Up until very recently I had always used get_posts() along with an $args array in order to retrieve new posts or custom posts on a page. However, in the last few weeks I have discovered the awesome power of the […] Read More »
Using WP_Query
Category: WordPress
Contact Form 7 Math Quiz
As you may or may not know, Contact Form 7 is probably the most popular contact form plugin out there for WordPress. With a whopping 5+ million installs, a lot of people are using Contact Form 7. I am of […] Read More »
DobsonDev Underscores Generator
Way back when I created a modified version of the Underscores starter theme with Foundation mixed in that I brilliantly named DobsonDev Underscores – very creative naming. Originally there were just two shell scripts that would run to create a […] Read More »
Numeric Pagination
I recently had a client request numerical pagination on their custom post type pages. This was something I have never done before but is a really common design throughout the web so I thought it would be good to learn. […] Read More »
WordPress Dashboard Widgets API
I recently wanted to learn more about how the WordPress Dashboard Widget API works so I created an example plugin to test it out. The plugin is a dashboard widget version of my WordPress AJAX Example plugin’s admin page. It […] Read More »
JointsWP
JointsWP is a starting theme made using Foundation in a very similar way to my own DobsonDev Underscores. If you like using my starting theme or are looking for a good starting point for theme development I would recommend checking […] Read More »
Custom TinyMCE Buttons Example Plugin
My example WordPress TinyMCE Example plugin is now done and up on GitHub. Download it and play around with it! Below you can see the README which I’ve embedded using DobsonDev Shortcodes – so download that to your blog if […] Read More »
Custom TinyMCE Buttons in WordPress
Creating your own custom TinyMCE buttons is a great feature that can add a lot of value to your WordPress plugin or theme. Adding a TinyMCE button to your editor makes it easy for the user to add your shortcodes […] Read More »
Increasing Your WordPress Security
There isn’t a piece of software on the face of the planet that is 100% secure and after spending the last week increasing the security on the over 200 WordPress sites we have I decided I should share what I […] Read More »
Install Plugins via Command Line
Recently I was looking for a way to install the latest version of WordPress plugins that I like to use on my client’s sites without having to FTP. Before I created the small script we’ll see later, I had a […] Read More »