There are quite a few people in the WordPress community that have contributed to it, and so my WordPress Series continues on with Matt Cromwell, a WordPress developer out of California. I’ve known Matt and have followed his progress online, as well as have enjoyed interacting with him on Facebook. He’s been a part of
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WordPress Rockstar: Michele Butcher
As part of the WordPress Rockstar series, I’ve asked Michele Butcher some interview questions. Michele is a rockstar because of her eagerness to contribute to WordPress, and teach people the importance of not just WordPress security, but security in general. Michele lives in my neck of the woods, in Southern Illinois and heads up the
[Continue Reading...]How To List The Most Recent Registered Users In WordPress
For people who run websites that allow people to register, especially a community type website, sometimes it might be a novel idea to list the most recent registered users in WordPress. To do this, you must work a little PHP and WordPress database magic. For this code snippet tutorial, we’re bring in the user’s name,
[Continue Reading...]WordPress Plugin: Hello WP User
A few weeks ago, right before publishing my 5 Really Cool Hello Dolly Alternatives post, I created the Hello WP User Plugin. I’ve always been a fan of the Hello Dolly plugin. However, it’s always been used as a novelty. While it’s a great example of simple WordPress plugin development, it’s always been used for
[Continue Reading...]This Is What Happens When You Don’t Understand WordPress and Bad Mouth It
I’ve dealt with a lot of clients throughout the years. It’s not new that I design exclusively with WordPress for websites. It’s also not new that I offer services to convert other platforms and content management systems (ex: Drupal, Joomla, Blogger, etc…) over to WordPress. What I’ve also dealt with is competing for a proposal
[Continue Reading...]5 Really Cool Hello Dolly Plugin Alternatives
The Hello Dolly plugin is about one of the oldest plugins in WordPress, and is usually one of the few default plugins offered with WordPress. It’s a plugin built by Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress. The plugin simply rotates quotes lyrics from the song “Hello Dolly” by Louis Armstrong in the top right of
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