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The power of filters in WordPress
Filters in WordPress are used to add or override the core functions return. Usually filters come at the end on a script just before it returns the result. A filter send a variable to a range of registered functions that will modify it and return the new variable.
The good thing is that you can have [...]
Brainstorming over blind includes from plugins
In a previous article about mistakes people do when writing plugin I said one of them was to input css/javascript even on pages where they are not needed.
This started a quick discussion on the comments about the possibility of intercepting plugins wp_head call to remove unnecessary inclusion of stuff in the header.
The first solution should [...]
Add a dashboard widget in WordPress admin panel
With wordpress 2.7 came the dashboard widgets that you can easily customize, add or remove. Now lets say you have a great plugin that gets some kind of stats. Wouldn’t it be nice to display them on the dashboard so you can view them in one swift eye move rather than going in you plugin [...]
Create a posts by category widget in WordPress 2.8
With WordPress 2.8, Automatic introduced a new widget management panel but also a new way of making your own widgets. Before is was a bunch of messy functions, now it’s a nice widget API easier than ever.
Justin Tadlock wrote a very comprehensive article about making widget in 2.8 and I will use this to make [...]
10 Mistakes you could avoid in wordpress plugin development
Even the best idea can be made useless if the implementation isn’t up to standard. I’ve learnt how to make plugins mainly by opening the code of other people in trying to understand it.
After a few month of development I can see the differences between good and bad code. Like in graphic design, the details [...]
New Poll: How do you start your WordPress plugins development projects?
My present work involve working with WordPress a lot and one good thing about Wp is how easy it is to extend it using plugins. Even without any programming knowledge one should manage to install pretty much any plugin from the repository. But what if you don’t find the plugin you need to do the [...]
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