GitHub is offering releases for almost a year now and I love using them. Releases are first-class objects with changelogs and binary assets that present a full project history beyond Git artifacts. Following the conventions of many Git projects, releases are tied to Git tags. You can use an existing tag, or let releases create the tag when it’s published.
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Poor plugin performance can be caused by many things, but there is one thing that will definitely increase your plugin’s performance: conditional loading. Allot of WordPress plugins load their code on every page, or actually on every request.
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What The File has been around for quite some time now and while being such a simple tool, has changed quite a bit in its existence. The latest 2 releases added support for popular ‘third party’ software: Roots Theme and BuddyPress. This version will add support for a WordPress core functionality, template parts. Continue Reading…
When creating WordPress websites I like to do so locally (e.g. XAMPP). Working locally has allot of advantages like faster load speed, being able to load the entire project in the IDE of your choice (code suggestion for your entire project) and the ability to use versioning software (like SVN and GIT). The only problem I had was not being able to install plugins from within the plugin backend page. Continue Reading…
I’ve been working on a new version of What The File and I’m happy to announce it’s available for download at the WordPress plugin repository. Continue Reading…
