Why Metro.co.uk chose to go with WordPress.com VIP
Brian Krogsgard
Here's an interesting and candid blog post on why Metro.co.uk chose to go with WordPress.com's VIP service for their site. I learned a few tidbits about VIP in this one.
Classing up your queries
Brian Krogsgard
I remember reading this before I started Post Status. It needs to be noted here just how useful this post on classing up your queries is. Brad gives examples for making it easier to extend WP_Query in your projects.
In the Ring with ClassiPress
Curtis McHale
A look at the code quality in ClassiPress - the WordPress classifieds theme.
Reddit Question: know of any good WordPress blogs to follow?
Brian Krogsgard
This Redditer is looking for some WordPress resources. I shared my comments, but many other people did too. Add your own.
Roll a New MAMP WordPress Install Quickly With This Shell Script
Brian Krogsgard
I wrote a shell script that creates a new WordPress install in MAMP (directory, database, and security keys) based on your input into the prompts and sends you to wp-admin/install.php upon completion. I use it for every project and put…
JSDB.io – a JavaScript library database
Brian Krogsgard
JSDB.io is a visual database of many, many popular JavaScript libraries. Very useful for theme and plugin developers.
Github workflow for managing WordPress plugins
Brian Krogsgard
Tom McFarlin shares how he uses Github for managing his WP Audio Player plugin.
Dev7Studios release CarouFredSel plugin
Brian Krogsgard
Dev7Studios, the makers of the immensely popular Nivo Slider, recently acquired the CarouFredSel plugin. Today, they released a WordPress plugin for CarouFredsel. I've used CarouFredSel for some time for carousels, as it's a pretty robust script. It's nice to see them come…
How to Leave a “Good” Bad Review
Pippin Williamson
Even when leaving bad WordPress plugin reviews, there are ways to do it in a good way. I'd like to talk about how to leave a quality bad review a little.
How to charge clients more and grow an agency
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Medeiros has been doing a number of good video interviews on his site, Matt Report. His latest is with Jose Cabeller, and they discuss how to grow your web consulting business. They key seems to be focusing on your…
A Process For Successfully Migrating a WordPress Website
Tom McFarlin
In this article, popular WordPress consultant Bill Erickson provides a complete walkthrough of steps used to successfully migrate a WordPress site from one server to another.
WP Stack – a Toolkit For Creating Professional WordPress Deployments
Tom McFarlin
WP Stack is a professional WordPress deployment tool written and maintained by Mark Jaquith. It assumes you're already using a number of professional development techniques. Specifically, WP Stacks aims to help you scale WordPress out to multiple servers.
The Zen of WP Development
Tom McFarlin
In this WordPress.tv episode, Daniel Bachhuber - a Code Wrangler at WordPress.com VIP team - presents what it means to be "one with the code" of WordPress development for providing elegant solutions.
Why does the slug work in a page URL, but not the ID?
Tom McFarlin
Here's a very simple question to a potentially confusing problem relating to how WordPress relates ID's, slugs, and tags when dealing with URLs.
How to detect a WordPress URL without doing a full HTTP GET
Tom McFarlin
In this WordPress Stack Exchange question and answer, Jeff Atwood - co-founder of Stack Overflow - asks an interesting question in relation to WordPress and WP Super Cache and Rarst provides the answer as to why.
7 Tips for Better WordPress Theme Development
Brian Krogsgard
I gave this talk at WordCamp Norway 2013. It covers several tips and tricks that will make you a better theme developer.
