Custom WordPress and WooCommerce Development

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  • Add a meta field to the Block Editor sidebar

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    Here’s what we’re making This post assumes that you have some basics about getting set up in a block-building environment. So we are going to use following to scaffold an example plugin with block scripts all ready to start: After that’s installed you will want to start watching the files by navigating to that new…

  • Use WP-Cli in your GitHub actions for translating plugin releases

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    Anybody who follows me on Twitter knows that I am always, and I mean, always fighting the build tools. Things that are supposed help us automate tasks and make life easier, frequently are hard to set up, break, and generally cause me a lot of stress. So when I figured out how to have Grunt…

  • WordPress Filters Fundamentals

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    Ok, so you’ve read my previous articles on PHP basics and how to use WordPress action hooks. Now you want to play with the big boys and girls and try your hand at filters. Just a reminder that you are still essentially learning a new language. Be patient with yourself. It took me close to…

  • Absolute PHP Basics for WordPress Newbs

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    “I’m just a designer. I’m comfortable with CSS but PHP scares me.” Yeah ok, well first off, if you are a designer…. instead of banging your head into a wall to learn a coding language, why not hire a developer? Some of my best clients have been designers. It is kind of a win, win.…

  • KIA Subtitle

    KIA Subtitle

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    Recently I was working on a project and needed a subtitle. There are probably two subtitle plugins already in existence. I happened to pick The Subtitle by Luc Princen, which worked pretty much as intended except the actually input box wasn’t always where it was supposed to be and I found that admin notices seemed…

  • Thematic 1.0.1 Upgrade

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    After a long wait, Thematic 1.0.1 has been live in the WordPress repositories now for a couple of days now! And some issues are starting to crop up in the forum. So far the most recurring issues have to do with the menus. Oh menus, you never cease to cause trouble. The problem is that…

  • Customizing the WordPress Install Process with install.php

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    I came across a super interesting post at WPBits about [automating the wordpress installation][1] process.  Some of the parts about where some of the functions are located in WP that allow you to change certain things on the installation are outdated since the post is from 2007, but the concept remains perfectly intact.  If you find…