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Why I Contributed To Easy Digital Downloads, What I Learned, & Why You Should, Too

August 21, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

At the risk of sounding like a marketer rather than a fan and contributor of the plugin, Easy Digital Downloads is a free plugin for WordPress that makes it exceptionally easy to sell digital products through your WordPress-based site.

Though it’s available for download from the WordPress Plugins Repository, Pippin – the lead developer behind the plugin – open sourced the plugin on GitHub in order to get other developers involved.

This past weekend, I was able to contribute a couple of fixes. In light in the whole plugin conversion that’s going on within the WordPress Developer Community, I found several points worth mentioning with regards to getting involved with Easy Digital Downloads.

Comment Images For WordPress 1.4

August 20, 2012 / Tom

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Comment Images For WordPress 1.4

I’ve received some great feedback from users who are using Comment Images For WordPress. Since its release, I’ve received a number of comments, emails, and quick notes about minor issues that users have had when using the plugin.

Yesterday, I officially released Comment Images For WordPress 1.4. You can grab a copy of it here, but here’s a run down of the changes that have happened since I first launched the plugin:

Improving WordPress Plugins

August 20, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

Improving WordPress Plugins

In some ways, plugins are kind of the “apps of WordPress” and they need to be treated as such. Many developers care about improving WordPress plugins and the associated experience, but there’s a long way to go.

Currently, it’s more like the Wild West than anything else: Anyone who can write code that does something with WordPress – regardless of if it follows any of the best practices – and can have their work added the plugin repository.

Last week, an impromptu discussion about the state of plugins grew into a much more serious talk. So much so that what started as a Twitter conversation moved to a Google Hangout then migrated to a blog.

Obviously, this touched a sensitive spot in the WordPress Developer community and a discussing ensued about what could be done to begin improving WordPress plugins and the associated process and repository:

Mou For Mac – Markdown Made Awesome

August 17, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you’re in the business of writing plugins for WordPress or are involved at all with the GitHub community, then you’re more than familiar with markdown.

Personally, I’ve tried a number of different markdown editors but have yet to be really satisfied with any of them. For the longest time, I used iA Writer and I still think it’s a terrific application, but I think it’s geared more towards writers and note takers. It doesn’t suite my particular needs.

The majority of the notes that I take are usually in some form of documentation – either it’s related to team meetings, documentation for work I share on GitHub, or README files for themes, plugins, or similar projects.

And as far as those situations are concerned, Mou For Mac is hands down the best markdown editor I’ve used.

Introducing Ajax in the WordPress Dashboard

August 17, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

Introducing Ajax in the WordPress Dashboard is a relatively easy thing to do as WordPress provides a standard set of steps to follow. Unfortunately, it’s not always done correctly.

In my latest set of articles over at WPTuts+, I give a Primer on Ajax in the WordPress Dashboard. Continue reading