Making API calls with cURL is actually a lot more simple than most people things. In this tutorial we will walk through an example of to make an API call to the GitHub API and get a repositories README file […] Read More »
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WordPress Social Share Links
Social media links are a hugely important part of any blog. In this really short snippet I’ll show you how to add Social Share links to your WordPress blog. You can put the following code inside the loop in whatever […] Read More »
Adding Font Awesome to Your WordPress Theme
Font Awesome is an awesome tool that allows you to place scalable vector icons all throughout your website. Lots of WordPress plugins and themes use them, so it’s great to know how you can add it to your own custom […] Read More »
Some Useful WordPress Functions
WordPress is full of really well known and useful PHP functions that help developers get their job done quicker – but there are a few lesser known ones that are also extremely helpful to have in your utility belt when […] Read More »
Updating to WordPress 4.1.1
Today when I went to update my WordPress for this site to 4.1.1 I ran into a problem – nothing would happen. The update screen would go blank and absolutely nothing would happen. I searched around for a bit and […] Read More »
WordPress Meta Boxes
The WordPress Meta Box API allows you to create and add meta boxes to the administrative interface on any kind of post type. This ranges from Posts and Pages to custom post types that you make yourself. If you want […] Read More »
WordPress Options API
The WordPress Options API is one of the easiest ways to store values in the database on your WordPress site. The API makes it incredibly easy to create, store, access and delete values from the database. This will be a […] Read More »
WordPress Settings API
The WordPress Settings API allows developers to create settings and settings pages for their plugins/themes. In terms of functionality – the Settings API works in a similar way to the Options API when using it for only a few settings […] Read More »
Using the WordPress Media Uploader
Using the WordPress media library in your own plugin/theme will not only save you a bunch of time but will also incorporate the Media Library that clients are already used to using. This article will provide an example of how […] Read More »
WordPress Custom Post Types II
If you’re familiar with WordPress in anyway, then you are probably familiar with posts. To the average user, posts work like blog entries. They have content and a date associated with them and they are displayed with these two bits […] Read More »