One of my favorite WordPress related events will happen in 20 days from today. It’s a ridiculously long streak of 24 one hour WordPress related presentation. You heard that right, 24 hours of WordPress presentation in succession. It’s the third edition of WordSesh and it’s going to be amazing.
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Getting out of the house
A few months ago I joined WooThemes. Working for WooThemes is awesome. I get to work on an awesome project (WooCommerce) with awesome people and I can do all of this from the comfort of my own home. As much as I love working from home, after some months I started to feel the need to get out of the house more.
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Prevent direct file access to your plugin files
Security should be one of the (if not the) most important aspects of your plugin. Ironically it’s also one of the most difficult parts to explain. There’s no ‘quick fix’ to writing a secure plugin. There are so many aspects to writing a secure plugin and on top of that it’s an ever changing game. Luckily there are some tips that can help make your plugin more secure and one of them is disabling direct file access to your plugin files. Please note that solely preventing direct access to your files doesn’t make your plugin secure but it does help in making it more secure.
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WordPress in a week
In this weekly returning item I’ll be sharing WordPress related stories I read this week and found worth sharing. This is the week 48 – 2014 edition.
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How to keep a proper changelog
Developing a WordPress plugin? Nice. You’ve probably already read about how to find a hook, the importance of WordPress coding standards and how you can make sure your plugin’s performance is top notch (If you haven’t, you should). But do you have a good changelog? Having a good changelog is important and will not only benefit others but you as well.
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