Author: Justin Sternberg

Loading the Optimal WordPress Object Cache Implementation

Out of the box, WordPress has pretty great support for external object-cache implementations. Even its built-in object-caching helps WordPress be more performant and avoids redundant non-performant function calls and DB lookups. One of the challenges we have faced at WebDevStudios is the...

Use CMB2 to Create a New Post Submission Form

Here at WebDevStudios, we try to use CMB2 for pretty much anything form or field related. We do this for several reasons: It saves us time. It’s a framework that handles a lot of the nitty-gritty for us (creating markup, handling sanitizing,...

CMB2 WordPress Plugin: What is it good for? Absolutely everything!

What happened to Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress? Is this an actual plugin? Do I need to use CMB2 instead? These are a few of the types of questions I get asked when talking about CMB2. I agree–it IS confusing! With...

Custom Metaboxes and Fields 1.0.0 Released!

If you’re not already familiar, Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress is a WordPress drop-in plugin that will “create metaboxes with custom fields that will blow your mind.” The Custom Metaboxes and Fields (CMB) library is a frequently used tool at WebDev, so I...

How to Replace WordPress Default Taxonomy Metabox with a Radio Select Metabox

There have been many times we have wanted to use taxonomies as a 1-to-1 ratio with a post or custom post types. This is arguably more effective than using metadata because as Alex King pointed out, using a taxonomy query is more...

How to Set Up SSL with OSX Mountain Lion’s Built-In Apache

There are many tutorials out there, but for whatever reason I couldn’t get it work after a first pass. After a little help from some Twitter friends (thanks @ryandonsullivan & @andygambles!), I was able to pull together all the necessary pieces (read:...