The Move to Modern PHP in WordPress
A look at the initiatives to improve the PHP landscape of the WordPress ecosystem.
Fun and Games with Regex
Think ‘regex’ and ‘fun’ can’t exist in the same sentence? I’ll teach you how to win at computer science’s greatest logic puzzle.
Page Builder Panel – The Pros & Cons Of Them In Your Workflow
Featuring Doug Belchamber, Keith Devon and Mike Pead; this will be an open panel discussion around the use of Page Builders in the WordPress development workflow. We’ll be hearing the pros and the cons from the panel of developers and you’ll have your chance to get involved.
Splitting Shipping based on shipping class in WooCommerce
Up until WooCommerce 2.1, each order had to be shipped via a single method with a single price. This changed in 2.1 and WooCommerce now allows each package to be quoted and shipped individually. This means we can manipulate the basket and split the oredr based on the shipping method, then each package can be …
WP_Model, synthetic ORM for WordPress (Part 1)
I have made an ORM for WordPress, before you roll your eyes at that statement I have built it specifically for WP based MVPs. Having built lots of MVPs on WordPress for cash strapped startups this simple class has made WordPress it easier than ever to make complex apps in days using WP. https://github.com/anthonybudd/WP_Model. In …
The Role of Page Builders for Developers
Are custom page templates and shortcodes offering our clients and users the best content publishing experience? In this talk, I’ll explore how and why page builders might now be a staple in a WordPress developer’s toolkit.
The Themers Guide to WP-CLI
WP-CLI is a useful tool for automating tasks and optimising developer workflow in WordPress. WP-CLI is commonly used for maintenance and can be put to good use in the initial site build process. Learn how WP-CLI can help improve your themeing process and make it faster to perform common site building tasks.
Plugins Uncovered – March 2017
We all have our favourite go-to plugins, often using them repeatedly on our client projects. We may have plugins we’ve used for years, or sometimes we come across handy plugins by chance. Let’s spread the word about these great little plugins available to us. Let’s find those hero plugins that will get us hooked! In …
Leveraging the Customizer for Big Media
The Customizer is one of the most powerful parts of WordPress, its a great tool for users, and big media to customise the message of content in a visual way. We’ll be looking at an example of this and what type of features can be built around the customizer experience.
