Lowercase p, dangit!
If you haven’t been following the latest hot debate in the WordPress community, you’re in for some news. If you have been following it, you’re probably in a fiery rage, given up all hope in the...
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Frameworks? Parent, child, and grandchild themes?
One question that crops up every once in a while from my theme users is how to create a WordPress grandchild theme. Most of the time, a user asks, “How do I update my child theme? Do I need to create a...
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Rethinking how news themes work
As I was working through the post and taxonomy chapter in Professional WordPress Plugin Development and checking out the new post formats feature for WordPress, a light bulb turned on in my head. I...
View ArticlePredictions on WordPress themes in 2011
Several developers and community members predict what the future holds for WordPress themes in 2011. You can find my predictions mixed in with the bunch. ∞
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Dealing with shortcode madness
At some point in the past year, a disturbing movement has been growing in the WordPress theme development community. If you’ve ever looked at a few themes from Theme Forest, you might have noticed this...
View ArticleA better way for plugins to hook into theme templates
An interesting discussion has popped up on WordPress Trac about making it easier for plugins to insert content before/after the post is displayed. Currently, plugins add features to the the_content...
View ArticleOne multi-task plugin vs. several single-task plugins?
Recently, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the debate over whether it’s better to develop larger plugins that handle many related tasks or smaller, mini-plugins that handle extremely specific...
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Proposal for widget-only plugins in the repository
For some time now in a few WordPress circles, there have been discussions on being able to find plugins that are nothing but a standalone widget. I even wanted to set up a “widget store” back when I...
View ArticleBlackballed at WordCamps
Yet another person not allowed to contribute at WordCamps. Surprised? Not me. ∞
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Move over UI team
I want to start this article by thanking the people who put their time and effort into keeping the WordPress admin working. It’s not easy, and I’m glad I’m not one of the people doing it. But, let’s...
View ArticleTerm meta and post relationships in the future?
It looks like taxonomy term meta and post relationships are being seriously talked about. This is like the best news ever. ∞ The post Term meta and post relationships in the future? appeared first on...
View ArticleIt’s legal but unethical
Some people in the WordPress community are still trying to hold on to that last shred of proprietary licensing. That idea that their code shouldn’t be shared with others. That it’s wrong to use their...
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#1 Millions of Users
A month ago, Brian Krogsgard posted a great piece called On WordPress themes and frameworks. In the “Drop-In Frameworks” section of the article, he mentioned, “Drop-in frameworks are probably the least...
View Article#2 Your markup. Your design. Your theme.
We’ve established that loads of people use the Hybrid Core framework, but that’s not necessarily a good reason for you to use it too, right? I mean, tons of people watched Jersey Shore, so pure numbers...
View ArticleThe ThemeForest Experiment: One Year Later
One year ago, I decided to run an experiment on ThemeForest. The major goal behind the experiment was to see if I could bring some awareness to other theme authors there about writing better code and...
View ArticleWhy custom post types belong in plugins
Just to be clear before continuing, this article specifically deals with publicly-distributed themes and plugins, whether free or commercial. It may not apply to some custom work. What’s best for your...
View ArticleTheme template hooks are outdated
Believe it or not, there was a time when child themes were only a style.css and screenshot.png file. It wasn’t until August 2006 when they were allowed to have a functions.php file. We wouldn’t see the...
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#3 Grabbing media like a boss
Now that Hybrid Core version 2.0 has been officially released, I thought it’d be a good idea to continue this series of posts highlighting cool stuff from the framework. In this post, I want to...
View ArticleCustom post type standards
There has been some talk recently of setting some standards for custom post types in the WordPress community. Actually, this has been an ongoing discussion for a few years. I think I’ve made it clear...
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