Have a news tip or upcoming event you’d like to see in our This Week In WordPress roundup, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Adding Google Maps to WordPress: Tom McFarlin is doing a highly in-depth guide to using the Google Maps API in your WordPress site. WP Pro Business Raising Funds on IndieGoGo: Adam Warner is running a campaign to bring back his tutorial site focused on helping small businesses enhance and market their businesses using WordPress and related services. Proposed Improvements to the Customizer for WordPress 4.3: With development for WordPress 4.3 well under way, this post takes a look at four proposed […]
Client Side Applications Powered by the WordPress JSON REST API
With the WordPress JSON REST API (or the WP-API) slated to be included in core by the end of 2015, there are lots of different ways people are planning to use it to build cool things. This article takes a closer look at client side applications using the WordPress JSON REST API, and explains exactly why you should be excited about them. Web Applications and MVC The difference between a web application and a traditional website is confusing as the line is often blurred. I won’t get too much into detail, but this article on Vision Mobile can help you better differentiate the two. […]
Avoiding The WordPress Theme Lock-in Effect
Quite possibly the best thing about WordPress is the accessibility to a large number of themes and plugins. No matter what type of functionality or feature you are looking at, there are specialized themes and plugins for the job—be it for forums, magazine sites, portfolio blogs, tumblogs, and so on. That said, there is also a fine line between themes and plugins in terms of functionality—themes give a distinct look and feel to your WordPress site, whereas plugins allow you to extend your site or do more with it. But what happens when themes decide to cross that fine line and perform […]
So You Want To Use WordPress To Make An App?
At WordCamp Miami, which I attended recently, one of the most popular topics of discussion was leveraging WordPress to power mobile applications. At this point, I think everyone is an agreement that you can, in fact, use WordPress to power both web and mobile applications. Now it’s time to answer the questions “Should I use it?” and, if so, “how do I do it?” These questions don’t have one simple answer. In fact, they are highly contingent on the project, budget, requirements, and competencies of those involved. Like every other type of project, how well you plan it is going […]
Proposed Improvements to the Customizer for WordPress 4.3
Development for WordPress 4.3 is well under way, with the core team already working hard to hit the proposed release date—tentatively penciled in for 18 August 2015. As the weeks and months progress, we’ll get a better idea of what’s in store for the WordPress core in 4.3. We’ve already discussed better passwords, but today I want to focus on changes to the WordPress Customizer. WordPress 4.2 introduced some small improvements to the Customizer by allowing you to quickly and easily switch between your installed themes. The improvements to the Customizer won’t stop there, however, and the next few versions […]

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