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A few days ago, I happened upon an interesting post on the ManageWP blog discussing ways to improve the WordPress plugin repository. One of the suggestions was to add a “related plugins” feature: Both Lester Chan, with over 7 million plugin downloads to his name, and Duane Storey, a co-founder of Brave New Code, suggested […]

Whether you’re using WordPress for development or simply as a blog or CMS, it is always a good idea to keep an eye on your PHP error log. As a developer, it helps you notice and fix errors in your code. As a normal user, it lets you discover plugin bugs, WordPress compatibility issues and […]

It’s time for another WordPress plugin development tutorial 🙂 In this post, I will provide a step-by-step explanation of how to create a WordPress plugin that lets the user add an automatically generated table of contents (TOC) to their posts by using a simple shortcode. The completed plugin will support the following syntax: For example, […]

Redis Object Cache is a WordPress plugin that provides a persistent, Redis-based backend for the WordPress object cache. Use it if you want to speed up your site and prefer Redis to other key-value stores. Fair warning: If you’re not sure what Redis is and are just looking for ways to improve your site’s performance, you’ll […]

I wanted to familiarize myself with the much-touted canvas element, so I used it to build an interactive celtic knot generator/editor. Give it a try. Launch the celtic knot generator. Note: Requires a fairly modern browser. Instructions When you first load up the knot generator, you will see a 10×10 grid filled with the default […]