Building a Better Image Widget with the New WordPress Media Manager

I missed this when it published in March, but Taylor Lovett does a nice job explaining why taxonomy queries tend to be faster than post meta queries in WordPress. So, next time you’re trying to decide whether to make some data a taxonomy or meta, perhaps at least consider this as a part of your…

Recurring content is present in just about all WordPress themes, and handling it properly is important to keep themes lean, extensible and scalable. So what’s the right approach for handling recurring content in different situations?

This is an excellent guide. Hopefully more and more theme developers will ditch options panels for the customizer.

In case you missed it last Friday, Siobhan McKeown announced that version one of the new WordPress code reference is now live. The code reference provides for easy exploration of core functions, classes, methods, and hooks, as well as the various core APIs. It also provides a reference list of new items added in each…