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November 5, 2015

Loading the Optimal WordPress Object Cache Implementation

On the webdevstudios blog, I wrote about wrangling your object-cache.php file. Check it out.

Advanced Development, Articles Elsewhere, How-to, Plugins and Scripts, Tools
September 28, 2015

Post Meta.. The most valuable resources

This is Part 5 of a five-part series on working with WordPress post-meta. If you haven’t, you’ll probably want to start with Part 1. Now that you have a decent understanding of meta data, how…

How-to, The Basics
September 28, 2015

Post Meta.. Let’s make something!

This is Part 4 of a five-part series on working with WordPress post-meta. If you haven’t, you’ll probably want to start with Part 1. So let’s break it down. First we’ll hook into the add_meta_boxes hook,…

How-to, The Basics
September 28, 2015

Post Meta.. How do I save it? (add_post_meta)

This is Part 3 of a five-part series on working with WordPress post-meta. If you haven’t, you’ll probably want to start with Part 1. Post background color: #FF0000 Subtitle: My Post Subtitle Show Social Links?:…

How-to, The Basics
September 28, 2015

Post Meta.. How do I save it?

This is Part 2 of a five-part series on working with WordPress post-meta. If you haven’t, you’ll probably want to start with Part 1. Today, we’re going to talk about how to store those bits of data…

How-to, The Basics
September 28, 2015

What is Post Meta? An intro to WordPress Custom Fields

You may have also heard that WordPress has something called “custom fields.” The WordPress Codex says this in relation to custom fields, “This arbitrary extra information is known as meta-data.” So as…

How-to, The Basics
March 30, 2015

Use CMB2 to Create a New Post Submission Form

On the WebDevStudios blog, I wrote a tutorial which provides a pretty in-depth walk-through to demonstrate using CMB2 to create a new post submission form. While the specific implementation is for new posts,…

Articles Elsewhere, How-to
March 1, 2015

Using Class Autoloaders (in WordPress?!)

The other day, I tweeted out that I believe there is hesitancy in the WordPress world to use autoloaders. Don’t believe me? I feel like there’s hesitancy in the WP world w/…

Advanced Development, Development Principles, How-to
January 6, 2015

Post Meta Bootcamp

Last year I wrote an “Intro to Post Meta” series of posts for wpsnipp.com. I highly recommend you check them out if you’re looking to learn how to use WordPress post meta.…

Articles Elsewhere, How-to, Resources, The Basics
October 10, 2014

Make custom post type edit page one column

Just a quick snippet. In case you need to make a custom post type screen be one column, you need to add/modify two filters. This example uses CPT_Core:

How-to, Snippets