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My (quick) WordCamp Whitley Bay diary
It’s traditional for me to write up a post whenever I go on any kind of work-related event. WordCamp Whitley Bay was the only WordCamp occurring in the UK this year, and I was chosen as a speaker. However, it was a one-day only event and all happened quite quickly. So, this is going to…
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10 Things a Developer Should Do After Adding their Plugin to the WordPress Directory
Congratulations! You’ve managed to get your plugin added to the WordPress.org directory. But, other than adding your plugin code, what should you do now? Here are the 10 things that I’d recommend… 1. Enable Release Confirmation Only last months a number of WordPress plugins were compromised after attackers gained access to their SVN repos. You…
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Using ChatGPT for my latest WordPress plugin: Part 2
This is follow-up to my post “Using ChatGPT for my latest WordPress plugin“. The second component of the WordPress plugin that I wish to use ChatGPT for is for where I identify admin menu items that have been placed at the top of the list for no reason other than for self-promotion. Without AI, I…
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Pod Point: An at-home EV charger
A couple of months ago, I mentioned that I’d bought a Mazda MX-30 R-EV. It’s not a full EV, but a plug-in hybrid, albeit one that go 50 miles on battery alone and the petrol engine is just used as a generator. As part of the sweetener from Mazda I was offered a home charger…
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Using ChatGPT for my latest WordPress plugin
I’m, generally, pretty agnostic about the use of AI, particularly LLMs – I believe they should be used thoughtfully, rather than just for the sake of it. For a few years now I’ve been looking to create a plugin that automagically tidies up the WP Admin menus (in fact, I mentioned it at last year’s…