SQL Query Optimization for Faster WordPress Sites
A fast site means happier users, improved ranking from Google, and increased conversions. Maybe you even think your WordPress sites are as fast as they can be – you’ve looked… Read more
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WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices: Template Files
When we talk about templates in WordPress we are normally referring to page template files in the theme. However, there are plugins that use template files to display content, and…
Iain Poulson
Dec 15, 2022
Syncing WordPress Database Changes Between Environments: How We Handle Merging in 2022
Database synchronization is a problem that still gets raised almost every month in the local WordPress communities I’m part of – “if I am making changes to my local site,…
Iain Poulson
Jan 28, 2022
The Ultimate Guide to Installing WordPress in a Subdirectory
In this article, we look at the benefits and limitations of installing WordPress in a subdirectory, how to install and manage subdirectory installs, and how to move WordPress core out…
Iain Poulson
Jan 19, 2022
The Ultimate Overview of the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) for Developers in 2022
I’ve been loosely following the noise and #wpdrama surrounding Gutenberg for as long as it has been around and honestly for the most part I’ve had negative feelings around it…
Iain Poulson
Aug 25, 2021
WP Migrate DB Pro 2.1 Released: Regular Expression and Case-Sensitive Find and Replace, Accessibility Improvements, and More
WP Migrate DB Pro 2.0 was probably our most significant update to date, and we were pretty excited to get it released to our customers. After four bugfix releases to…
Iain Poulson
Aug 4, 2021
WP Migrate DB Pro 2.0 Released: New React-Powered UI, New Media Files Addon, Remote Plugin Updates, and More
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt Can you believe it’s been almost two and a half…
Iain Poulson
Apr 28, 2021
How to Use Xdebug for Advanced PHP Debugging
You could just debug your PHP code using dump debugging functions such as error_log, print, and var_dump, and let’s be honest, we’ve all done it a lot! While helpful sometimes,…
Iain Poulson
