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In case you’ve missed it, one of the dominant trends in the WordPress world is the overwhelming demand for products that can do just about everything. I’m talking about multi-purpose themes and, the focus of today’s post, page builder plugins. Page builder plugins give WordPress users an easy way to build custom layouts for their websites, and pack lots of powerful features and functionalities into one place. They make our lives easier, and the WordPress community can’t seem to get enough of them — with many of the top page builder plugins dominating the sales charts. Now, there are plenty of […]

One of the biggest differences between code written by novice developers and more advanced developers is that experienced developers tend to pay a lot more attention towards sanitizing and validating inputs, and late escaping outputs. Novice developers, on the other hand, tend to overlook these practices. I know I did. I didn’t even know what sanitization, validation, or escaping were. And, while these steps may not seem exciting, they are essential for preventing errors and security exploits on the sites that are running your code. In this article, I will discuss the basics of sanitizing and validating inputs in the context of […]