Development

Here's a great post with a working example of the new shortcode_atts{$shortcode} filter available in WordPress 3.6 that allows developers to filter an existing shortcode's parameters. I need stuff like this all the time. The only catch is that the shortcode itself…

Sven Hofmann has a great guide to the new dashboard icons that are present in the experimental MP6 interface, and how to implement them for custom admin menus in your plugin.

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…

I always get excited when Tom McFarlin starts a new series on wpTuts+. His latest is going to take a look at the WordPress HTTP API, and his first post is up with an introduction to wp_remote_get(). Tom is one…

Drew Jaynes hast started a new website called Filters of the Day with the goal of documenting 3 filters a day for the next 365 days. I'm sure this will be a great opportunity for us to learn more about…

CrowdFavorite has officially released a Ruby gem that they've been using for some time that allows for deploying WordPress sites with Capistrano. They talk about how it's different from Mark Jaquith's WP-Stack, which you may have heard of, in the…

Justin Sternberg posted on the WebDevStudios blog a code example for changing the default hierarchical taxonomy metabox (like for categories) into a radio button select box. This is very handy for limiting end users to choosing only one taxonomy term.

Leland at ThemeLab offers a passionate argument that he does not believe any shortcodes should be included in WordPress themes. I think he makes plenty of good arguments, but I do think we should remember that all a shortcode does…

WordPress provides a nice little function for displaying the title of the current post: the_title(). This function gets used all over the place: in the site header, at the top of single posts and pages, in the loop, in the…