Software Engineering in WordPress, PHP, and Backend Development
I recently shared my thoughts on writing clean code within the context of WordPress, but I think there’s a whole other side to this – writing quality code.
Sounds easy enough, but the thing is that if it were easy then everyone would be doing it. And everyone isn’t. In fact, I’d argue that even those of us who try have room to improve.
In my latest article on Envato, I review a few practical tips for writing quality code specifically for WordPress. Continue reading
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being interviewed and featured on MattReport.com about what it’s like to make a living with WordPress. Continue reading
For more technical users or to skip the the background explanation, skip directly to the code.
When it comes to building themes or plugins in WordPress, you rarely want administrators, editors, subscribers, and so on to anything other than the dashboard just after they’ve logged in.
After all, these authors are usually loggin in to write posts, edit their information, or generally manage their content.
But if you’re building a more advanced theme or an application, then allowing users to view the dashboard may be outside the scope of what you’re looking to allow.
As such, here’s an easy to redirect non-admin users to another page after logging into WordPress. Note that this post was updated on December 13, 2012 thanks to the recommendations in Simon’s comment.
Back in October, I asked if you guys thought that there was room for yet another WordPress podcast. Between the comments, Tweets, and emails, I receive an overwhelmingly response all of which was positive.
After the response that I received, I brought the idea and responses to my team at 8BIT who were more than excited about the opportunity. So much so, in fact, that we’ve opted to bring this under the 8BIT banner rather than as a personal podcast of my own.
So, as of today, I’m proud to announce the first episode of the Hello Dolly podcast. Continue reading
On this site, I’ve discussed my work with 8BIT many times before. The short of is that we’re passionate about digital publishing.
We have some really exciting things coming in 2013 (including helping to produce a certain podcast), but today we’re launching one of our first initiatives for the new year and I couldn’t be more excited. Continue reading
Kinsta offers premium managed WordPress hosting for everyone, small or large. Powered by Google Platform and strengthened by Cloudflare, they take performance to the next level. All hosting plans include 24/7/365 support from their team of WordPress engineers. Get started with a free migration today.
If you are looking for WordPress guides and unbiased reviews, I recommend checking out WPKube. They also have an exclusive deals section.
© 2025 Tom McFarlin
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑
