Good plugin development and support lead to more downloads. More downloads mean more money and a better reputation. In this article, Jakub Mikita will share his five years of experience developing WordPress plugins. He’s written around 40 plugins for his clients, from really small ones to one that have been maintained for over a year now. Read on to learn how you can develop good-quality products with these seven golden rules!
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Design is a constantly evolving discipline. A lot of things might change during each iteration. Designers will introduce changes, and developers will dive into the code to adjust the design. While jumping into code to solve an exciting problem might be fun, doing it to resolve a minor issue is the exact opposite. The process of content management should be as easy as possible for everyone involved. In this article, Nick Babich Introduces Elementor, a tool that offers flexibility to visually design an entire website.
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Extensible plugins are really awesome and give us room for a lot of customization possibilities. Imagine if you were the developer of this plugin. What would you do if a user asked for some particular functionality? Just when you thought you’ve finally found a plugin that does everything you need, there’s still that one tiny important thing it can’t do. In this article, Benjamin Intal will show you how to make your plugin extensible and reduce headache.
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Content marketing is the practice of creating a piece of content. This piece of content is generally free, though it may be hidden behind a simple email/lead-capture form, and it usually is meant to be found through search or through free/low-budget distribution methods It is tough, but with the right WP plugins, you can turn your website into a content marketing machine, one that actually performs for your business. Here are some stellar plugins that will ensure your efforts aren’t falling short.
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The most important step anyone can take to make sure that a site is secure is to keep in mind that no single process or method is sufficient to ensure nothing bad happens. WordPress itself provides a sizable library of functions, some of which can be dangerous. Beyond that, there are lots of PHP functions that a WordPress (PHP) developer will use with some frequency that can be dangerous when used. Before deploying a new plugin in WordPress, it’s a good idea to keep a list of easy-to-misuse functions by your side. In this article, David Hayes will take a closer look at some functions which you can and should use as part of a broader security strategy.
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You really don’t want to spend hours manually testing every part of your WordPress plugin to ensure nothing is broken every time you deploy a new version — do you? In this tutorial Collins Agbonghama will teach you how to test efficiently with automated testing, and help you recognize the importance of writing tests and how to start writing one for your own WordPress plugin.
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How do you get insight into all of your content at a glance? WordPress’ admin area does not show you much about your pages, posts, users and comments. In this article, David Mosterd and Jesper van Engelen will demonstrate some simple custom solutions and a ready-to-deploy plugin to overcome this problem. In this tutorial, they’ll tackle this problem by showing you some easy-to-implement custom code. For those of you who don’t want to code, they’ll show you how to configure the Admin Columns plugin to do the job for you.
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Sketch has delivered a robust design platform with a refreshing, simple user interface. The open nature of the Sketch plugin system means that anyone can identify a need, write a plugin and share it with the community. A major barrier is stopping those eager to take part: Designers and front-end developers must learn how to write a plugin. What if users could write plugins using technologies they are already familiar with? In this article, Zachary Schuessler covers the usage of WebView technology to create a plugin using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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Sketch makes the day-to-day life of a user interface designer a lot better. Mundane little things such as measuring distances and sizes are now much easier and quicker. You can automate parts of your workflow and use real data in your Sketch designs. You can also organize your files more optimally, and more. If you’re a UI designer and are still using mostly Photoshop or Illustrator, Lachezar Petkov highly recommends you try Sketch. You might never want to look back!
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JavaScript module bundling has been around for a while. RequireJS had its first commits in 2009, then Browserify made its debut, and since then several other bundlers have spawned across the Internet. Among that group, webpack has jumped out as one of the best. If you’re not familiar with it, in this article, Joseph Zimmerman will help you get started with this powerful tool.
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