should be packaging a functionality plugin with your premium theme
If you're going to be selling a WordPress theme with cool features, please make sure to move those features into a functionality plugin to go with the theme. Your customers will appreciate you even more.
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A lot of tutorials have you put custom code in the functions.php file. But if it affects WordPress itself in anyway, that code should really go in a functionality plugin.
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Ready to release Sports Bench to the wild
Well, it's finally here. I've finished up development on the premium WordPress sports package I've worked on since May and it's time to release it to the public. Now it's time to work on some other things.
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Wrapping up main development with premium sports theme/plugin combo
Roughly two months after getting started, I've finished the bulk of the development on the premium sports WordPress theme/plugin package. Now with all of the heavy lifting out of the way, it's time for testing and getting it ready for distribution.
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Making significant progress with Sports Bench package
It's been a good two weeks of development on the Sports Bench premium plugin/theme. Now it's on to the fun stuff — front-end development. It's all starting to take shape.
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Becoming a better, more confident developer with sports theme, plugin
Despite what I've done in the past four years in learning web development, I still felt unconfident in my web programming skills. But in creating a sports theme and plugin, I've started to feel a lot better and a lot more confident in what I'm doing.
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