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Should I Do This in a WordPress Theme or Plugin?

[…] introducing or changing functionality, then it should be a plugin. Now, this isn’t to oversimplify the process because I realize there is some overlap. After all, there are plugins that exist to change certain design elements – case in point – so there isn’t a hard line to be drawn, but I think there needs […]

My WordPress Developer Meetup

[…] of us were learning in current projects Questions and answers for certain projects we were working on Presentations on unit testing within WordPress Code Reviews of our plugins and themes The State of the Word 2012 Overall, I think the group was successful, but we’re looking to help make it even better. In the […]

Apps or Programs?

[…] Are there apps for WordPress? Though I’ve already discussed this before, the short answer is yes. Themes are applications for the design and/or presentation of WordPress data Plugins are applications for extending WordPress functionality Although there’s definitely an ongoing debate as to where we should draw the line in theme and plugin functionality, these […]

Finding Functions in WordPress (Those Not in The API)

As significant as the WordPress API is in building plugins, themes, and applications, there are often times where we may find ourselves needing to write custom functions to achieve something that we know WordPress already does. Case in point: With Page Template Dashboard, I wanted to be able to show the name of the […]

Delivering Products as Self-Employed Software Developer

[…] client expectations. To be clear: outside of 8BIT, I’m also self-employed and spend a portion of my time building WordPress-based products for others. Generally, I build custom plugins and web applications. Anyway, like anyone that makes the jump to self-employment, it wasn’t with out its share of learning curves. It’s one thing to talk […]

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