Software Engineering in WordPress, PHP, and Backend Development
A listing and summary of all posts that I’ve contributed to the Envato WPTuts+ blog.
One of the lesser known features of the API is how to customize WordPress emails.
There are a number a pluggable and extensible functions that make this possible, but they don’t crop up that often in articles, documentation, or in discussion when building products built using WordPress.
In my latest series over on Envato, I attempt to provide more information on exactly this.
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
Source code – let alone WordPress code comments – is one of those things that often divide developers:
In my latest series on Envato, I discuss a case for WordPress code comments on both the server-side and the client side.
One of the things that makes developing for WordPress so fun is the nature of its extensibility through plugins. When it comes to WordPress plugin programming, there are actually two ways that you can write your plugins:
In the lastest series running on Envato, Stephen Harris and I provide an in-depth discussion on both of these strategies.
In my experience, one of the toughest concepts for new WordPress developers to grasp is the difference in actions and filters.
By this, I don’t mean that they are difficult to use. In fact, I think most developers have a pretty easy time picking up how to hook their functions into hooks and filters when needed, but it seems as if its a bit challenging to grasp WordPress page life cycle and how actions and filters fit into the overall context of WordPress.
So in my latest article at Envato, I try to provide a clear understanding of WordPress Actions and Filters.
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