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.
WordPress Performance Optimzation
Brian Krogsgard
Performance matters because a positive (fast) user experience facilitates all goals a publisher or application developer might have. WordPress, like most applications, has numerous moving parts that must be considered when trying to scale.
Curriculum for a “WordPress school”
Brian Krogsgard
Sami Keijonen proposes a first draft of what a WordPress school curriculum may look like. I've known Sami for quite a while (via the Theme Hybrid forums) and I'd love to see him move forward with a WordPress course like…
Using WordPress for application development
Brian Krogsgard
Tom McFarlin weighs in on the topic of WordPress as a tool for application development in his latest post on WP Daily.
Joomla vs WordPress (or why most infographics stink)
Brian Krogsgard
I just have a hard time getting behind an infographic. They tend to be so absolute and incomplete. I'm not trying to knock on the people that probably worked pretty hard on this infographic of a comparison between WordPress and…
Justin Tadlock calls for more admin themes
Brian Krogsgard
Justin Tadlock has written a blog post about admin themes and the WordPress UI in general. He also highlights Tung Do's new admin theme, which looks quite nice, and gives a shout out to a few other blog posts on…
A trend in theme shops closing affiliate programs
Brian Krogsgard
Jonathan Dingman poses interesting questions on his WP Force blog. Why do WordPress theme companies struggle with so much fraud compared to other industries? And I'd rephrase his second question just a bit - as I think it's obviously a…
Free WooCommerce extensions
Brian Krogsgard
I work with WooCommerce a lot, and I didn't know about some of these free WooCommerce extensions James posted on the WooThemes blog. **Goes to download**
Avoid the pains of pagination
Brian Krogsgard
UX Movement explores various painpoints of pagination. A good reminder for those of us creating pagination in WordPress themes and client sites. Are we giving it enough thought?
WordPress themes specifically for hotels
Brian Krogsgard
A theme company called Hermes launched recently that appears to make WordPress themes specifically for hotels. An interesting niche. I'm a little surprised they aren't going one extra step with a fully hosted option. Either way, expect much more of…
You can now restore sites to a new location with VaultPress
Brian Krogsgard
VaultPress, the backup solution from Automattic, has introduced a feature to restore a site backup to a new location or site. It's interesting to seem them get into the migration space.
Five reasons to attend Pressnomics
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Lema says why he thinks we should attend Pressnomics, an alternative WordPress conference. I missed it last year, and I am going to do everything in my power not to make that mistake again.
Saving Custom Post Meta – Refactored
Curtis McHale
Tom McFarlin has released a refactored version of the standard function to save custom post meta.
‘Without a Plugin’ and all that crap
Curtis McHale
Stop titling tutorials 'without a plugin'. You're doing a disservice to the novices that don't know any better.
Getting a menu name in WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
I had the hardest time figuring out how to return the saved name for a given menu. After spending way too much time in Google, I stumbled across this simple function that does the trick.
1% of CMS-Powered Sites Expose Their Database Passwords
Brian Krogsgard
Nearly 1% of websites built with a content management system (like WordPress or Joomla) are unknowingly exposing their database password to anyone who knows where to look.
