PHP and cURL: How WordPress makes HTTP requests
cURL is the workhorse of the modern internet. As its tagline says, cURL is a utility piece of software used to ‘transfer data with urls‘. According to the cURL website,…
Posts tagged: WordPress Core
How to Create Custom WordPress Editor Blocks in 2020
The WordPress block editor (previously titled Gutenberg) includes a new way to add content to your WordPress posts, pages and soon all content on your WordPress site. It marks WordPress’…
Hooks, Line, and Sinker: WordPress’ New WP_Hook Class
The hooks system is a central pillar of WordPress and with the 4.7 release a major overhaul of how it works was merged. The Trac ticket that initially raised an…
How and Why Install WordPress Core in a Subdirectory
We all love the famous WordPress 5 minute install, but personally I really don’t like looking at all the WordPress files in the root of the site. It’s messy and…
A Developer’s Guide to Contributing to WordPress Core
Every month the team here at Delicious Brains have a “WP Core Contrib Day”, a day to give back to WordPress Core. This is an important day for us as we…
