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You have probably seen the hashtag #IloveWP that is currently sweeping the WordPress nation. It’s a call to contribute to the new WordPress.org testimonial page, which has been woefully out of date for a while. (In fact, some of the testimonials in the version that is being replaced dated back to 2003.) To populate the new page, Matt Mullenweg has posted a call to the community to share your WordPress story with the #IloveWP tag attached and submit them as testimonial material. So, if you’d like your story to be featured on WordPress.org, here’s your chance. Besides a shot at […]

Earlier this month, I wrote an introduction on validation and sanitization in WordPress, which emphasized the importance of making sure that data coming into your site via HTTP requests or into PHP functions is authorized, properly formed, and not malicious. That article was all about inputs. This one is all about outputs. We are going to discuss the precautions to take when retrieving data out of the database to display or input in other classes or functions. I hope by this point you are learning to trust no one and nothing. The same goes for the database. Repeat after me,”the database […]

Learn Javascript, deeply. – Matt Mullenweg Even if you haven’t watched the 2015 State of the Word address, there’s one takeaway that everyone is talking about: The future of WordPress and the web are API-powered JavaScript applications. The new WordPress.com user interface Calypso was already a sign of things to come. Not only is it utilizing the WP REST API but build with Node.js and React powering the whole thing, it is also completely based on JavaScript which will be a key part of the WordPress technology stack in years to come. So, it’s clear that it’s time to learn JavaScript […]

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 […]