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Software Versioning and WordPress

January 25, 2022

Version 5.8.3 identified by major, minor, and patch

There are several ways software maintains version numbers, but in WordPress, plugins & core typically follow Semantic Versioning. This is where 3 different numbers explain the current version of software: Semantic versioning has very detailed rules when changing each of those 3 numbers. MAJOR – Non-backwards Compatible API Changes This number should change any time […]

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How to Use Custom Fields In WordPress

September 17, 2021

One of the best ways to store and display additional information on your site is to use WordPress’s post meta through custom fields. WordPress has the ability to allow post authors to assign custom fields to a post. This arbitrary extra information is known as metadata. WordPress.org Codex This metadata, otherwise known as “post meta”, is […]

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Micro Plugins In WordPress

September 10, 2021

I have been thinking about the concept of micro plugins for a while now. A few months ago, I was having a discussion with some folks from my local WordPress meetup group and we got on the topic of the best way to handle modifying a theme’s functions.php file. When we really started digging into […]

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Using VS Code to Improve Your Git Commits

February 27, 2021

The other day I had a great discussion with a few of my coworkers about improving our Git Commits. After some back and forth, and discussing Sal Ferrarello’s rules for git commits, I decided to create a git commit template that would open up in my editor each time I used git commit in my […]

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Get Only Public Post Types In WordPress

January 29, 2021

Recently I had a situation where I needed to determine if a post type was not one of WordPress’ core types. WordPress has several base post types: Post (Post Type: ‘post’) Page (Post Type: ‘page’) Attachment (Post Type: ‘attachment’) Revision (Post Type: ‘revision’) Navigation menu (Post Type: ‘nav_menu_item’) For example, let’s say that we need […]

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Using Symlinks With Local by Flywheel For Plugin Development

January 31, 2020

Local by Flywheel Plugin Development

When developing Plugins with Local by Flywheel it’s a good idea to keep the plugin code separate from your WordPress installs. Using symlinks with Local by Flywheel helps keep the plugin code isolated so it’s easier to manage.

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How To Use Local By Flywheel For Local WordPress Development

January 17, 2020

Local by Flywheel application open on a Desktop screen

Local By Flywheel is a Graphical User Interface used for spinning up local WordPress development environments. I use it every single day for my WordPress development projects and I think it would be useful for you.

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How To Write Your First WordPress Plugin

February 5, 2019

Man Sitting On Ledge Typing

After you have been using WordPress for some time, I bet you have some slight modifications you want to make. Maybe changing the title of a specific archive from “Category: Favorites” to “My Favorite Posts”? I’m going to walk you through the basics of how to write your first plugin so you can modify your […]

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How To Back Up Forge WordPress Sites to Amazon S3

November 5, 2018

How To Back Up Forge WordPress Sites to Amazon S3

I’ve had my personal WordPress site and all of my clients’ sites hosted with Laravel Forge for a little over a year now. If you haven’t heard of Forge yet, you definitely need to check it out. Yes, it is mainly for PHP applications, but it will also host WordPress sites like a champ. Forge […]

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How to Get Yoast’s Primary Category

May 14, 2018

Displaying WordPress categories in a theme can be a challenge because a post could belong to several different categories and if the theme has to display 30 categories for each post in a list, it could get messy. This is where a primary category comes in handy.

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