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Learn three filters a day for 365 days

Curtis McHale

July 17, 2013

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 releases Ruby gem for WordPress deployment with Capistrano

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Development

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…

The WP Conf to “fork” WordCamp Los Angeles

Brian Krogsgard

July 16, 2013

HostingWordPress News

I was tagged in a tweet by Brad Williams that referenced The WP Conf, which is currently only a half-finished website, but is an independent WordPress conference slated for late this year, and calls itself, "a WordPress conference forked from…

Design inspiration: WordPress VIP site redesigns

Brian Krogsgard

July 15, 2013

Design

It appears the WordPress VIP website has a new look and feel. I have to say, I greatly prefer it to the harsh black of the old design. This is one of my favorite blogs for seeing what the biggest…

Replace the WordPress the default category metabox with radio buttons

Brian Krogsgard

July 15, 2013

Development

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.

On WordPress themes and frameworks

Brian Krogsgard

July 15, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Let's pull the bandaid off real quick, and it won't hurt as bad: Theme Framework has turned into a marketing term. I lean more every day to giving theme framework the premium treatment. Just because a product costs money doesn't…

Shortcodes should never be included in themes. Period.

Brian Krogsgard

July 13, 2013

Development

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…

Use the_title() and the_title_attribute() Correctly

Pippin Williamson

July 12, 2013

Development

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…

WordPress themes for comics

Brian Krogsgard

July 11, 2013

DesignWordPress News

I saw today that WordPress.com has released a new WordPress theme geared toward comic writers, called Panel. It reminded me of an older project called ComicPress. ComicPress was probably ahead of its time in terms of just how niche it…

Upgrade your client services with documentation

Zé Fontainhas

July 11, 2013

Development

Curtis McHale defends that including solid and comprehensive documentation with your projects is probably a task you can no longer ignore, if you want to stand out as a more complete WordPress developer.

Filling in WP_Query when it doesn’t come back with enough posts

Curtis McHale

July 11, 2013

Development

Ever need 5 'featured' posts but WP_Query only gives you 2? This tutorial will show you how you can fill in those missing posts.

A refreshed Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

July 11, 2013

DesignPost Status Team Blog

Post Status has been iterating quite a bit over the last six months since it launched. However, not everyone noticed. I'm excited to launch a redesign that reflects the changing purpose that Post Status serves. It started as a link…

Properly using wp_reset_postdata(), wp_reset_query() and variable naming in queries

Brian Krogsgard

July 3, 2013

Development

Understanding how to alter the main query and how to create custom queries in WordPress are two essentials for WordPress developers. You should familiarize yourself with a few things right away: What is the WP_Query class, including creating new custom…

Get WordPress posts based on date ranges

Curtis McHale

July 2, 2013

Development

Some things you just can't do with WP_Query like get posts in the last 10 days from today. Here, we show you how to do that by using the posts_where filter.

Disturbing report On WordPress plugin security

Brian Krogsgard

July 2, 2013

SecurityWordPress News

Checkmarx, a company founded in 2006 that specializes in automated security code reviews has published a security vulnerability report on the top 50 plugins on the WordPress plugin repository. As WP Tavern's Jeff Chandler summarizes, more than 20% of the…

How the Washington Post used WordPress to power The Grid

Brian Krogsgard

July 2, 2013

Development

The Washington Post has a feature called The Grid that tracks realtime events in, well, a grid. It's a combination of tweets and other things they find interesting, and in this profile, they show how they used WordPress and other…

Learn three filters a day for 365 days

CrowdFavorite releases Ruby gem for WordPress deployment with Capistrano

The WP Conf to “fork” WordCamp Los Angeles

Design inspiration: WordPress VIP site redesigns

Replace the WordPress the default category metabox with radio buttons

On WordPress themes and frameworks

Shortcodes should never be included in themes. Period.

Use the_title() and the_title_attribute() Correctly

WordPress themes for comics

Upgrade your client services with documentation

Filling in WP_Query when it doesn’t come back with enough posts

Properly using wp_reset_postdata(), wp_reset_query() and variable naming in queries

Get WordPress posts based on date ranges

Disturbing report On WordPress plugin security

How the Washington Post used WordPress to power The Grid

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