Trigger plugin activation on new site in a WordPress Network

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted onMarch 12, 2013January 31, 2015 Updated onJanuary 31, 2015

Trigger plugin activation function on new WordPress Network site.

Blogging with a Newsletter

ByDan Knauss August 30, 2022September 3, 2022

It shouldn’t be this complicated… Nice end result though, by using “a potent combination of MDX and MJML.” Josh Comeau explains his workflow from Markdown to static site publishing and an email newsletter. It’s a complex arrangement, but doing it with WordPress is not easy or simple either. Josh writes: Being able to write newsletter…

Development

Classing up your queries

ByBrian Krogsgard February 12, 2013January 31, 2015

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.

Development

A self hosted alternative to Jetpack’s Photon service

ByBrian Krogsgard January 14, 2014January 31, 2015

While Jetpack and its Photon service are useful, it is not a solution fit for everyone, and may users and developers have reservations about integrating with the WordPress.com infrastructure. Will Norris takes the open source approach and has rolled his own self-hosted version of Photon, available on GitHub.

Development

Building a Better Image Widget with the New WordPress Media Manager

ByBrian Krogsgard January 22, 2013January 31, 2015

A thorough post about how you can leverage the WordPress 3.5 Media Manager in a widget.

Development

Modular WordPress

ByBrian Krogsgard August 1, 2013January 31, 2015

Matt’s vision of future WordPress development (from the SotW) is encapsulated in plugin development. What does that mean for future dev on core APIs? I have one idea on a way that plugin-like functionality could work hand-in-hand with core API advancement.