Marketing Video for WPSiteSync

I love the folks at ServerPress, who make DesktopServer. So, I was super excited when they approached me to make a marketing video for their latest product: WPSiteSync. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpeiTMbdj_Y This amazing plugin let's you sync portions of content between WordPress sites without having to migrate entire databases. If you have to migrate WP sites between local, … Continue reading Marketing Video for WPSiteSync →

How and Where I’ve Been (Re)Learning JavaScript

As I speed down the path to launch for my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course, I have been busily learning and relearning JavaScript anew. Actually, I have worked with JS for a long time now and even taught college and high school JavaScript courses well before Treehouse. However, JavaScript has come a long way in the last few … Continue reading How and Where I’ve Been (Re)Learning JavaScript →

The Best Free WordPress Backup Plugin

I was recently reviewing WordPress backup plugins for a Treehouse project and came across BackWPup (from the folks at MarketPress.com). From the research I have done, this is the best featured most solid free backup option for WordPress. It has all of the following important features Backup files and/or database Schedule backups Create multiple backup Jobs Backup to server Send backups … Continue reading The Best Free WordPress Backup Plugin →

Google Releases It’s Own Official WordPress Plugin

So many plugins have existed that integrate with Google features, especially analytics related. So, it's interesting to see one come out from Google themselves. Introducing the Google Publisher Plugin (beta). Unlike some of the other plugins, at this point in it's beta release the plugin only does two things: Let's you easily add AdSense ads … Continue reading Google Releases It’s Own Official WordPress Plugin →

Add ZURB Foundation Shortcodes in the WordPress Editor

I recently did a workshop on building a WordPress theme with the Foundation framework. If you build your WP site with Foundation, you may find it helpful to use this plugin, Easy Foundation Shortcode, since it will give you more flexibility over the Foundation based styling you do from the content editor.

Hardcode a Ninja Form in Your WordPress Theme

I have been a big Gravity Forms supporter for a long time, however, I'm beginning to get more interested in Ninja Forms, which is a free WordPress form builder and also quite powerful. If you decide to build your WP forms with Ninja Forms, you may find the ninja_forms_display_form() function helpful since it let's … Continue reading Hardcode a Ninja Form in Your WordPress Theme →

Cool Front-end WordPress Editor from Raptor Editor

I wrote recently about the front-end editor, Barley, for WordPress. Today I'm posting about another 3rd party service offering a front-end editor for WordPress, WP Raptor. This plugin has a slightly different interface, but same basic principle: give users the ability to edit their site without going to the control panel. Here is a screenshot … Continue reading Cool Front-end WordPress Editor from Raptor Editor →

BuddyPress Plugin for Sharing Documents in a Group

The BP Group Documents plugin does something very simple and helpful: let's group members share documents with each other. When building social networks for people who are planning events or doing group assignments and projects, having the ability to share documents is essential. This plugin gives you a page in each group where users can … Continue reading BuddyPress Plugin for Sharing Documents in a Group →

An Object Oriented Template for WordPress Plugins

A while back, while working at the WordPress plugin course at Treehouse, I came across this awesome plugin from Daniel Convissor. The Object Oriented Plugin Template Solution plugin basically gives you an OO template for building your own WordPress plugin. I didn't end up using the template in the project, however, it was very helpful … Continue reading An Object Oriented Template for WordPress Plugins →

Great WordPress Plugin for Reordering Posts, Pages and More

EDIT: It does not look like this plugin is still available One of the things I really like about this plugin in relation to the other plugins that do something similar is that there is no extra page within the admin menu hierarchy. It works right on the main Posts/Pages pages. It's a premium plugin … Continue reading Great WordPress Plugin for Reordering Posts, Pages and More →