I gave this talk at the Boston WordPress meetup about debugging in WordPress. It’s meant to be an introduction for non-programmers to help decipher and solve issues or errors in…
WordPress Debugging 101
Ready! Filter! Action!
This talk given at WordCamp Boston 2016 on July 23, 2016. One of the most powerful (and proper) ways to modify WordPress core, themes, or plugins is through the use of action and filter hooks. Come learn what these hooks are, how to find them, and how to use them effectively to alter the default behavior of WordPress core, themes, and plugins to make them do our bidding.
Using CSS to update your WordPress website
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language used to control the look and feel of your website. This powerful tool controls the spacing, coloring, fonts, and decorative elements (such as…
Basics of Building a Gutenberg Block
The future is Gutenberg and it is coming! Will you be ready? Gutenberg is a whole new editing experience for WordPress. If you are a WordPress developer you will not want to miss this talk where we will dive into the world of building your own Guten Blocks.
Amp Up Your Admin
Here are the code snippets from my “Amp Up Your Admin” talk which I’ve given at WordCamp Providence in 2014, WordCamp Miami in 2017, and at the Boston WordPress March 2017…
Where did this Gravity Forms email come from?
SOLUTION: Append the original URL to Gravity Forms notifications automatically Most developers who use Gravity Forms have had this situation come up at some point. You get a Gravity Form email…
Add Custom Post Types to Omnisearch
The Omnisearch module within the Jetpack plugin for WordPress seems like a dream come true. One search to rule them all! Amazing, right? Wrong! Omnisearch only searches posts, pages, comments,…
Ready! Filter! Action!
At our WordPress Developers meetup on Feb 4, 2015, I did a presentation (including some live coding) about using WordPress hooks. I can’t stress enough how important I feel these…
Shortcodes vs Widgets: Which One and How?
Here are the slides and all associated file for my talk “Shortcodes vs Widgets: Which One and How?” given at WordCamp Boston on Aug 23, 2014. If you have issues…
Creating Customizable Widgets for Unpredictable Needs
Slides and related code files from my “Creating Customizable Widgets for Unpredictable Needs” talk given at WordCamp Maine on Aug 16, 2014. If the embedded slides aren’t displaying correctly for…