How to Use WebP Images on WordPress
Serving lightweight WebP images can help boost your site speed, critical to the user experience and as a ranking factor. In this article, we’ll look at a few different ways… Read more
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Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress Accessibility Day, Dodge – A WordPress Game, and Improving WordPress Search
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we dip into the latest from the WordPress Developer Blog, play around with making sure WordPress stays free, see how text compression saves… Read more
Mike Davey
Jan 19, 2024
Creating UI Elements With HTMX
HTMX is a JavaScript library that enables developers to perform AJAX requests, trigger CSS animations, and invoke WebSocket and server-side events directly from HTML elements. It is designed to remove… Read more
Mike Davey
Jan 17, 2024
Using Npm Scripts as a Build Tool
There are typically two types of JavaScript build tools: task runners and module bundlers. In this article, we’ll look at how to use project specific npm build scripts as a… Read more
Jonathan
Jan 5, 2024
Online Conferences for WordPress Devs in 2024
Conferences offer a blend of targeted education and networking opportunities, a combination that can advance your skills and career. They can be expensive to attend, though. Between the ticket prices,… Read more
Mike Davey
Dec 20, 2023
WordPress Developer Trends to Watch in 2024
The 20th anniversary year of WordPress is drawing to a close. It’s tempting to take a look back as we enter the last weeks of 2023, but we thought it… Read more
Mike Davey
Dec 18, 2023
Delicious Brain Bytes: State of the Word 2023, PHP_CodeSniffer Needs Support, and HTML Hacks
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we dive into changes with PHP_CodeSniffer, report on the WP Awards 2023, look at HTML hacks that helped build the modern web, and… Read more
Mike Davey
Dec 11, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About 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… Read more
Iain Poulson
Nov 30, 2023
Using JavaScript FileReader to Upload Large Files in Chunks and Avoid Server Limits
If you’ve spent any amount of time messing with PHP config files to get a file to upload, you know that uploading large files can be a real pain. You… Read more
Matt Shaw
Nov 25, 2023
Delicious Brains, Advanced Custom Fields, and WP Engine Cyber Savings
As we slide into the tail end of our first full year at WP Engine, it’s pretty awesome to look back and celebrate all the big releases! From custom post… Read more
Rob Stinson
Nov 15, 2023
Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress 6.4, Awards Season, and the Future of Yelling at Your Computer
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we take a look at what’s coming in WordPress 6.4, awards that honor the best in WordPress and awards that honor the ability… Read more
Mike Davey
Nov 1, 2023
Why You Should Use the WordPress HTTP Functions to Make API Requests
Sometimes your WordPress site needs to talk to other services around the web. This almost exclusively happens using the HTTP protocol. A common example is when your WordPress installation contacts… Read more
Erik
Oct 27, 2023
Handling AJAX Requests in WordPress: WP REST API vs admin-ajax.php vs Must-Use Plugin
The WordPress REST API was merged into WordPress core in version 4.7. Before that, developers relied on the default AJAX implementation, otherwise known as admin-ajax after the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php file that… Read more
Matt Shaw
Oct 17, 2023
Is HTTP/3 the Future of the Web?
The web as we know it wouldn’t exist without our old friend Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The latest iteration, HTTP/3, promises to revolutionize the way we interact with the web.… Read more
Mike Davey
Oct 13, 2023
Should You Use Bun for Your Projects?
Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript runtime and toolkit created with the explicit goals of serving as a drop-in replacement for Node.js, eliminating separate layers of tooling, and speeding up the… Read more
Mike Davey
Sep 21, 2023
Examples of Refactoring PHP Code for Better Readability
Refactoring code is when you restructure existing code without changing its external behavior. Basically your aim is to make “bad” code better without changing the underlying functionality, and one of… Read more
Gilbert Pellegrom
Sep 15, 2023
Delicious Brain Bytes: Measuring Developer Productivity, New Releases, ACF Survey Results, and the State of WordPress Dev Tools
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we look into contentious methods for measuring productivity in software development, new releases from ACF, WP Migrate, WP Offload SES, and WP Offload… Read more
Mike Davey
Sep 7, 2023
Catching Up on CSS Features
There’s a pretty good chance that CSS is one of the most consistently used tools in your kit. It’s highly familiar and often used, so much so that it’s easy… Read more
Mike Davey
Aug 18, 2023
What MySQL 5.7 EOL Means for WordPress Developers
After eight years of general availability, no one can say MySQL 5.7 didn’t have a good run. MySQL 5.7 officially reaches its End of Life (EOL) in October 2023. The… Read more
Mike Davey
Aug 17, 2023
Strategies for Handling Large WordPress Media Libraries in Dev and Staging Environments
Offloading your media files is a well-known tactic for speeding up your WordPress sites, but WP Offload Media can also greatly reduce the time it takes to replicate a new… Read more
Ian
Aug 11, 2023
Getting the Best Results From WordPress Code Reviews
Code review is an integral part of the development cycle, with a direct impact on quality. Whether you’re focused on web, plugin, or theme development, thorough code review can help… Read more
Mike Davey
Jul 21, 2023
How To Set Up Amazon SES for WordPress Emails
Running a site that sends a lot of emails, like an ecommerce or membership site, needs a reliable service to keep up with that volume. Using an existing email provider… Read more
Matt Shaw
Jul 20, 2023
JavaScript in the Shallow End: Browser-Based React Native With Expo Snack
“Learn JavaScript. Deeply,” is good advice, but jumping right into the deep end when you’re first learning to swim may not be the smartest move. In this article, we’re going… Read more
Mike Davey
Jun 8, 2023
WordPress Security Fundamentals: How to Not Get Hacked
WordPress has come a long way towards its stated goal of democratizing publishing, powering roughly 43% of the websites on the web. However, that status makes it a prime target… Read more
Mike Davey