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Articles, tips, and resources for WordPress-based development.

For The Aspiring Professional WordPress Developer

November 6, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

When it comes to discussing WordPress development, I think that one topic that’s hard to come by is how to begin taking on professional WordPress development gigs.

Specifically, I think that we could do a better job of communicating what to expect when another developer opts to make the move to become a professional WordPress developer. And by that, I mean doing something part-time or full-time for pay.

For roughly the past two years, I’ve divided my time between self-employment and two startups the latter two using WordPress as the backbone for their software. For the former, I’ve built a number of plugins – most free, a few premium – and have worked on a number of contracts building sites, plugins, and applications for others.

With that said, I thought I’d do my part in sharing some advice for the aspiring WordPress developer.

Have You Built an Application with WordPress?

November 2, 2012 / Tom

Comments are closed. I'd like all feedback on your WordPress Application sent to my inbox.

Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on building web applications with WordPress. Overall, I’ve really enjoyed the discussion that’s happened in the comments, but there’s been one question that’s continually cropped on in the comments and in my inbox:

Do you have examples of applications built on WordPress?

Noted developers Konstantin Kovshenin and Vladimir Prelovac chimed in with some of the WordPress applications that they’ve built, and I’m in the process of finishing up a few projects that I’m planning to cover here, but I know there’s more out there.

An Update on Another WordPress Podcast

November 2, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I asked if anyone thought that there was room for yet another WordPress Podcast. To be honest, the response was a bit overwhelming.

How awesome, right?

In addition to all of the comments, I also received numerous emails and even a few tweets about this – anything ranging from people who are looking to help out to those who are looking to volunteer to be on the podcast.

Around the same time, my team at 8BIT have been planning about rebooting our own podcast as we’re preparing to launch a new property in the WordPress space, too.

As I move forward with this, I thought it’d be fun to give updates as to where I stand with the state of the podcast, the plans for it, and what you can look forward to once it’s rolling.

My Thoughts on Building Web Applications with WordPress

October 31, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

I’ve talked quite a bit about my thoughts on using WordPress for web application development. Specifically, I’ve shared:

During the State of the Word 2012, Matt discussed the past, present, and future of WordPress which included WordPress being an “app engine” of sorts. Some time ago, I stumbled across an article by Matthew Eppelsheimer in which he discusses his team using WordPress as just that.

Specifically, he says:

The WordPress platform essentially manages content and authentication for us, gives us frameworks to build custom UI and our own functionality, and offers extra features in the form of plugins developed by a large community. It gives us everything we need to rapidly build our own custom tools that fit our own process, style, and needs.

Interesting, isn’t it?

Obviously, I’ve been a fan of treating WordPress as such for some time, but I’ve never really shared how I’ve viewed various features and parts of the API for actually building applications.

Since I’ve recently wrapped up a project where we did just this, and since I’m currently in the middle of building one that’s following suit, I thought I’d share a few notes on my approach for building web applications with WordPress.

Quick Tip: Disable Comments Programmatically

October 30, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you're an experienced WordPress Developer, then skip down to the code.

I’ve been working on small site that’s serving as a digital storefront for a company. The requirements have called for the homepage to feature a variety of featured projects, a news feed, and similar features all of which are obviously custom queries.

There’s a unique feature to this particular project around the newsfeed that’s a bit atypical for other blogs. That is, the project calls for comments and pings to be disabled.

If you find yourself in a similar situation, here’s a quick tip for how you can disable comments programmatically and how you can disable pings programmatically.