BuddyPress is always in active development, so new features, fixes, and enhancements are continually being released. Let’s go over some updates you might have missed! This is a real quick and dirty rundown with links to more information on each bit, but let...
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How To Make a Custom Field For CMB2
CMB2 is pretty much the best. It makes it super easy to add fields all over your site and it comes with a ton of useful fields by default. There are also a ton of community made fields out there for extending it with...
Read More How To Make a Custom Field For CMB2Testing Websites on Real Devices with Browsersync
Developing websites these days involves a lot of testing on different devices and browsers. Services like CrossBrowserTesting and Browser Stack make this much easier, but it’s still unrealistic to boot up a testing session every time you make a change to your local site. You also...
Read More Testing Websites on Real Devices with BrowsersyncReplacing Default WordPress User Dropdowns with an AJAX Solution
WordPress’s default dropdowns for Authors and Parent Pages in WP Admin work well for most setups, but sometimes the large number of users can slow page load and exhaust memory. A solution that I like is replacing the user dropdown with Select2...
Read More Replacing Default WordPress User Dropdowns with an AJAX SolutionLet’s Talk Cron
We’ve all heard about it, and we’ve all had to deal with it: Missed posts! It’s especially painful if you depend on your post content to get out on time, or worse, if you’re scheduling your posts to a social media outlet...
Read More Let’s Talk CronHow to View a Locally Developed Website on Other Devices
We’ve talked earlier about using Vagrant and VVV for local development, and now it’s time to take it a step further. Taking mobile devices into account when developing a website is no longer optional; it’s a requirement. That leaves you with a...
Read More How to View a Locally Developed Website on Other DevicesStaging Websites for Safe Development
Imagine you have been evaluating your web presence and have determined that there are tasks you need to work on to improve your website. After careful deliberation, your team has identified points A, B, and C are all either not working, or...
Read More Staging Websites for Safe DevelopmentCreate a Simple JSON Endpoint in WordPress
As you may or may not know, the WordPress JSON REST API is on the horizon for a future version of WordPress. This will be one of the most important and influential additions to WordPress core we may see, especially for those...
Read More Create a Simple JSON Endpoint in WordPressUse Simple Page Builder to Add Unique Layouts to Your Content
We’ve previously talked about the WDS Simple Page Builder plugin. But there have been some exciting new additions to the plugin that make it even more useful, as well as a full wiki explaining how to use it (for both devs and users)....
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