Below are the slides for my talk entitled “Level Up! Taking your WordPress Code up a Notch” given at WordCamp Rochester 2024. You can also access the slides directly.
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.
The Way to Theme Enlightenment
Slides from my talk entitled “The Way to Theme Enlightenment” Stepping into theme development can be daunting. Sure anyone with a little PHP skill and a basic understanding of the…
Level Up! Taking your WordPress Code up a Notch
Below are the slides for my talk entitled “Level Up! Taking your WordPress Code up a Notch” given at Boston WordCamp 2017. You can also access the slides directly.
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…
Googlebot getting 301 redirect while regular visitors get correct page
I ran into a troubling issue recently. A client’s WordPress site was having SEO issues because the Googlebot was getting a 301 redirect (indicating permanently moved) on pages where normal…
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!
WordPress 4.1 is in Beta and includes Juicy Tidbits for Developers
Normally I don’t get super-excited about new WordPress releases. It wasn’t that long ago that I didn’t even go out of my way to read up the new features when…