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 2015Tag: WordPress tutorial
Debugging WordPress Tips and Snippets
Most developers know of the common WP_DEBUG in the config file, but some don’t know there are way more possibilities with WordPress and PHP in general. In this article, I’m going to show you some tips and tricks that I use when debugging WordPress plugins...
Read More Debugging WordPress Tips and SnippetsModernize Your WordPress JavaScript
Not too long ago, I walked through the basics of using Browserify to organize and improve your JavaScript. Let’s build on that and take it to the next level while smoothly integrating with WordPress’ built-in JavaScript interface.
Read More Modernize Your WordPress JavaScriptHow to Search Everything Within Custom Post Types
Editor’s note: The following blog post was written in 2015. We can’t guarantee the accuracy of the code and presented solutions, but we’ve chosen to keep this blog post live for those who still find the information useful. If you’re using Custom...
Read More How to Search Everything Within Custom Post TypesReplacing 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 SolutionCreate 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 WordPressGet a Plugin Kickstart with Yeoman & generator-plugin-wp!
Getting started on a new project is always exciting, but it often includes a lot of repetitive work, such as setting up the basics of your code that you need for any plugin, or downloading a boilerplate and filling in your project’s details. Yeoman...
Read More Get a Plugin Kickstart with Yeoman & generator-plugin-wp!How To Create an Auto-Updating Widget Using WP-API
In my last post, I gave you an overview of WP-API. Read through that post if you need a primer on the capabilities of WP-API. For this post, I will offer an example of API usage and how it can benefit site...
Read More How To Create an Auto-Updating Widget Using WP-API10 Things I Learned Migrating Websites to WordPress
Since joining WDS, I’ve had the awesome opportunity to be a part of our internal migrations team and create scripts to help migrate sites for Microsoft to WordPress. It’s an ongoing joke about my joy for migrations because in my initial interview I...
Read More 10 Things I Learned Migrating Websites to WordPress