If you aren’t already familiar, CMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress. And well…as Justin pointed out, what is it good for? Absolutely everything! With seemingly endless options, it can sometimes be difficult to decide on how to implement...
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Making a Plugin the WebDevStudios Way
We make a lot of plugins at WebDevStudios. Whether adding functionality to client projects, creating open source plugins to give back, or developing premium products, we are always spinning up new plugins. To speed up this process, we created generator-plugin-wp, a Yeoman generator which streamlines all...
Read More Making a Plugin the WebDevStudios WayCustom Post Type UI Version 1.2.0 Now Available!
It’s been awhile since we last visited Custom Post Type UI on the WebDevStudios blog. We released version 1.1.0 on June 12th 2015. Not long after that, Custom Post Type UI surpassed 1 million downloads. Since then, I’ve been slowly but steadily...
Read More Custom Post Type UI Version 1.2.0 Now Available!Integrating ElasticSearch with WordPress
High traffic sites that heavily depend on search can run into server resource issues and cause a sluggish experience for users. A good solution for this is to allow a third-party service to handle search for your site. We recently had a...
Read More Integrating ElasticSearch with WordPressTop 15 WebDevStudios Posts Published in 2015
As mentioned in our end of year post, one of our goals for 2015 was to up our content game–and up it we did. Earlier in the year, I talked about how we have been using a collaborative approach to create content...
Read More Top 15 WebDevStudios Posts Published in 2015Solving the Responsive Images Problem with WordPress Responsive Images
The quest for a beautiful, responsive website is ever-present. As front-end developers, we know the tricks of the trade when it comes to making all of those fancy little features work from desktop to mobile. Whether it’s degrading hover-based actions gracefully or...
Read More Solving the Responsive Images Problem with WordPress Responsive ImagesGetting Started with SEO and WordPress
As WordPress continues to grow, online business continues to become more and more competitive, so naturally, search engine optimization (SEO) continues to be a top priority for many of our clients. A large majority of the sites we build are for clients...
Read More Getting Started with SEO and WordPressHow 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 CMB2Anticipating User Needs: Create a Better Contact Form
Every company in the world is trying to sell an experience—from Apple to McDonalds to Disney World. Whether we’re truly aware of it all the time, we’re experiencing things every second. Someone is either selling us the experience itself, or that experience...
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