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extract() usage is highly discouraged
In 2012, the much loved and much missed WordPress developer Alex Mills raised a WordPress Trac ticket… extract() is a terrible function that makes code harder to debug and harder to understand. We should discourage it’s use and remove all of our uses of it. As a result, use of the PHP functions was removed from…
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Create a live preview of your WordPress plugin using Playground
WordPress Playground, if you’ve not tried it already, is a browser based instance of WordPress, operated by WordPress.org. Essentially, you can create a temporary version of WordPress for use in trying things out. And developer, with plugins in the official directory, can now add a button to their plugin page, with a direct link to…
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ShareOpenly: Now for WordPress
Ben Werdmuller, a developer and startup founder, has recently launched ShareOpenly, a method of adding sharing links to your website content but for the modern, open, social web. You know all those “share to Facebook” / “share to Twitter” links you see all over peoples’ websites? They’re all out of date. Social media has evolved…
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My contribution to WordPress 6.5
I was on vacation last week so wasn’t around for the release of WordPress 6.5. Look closely at the long list of contributors and you’ll find my name. And, once, once more, my change was related to inclusionary language.
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Please don’t buy any Google Nest products
I have a house full of Google Nest products, adding a video doorbell to my collection only last year. And, yet, I would no longer recommend them and will be looking to find alternatives as my existing products need replacing. Why? Well, it’s the usual thing of not being able to trust Google to just…