One of the advantages of running a plugin review site is that I come across some really interesting and functional plugins that nevertheless remain a little too hidden from the community. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been using one such plugin, PrettyPress. If you have a content heavy website, like a blog, then you know that previewing your post can be a bit of a hassle. It usually means leaving two browser tabs open, one where you can edit your post, and one where you can keep the Preview open. Then, it’s just a matter of hammering the […]

As a front-end developer, most of my back-end experience has come from developing WordPress sites. In fact, the first back-end language that I “learned” was PHP, and even that was just enough to develop WordPress. For the past few months, I’ve been experimenting with back-end languages a little bit, building (very simple) apps using first Laravel, then a little bit of Python, and finally NodeJS. I’m sure that there are some developers out there that are looking to take the leap from WordPress development to proper back-end development. As I’m starting to get more and more involved with these languages, […]

Over the past couple of weeks there have been a couple of feature tweaks and improvements in the mix for WordPress’s content creation experience. First, the UI team is making some headway on a functional front-end editor which allows users to create new posts, upload media, and change metadata—all from the front-end. It’s being designed from the ground up to provide a great UX and a barebones UI. A user will be able to use WYSIWYG tools in the admin bar and modal windows for creating galleries and adding custom fields, all without having to move to the back-end. You’ll […]