Headless Theme for WordPress
September 18, 2018In my previous post about editor links , I showed how WordPress can create editor links using the live site URL instead of the WordPress…
Editor Links for Headless WordPress Themes
August 22, 2018In my previous post , I talked about creating a headless front end for WordPress using Create React App. Turning my WordPress site into a…
Headless WordPress and Create React App
August 07, 2018You may have noticed the appearance of my site has changed a bit! A while back I decided to rebuild my site - finally. In the interest of…
Deploying a React App to Netlify
June 05, 2018As part of the creating a headless React-based frontend for my WordPress site, I decided to try hosting my files on Netlify. They tout being…
Troubleshooting WordPress AJAX
May 28, 2018I was working with some AJAX functionality a while back and started writing down the problems and solutions I ran across so they were all in…
Code Sample Styling
May 23, 2018I'm starting the process of redesigning this site. One of the components I have found most difficult to style are the code samples…
PHPUnit tests and WP-CLI
January 18, 2018I recently discovered an easy way to add unit tests to my plugins. I've been using WP-CLI for years now to set up new local installs of…
Editing the README
June 19, 2017In the previous post of this WordPress Plugin Boilerplate series , we created the WP Starter Plugin using the plugin generator. However…
Using the Plugin Generator
June 12, 2017In the previous post of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate series , we explored the loader class and how to properly register hooks. In…
Understanding the Loader Class
June 05, 2017In the previous post of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate series , we walked through the structure. We also examined each file and what…
The Structure of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
May 29, 2017In the previous post of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate series , we looked at why one would use the boilerplate. This post will explore…
A Guide to Using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
May 21, 2017For several years now, I've been building plugins using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate project. In 2015, I gave a WordCamp talk about…
Why Use the Boilerplate?
May 21, 2017In the first post of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate series , we covered the history of the project. In this post, we're going to address…
Parker and WordPress Menus
April 16, 2017As a sort-of follow up to my previous posts, I ran across an issue with styling menu items and found a great way to add classes so I can…
How to Pass Variables with get_template_part
January 11, 2017I've had several occasions where I needed to use variables in a file called using get_template_part, like one of the files in the template…
Results for the Underscores Stylesheet
October 28, 2016In the previous posts in the Parker series , we optimized the stylesheet for the _s starter theme. We also used hooks and functions to…
Simplifying WordPress Menu Styling
October 27, 2016In the previous post in this series about Parker , we optimized parts of the _s stylesheet and improved our Parker scores. However, one…
Improving Underscores Stylesheet Using Parker
October 26, 2016In the previous post in this series about Parker , we created a baseline for the _s stylesheet and went through the results to understand…
Creating a Baseline for Parker
October 25, 2016In the previous post in this series about Parker , we installed the stylesheet analysis tool and all its dependencies. Now, we're going…
Installing Parker
October 24, 2016In my introductory post , I shared about the CSS analysis tool named Parker. In this post, we'll cover installing Parker on your local…
Parker and WordPress Theme Development
October 23, 2016Lately, I've been playing with a CSS analysis tool called Parker created by Katie Fenn . Parker examines your stylesheet and gives a…
ArtistDataPress Expiration
October 05, 2016In case you haven't heard, ArtistData is shutting down. Since AritstDataPress merely re-displays the feed from ArtistData, the plugin will…
How to Add a Select Menu of Formidable Forms in Customizer
July 18, 2016I recently had a need to list all the published Formidable forms as a select control in Customizer. Formidable doesn't spell out how to get…
How to Link to the Customizer
June 02, 2016I recently needed to link to a custom panel in the Customizer and had to figure it out. Devin Price pointed me in the right direction, but…
How to Change the Featured Image Labels
November 03, 2015When creating a site for a client or creating a plugin, I've found its helpful to customize things as much as possible to the intended usage…
Avoiding get_theme_mod Errors
April 16, 2015If you're getting an error related to get_theme_mod , its most likely from how you're checking if the returned result is empty. Most…
Using WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
March 21, 2015This afternoon, I presented "Using WordPress Plugin Boilerplate" at WordCamp Dayton. My presentation covered the new 3.0 version of the…
WordCamp Dayton 2015
March 04, 2015I've been accepted to speak at WordCamp Dayton this year! I'll be speaking on using WordPress Plugin Boilerplate . I've been using the…
SimpleMap Shortcode Reference
January 08, 2015I've been using a plugin called SimpleMap for clients recently. SimpleMap creates a custom post type for managing locations (think store…
Inline SVG the Sane Way
November 10, 2014Like everyone else these days, I've totally jumped onboard the SVG train . They're scalable and easy to use. If you use inline SVG, they…
Child themes for WooThemes
September 08, 2014I've been using child themes for several years now, but I'd never used one with a theme by WooThemes. Most of my clients needed simple…
Building Your First Widget
April 21, 2013So, I spoke at WordCamp Nashville today and I had an absolute blast! The other sessions were very informative, I especially enjoyed learning…
WordCamp Nashville 2013
April 18, 2013I'm excited to say I've been invited to speak at this year's WordCamp Nashville! I'll be speaking on Building Your First Widget and giving…
Six Steps to Secure Your WordPress Site
April 16, 2013There's a great breakdancing move called 6-step. If you've seen breakdancing, you've probably seen this before, but, like me, didn't know…
Adding a Custom Class to a Submit Button
January 17, 2013While you can hand-code the HTML for a submit button in a form, WordPress has a nice function, submit_button() , that echoes the correct…
Returning a submit button
January 17, 2013In WordPress, the submit_button() function echoes a submit button. However, there are occasions where one might need a submit button, but…
How to Add a Class to a Metabox
September 08, 2012While developing a new plugin, I needed to toggle the visibility of some metaboxes. The visibility of each metabox depends on the selected…
How to Add the jQuery UI Datepicker to a Plugin
February 23, 2012Updated - 4/14/2015 I've since learned a better way to do this. It essentially does the same thing, the same way, but using better WordPress…
How to Set Dashboard to Use One Column
August 11, 2011I'm working on a plugin where I need the Dashboard to have one column for all users. While I could log into every user and change their…
Find User ID by User MetaData
July 25, 2011I just wrote this useful function and thought I'd share. I'm working on a plugin for my employer, Belmont University. I needed to find a…
How to Change the New Mail Sound in Office 2011 for Mac
October 28, 2010I just got Office for Mac 2011 yesterday and I've been putting it through its paces. The new "Ribbon" doesn't seem intuitive yet, but that…