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ByBrian Krogsgard

Also in PHP 7 land, WordPress core committer Joe McGill documented his process of upgrading a Digital Ocean droplet  on WordPress to PHP 7, and from HTTP to HTTPS. I think his definition of easy is different than mine, but he brings up a couple of good ideas for how WordPress can do a better…

A creative approach for scalable API endpoints

ByBrian Krogsgard

This is definitely on the more technical side, but Thomas Griffin shares his approach to creating a more scalable approach for creating custom endpoints for consumable web APIs. As WordPress continues to evolve into an application platform, it is being used more and more frequently as the backend to power APIs (REST and (un?)REST alike)….

How to customize the WordPress theme customizer defaults

How to customize the WordPress theme customizer defaults

ByBrian Krogsgard

The theme customizer feature was introduced in WordPress 3.4, released June 2012. Since then, it’s been a great tool that’s allowed theme developers to move away from complex options managers to a simpler, more logical interface where many settings can even be live previewed. Over the last couple of years, there have been a few…

Brian Gardner On WordPress Now And Today, Talking Design And Workflows, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg And Beyond  — Post Status Draft 143
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Brian Gardner On WordPress Now And Today, Talking Design And Workflows, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg And Beyond  — Post Status Draft 143

ByOlivia Bisset

In this episode, Brian Gardner, Principal Developer Advocate at WPEngine, joins Cory Miller to discuss the solid foundation WordPress established and how it might continue to expand into the future.

Advanced PHP developer? WordPress is a better starting point for your project than you think.

ByBrian Krogsgard

Gabriel Koen describes ten reasons why he believes WordPress is a better starting point for projects than many advanced PHP developers would think. Some of the points are even known pain-points in WordPress, but as he notes, “even a half-assed solution pre-built beats building your own half-assed solution that you’ll never get around to finishing.”

Barley for WordPress is a simple and effective inline editor
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Barley for WordPress is a simple and effective inline editor

ByBrian Krogsgard

I’ve had an opportunity to play with Barley for WordPress, an inline editor plugin. Barley is a two-sided product. Barley is a hosted, PHP based CMS, and Barley for WordPress is a WordPress plugin that extends the hosted Barley editing experience to WordPress publishers. My first thought when seeing Barley for WordPress was that it…