A few weekends ago I attended WordCamp Las Vegas. I had a great time, made new friends, learned some new things, and managed to keep my gambling losses to $50. In this article, I’d like to share a little bit about WordCamp Las Vegas — especially some of the unique things I’d like to see more of at other WordCamps. After the event, I spoke with organizer Russell Aaron about what motivated him to deviate from the traditional WordCamp format. WordCamp Las Vegas didn’t follow the traditional track styles most WordCamps adhere to, and, unlike most WordCamps, it also ended […]
How WordPress Can Lead the Web in Privacy-First Design
In May of 2018, WordPress 4.9.6 was released with new privacy-related features to aid in compliance with the new EU privacy regulations known as the GDPR. The GDPR grants EU citizens the right to request what data a website can collect, and request that it be erased. It also requires informed consent of how the data will be used and shared with third parties. Every WordCamp I’ve been to since the last US election I’ve had multiple conversations about why corporate surveillance states, like those created by analytics collection, PPC platforms, etc, are in general dangerous, especially when used for […]
Designing Swappable Search Request Implementations – Code Review Part 4
In the last article, we identified that the task of generating posts, albeit arbitrary, is just one possible implementation of getting content for a search query. As such, we split the tasks of “getting content” and “generating posts” into separate methods. This design sets us up for a discussion about designing swappable search request implementations. Before we get started, I want to remind you that Josh designed this plugin for educational purposes in order to teach you Advanced OOP and testing. As you and I work through the code review together, the tasks of “getting content” reveals itself as a […]
Streamline Your Workflow with WP-CLI
Faces of WordPress is a community-centered project that celebrates the people behind WordPress and the projects they create that collectively drive WordPress forward in a way that directly benefits the community or the core software. Share your WordPress story here. WP-CLI is changing the way developers work in WordPress. At the most simple level, WP-CLI is a set of command line tools used for managing WordPress installations. It takes commands that are already known and makes them easier to retrieve. Daniel Bachhuber, lead WP-CLI project maintainer, shared his WordPress journey and talked about the current state of the project, and what’s in store for the […]
Is WordPress Enterprise Ready? 9 Reasons Why (And Why Not)
Is WordPress enterprise ready? Can it handle the demands of large websites? Is it the right choice of CMS for websites with hundreds of thousands or millions of visitors? These are questions many people looking for an enterprise-grade CMS will probably ask themselves. In the past, the platform of choice for large-scale website projects was usually Drupal . However, in recent years, you can also find more and more examples of enterprise-level websites running on WordPress. There are good reasons to use the platform if you want to build a site of that scale. On the other hand, there are […]
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