Carl Alexander digs deep and shares…
Carl Alexander digs deep and shares some advice on how to work with the WordPress Options API, covering topics from autoloading to actions and filters.
Carl Alexander digs deep and shares some advice on how to work with the WordPress Options API, covering topics from autoloading to actions and filters.
In this episode, Kimberly Lipari and Cory Miller discuss the ups and downs of building and selling WordPress companies. They share their experiences, including the challenges they faced and lessons learned. They also give advice to entrepreneurs and business owners looking to grow and sell their own WordPress companies.
Carl Alexander has a new post on the subject of “acceptance testing,” which is testing whether your code meets the needs and expectations of the end users who will use your software. Carl talks a bit about popular PHP acceptance testing frameworks — Behat and Codeception — and how developers can use them. In the end, trust is the…
Carl Alexander continues his streak of good development articles with this recent post showing how developers can manage many classes with a “main plugin class.”
Magne Ilsaas wants WordPress to be more than the pragmatic choice for enterprise clients. He wants WordPress agencies to be known for a distinct WordPress culture and mindset. Alain Schlesser, Carole Olinger, Carl Alexander, and Zach Stepek have a frank talk with Bob Dunn about the costs of not supporting WordPress contributors. Post Status members including Dave Loodts, Marius Jensen, Jeremy Ward, and Chris Reynolds discuss the looming PHP 7.4 EOL. Plus Jb Audras‘ breakdown of contributions to the WordPress 6.1 release. For your weekend reading, some news and insights from business, workplace, webtech, and govtech writers beyond the WordPress bubble.
Carl Alexander has written an in-depth guide for developers who are getting started with continuous integration in their WordPress development. Continuous integration is especially important if you’re part of a team or have others updating your codebase — you will definitely want to automate your different development workflows to maintain code quality and sanity.
It’s a good time to celebrate growth, maturity — and longevity. This is our 500th issue. WordPress is 19! And the 6.0 release is just a few days old, with new and old hands contributing from all over the world. Many are “developers” of some kind. Those who are showing up every day to make the project work and to make a living in WordPress are the professionals. Here’s to them!