After releasing a Gist yesterday, which provided code to add Threads embeds into WordPress, I decided to make something easier for people to implement.
Although I still have no plans for it to go into the plugin directory (mainly because as soon as an API is introduced, you’ll find this baked into core or, at the very least, Jetpack), I thought a friendly solution was needed.
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Need to embed Threads into WordPress? With a quick bit of code I’ll show you how – with both an automatic embedding method as well as a backup shortcode too.
For now, it’s pretty “quick and dirty”, but until Meta release an API this is possibly the best method.
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When developing for WordPress, one of the great thing about adding admin menus is the flexibility that it gives you. But that same flexibility has led to some truly awful user experiences.
Let me show some examples and explore what is wrong with some of the things that developers do and what best path is.
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Look, it happens. There are numerous reasons why we may need to walk away from one of our plugins. But just leaving it isn’t cool.
Why shouldn’t you walk away from your plugin? Simply put, your users won’t know and, without realising, the plugin they have installed may become a security risk containing unpatched vulnerabilities. Or it may no longer work as well with newer versions of WordPress, without the person using it realising that’s the cause.
So, In this article I’m going to provide a multi-pronged approach to how you can do it but not leave your users in the lurch – everything from a minimal approach to full, deleting from the WordPress directory and walking away.
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Yesterday Threads launched, to much media fanfare. Right now, it’s staunchly app-only, with threads.net taking you to a pretty logo and a QR code that will help you install the app.
But, how do you link people through to your profile from, say, your website if there’s no web presence? After a bit of digging I found the answer…
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