WordPress functions you may not have heard of
Elliott Stocks
Here are some commonly unknown WordPress functions I've come across when developing with WordPress. A few little gems that I wish I discovered long before I needed them.
Rethinking WordPress widget administration
Brian Krogsgard
The team at WebDevStudios has done some pretty complete visual mockups of what they view as an improved widget / sidebar management experience. I really like where they are heading. It's more visual and more consistent with where other parts…
Developing for WordPress? Keep your shit secure
mikejolley
In this article I talk about the current state of the wordpress.org repository backed up by recent statistics, and give advice on keeping plugins and themes secure during development.
The freelancer’s guide to long term contracts
Curtis McHale
This is a great ebook for anyone looking to get in to long term contracts with clients. Eric walks you through the benefits and pitfalls of the practice. He is a seriously smart dude.
Contribute to the future of the WordPress admin dashboard
Brian Krogsgard
Hate the WordPress admin dashboard? Now's a good time to voice your opinion. Dave Martin is looking into rethinking the dashboard, potentially for WordPress 3.8. He's put a survey on the Make WordPress Core blog where you can voice your…
ManageWP joins the WordPress news fray with a Digg-like web app
Brian Krogsgard
ManageWP has been teasing ManageWP.org for what must be a few months by now. I received an email invite yesterday to see what the wait was all about. Based on the teasers, the new service seemed to be some sort…
Scared of WordPress core Trac? Try bug gardening.
Brian Krogsgard
Helen Hou-Sandà has some advice for those of you that might be afraid of WordPress core's development processes. You could get involved with bug gardening, which essentially allows you to set milestones and make sure bugs aren't getting left behind…
PHP globals and classes for new programmers
Brian Krogsgard
Justin Sternberg has written a nice and thorough post geared toward beginning programmers to cover common PHP methodologies. I definitely recommend reading this for those that may recognize certain techniques, but don't really fully understand them. I love beginner tutorials…
WordPress.com introduces Connect, a “login with” API
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com has introduced a new API today called WordPress.com Connect. It's an API to allow websites and applications to offer login capability for WordPress.com users. It's not surprising Automattic has introduced this feature. After all, they have tons of services that…
Career advice for developers
Brian Krogsgard
Cory Miller gives some career advice for programmers. Cory has been in the web business for a long time, and as the owner of iThemes, has significant authority in this arena. If you're a web developer and looking for some…
The future of WPDB
Brian Krogsgard
mysql_*() methods are deprecated in PHP 5.5 and it's time for WordPress move on and enable support for PDO or MySQLi. In this article I describe what I played with and what the next steps are for getting a better…
Contributing to Jetpack, the guide
Brian Krogsgard
The Automattic Jetpack team has announced a handy guide for people that want to contribute to Jetpack. I should probably learn from this, as historically, my methods for contributing to Jetpack have been by whining on Twitter. I wish more…
Yoast changes licensing structure to not allow unlimited licenses
Brian Krogsgard
Joost de Valk posted on his Tumblr, of all things, that their commercial plugins at Yoast.com have undergone a licensing structure change. They've changed to yearly based support, and also removed their unlimited site license. They're hoping to eliminate abuses with the move,…
Weekly company fee for core WordPress contributions
Mario Peshev
Here's an interesting idea to sponsor WordPress experts from smaller agencies and companies for contributing back to the WordPress project.
WPCandy appears to have been sold (Update: it has not been sold)
Brian Krogsgard
Update: Ryan emailed me, and commented here, that it was not sold, nor going anywhere. Josh also told me, "it was a joke that got out of hand." I'm very sorry. I should've waited for a response, but I didn't…
Have a happy WordPress podcast weekend
Brian Krogsgard
I hope you are having a great weekend. This last week, I had the pleasure of being on two podcasts: DradCast and Week in WordPress. I had a great time Wednesday night talking to Dre Armeda and Brad Williams about…
