2013
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Ludicrous Speed: WordPress Caching with Redis
May 11
WordPress plays well with Redis. Actually, thanks to Redis, your WordPress site can return content in as little as three milliseconds!
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The Hackiest Hack that Ever Was Hacked
May 1
While not easy, it’s possible to override stock Plupload events in WordPress using the old-school thickbox uploader. Here’s how to do it.
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Don’t Dequeue WordPress’ jQuery
Feb 3
The most-asked question about WordPress development: How do I use Google’s jQuery instead? Turns out there is such a thing as a stupid question.
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Distraction Free Reading Mode
Jan 29
WordPress has a distraction free writing mode for content creators. I want to make a similar reading mode for you.
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Making Singletons Safe in PHP
Jan 7
Singletons are not inherently evil; just overused and implemented poorly. Here’s a way Singletons can be perfectly safe to use in PHP.
2012
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The Case for Singletons in WordPress
Dec 28
Several WordPress developers have been discussing the singleton pattern lately. Here’s why I think singletons are actually useful in WordPress.
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WordPress Plugin Structure
Dec 27
The best plugin development pattern for WordPress is the singleton. Here are three different ways to build a plugin, including a singleton example.
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Introducing WP_Session
Dec 1
Last week I proposed the development of a WP_Session object. This weekend, I took the time to actually build it!
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WP_Session: A Proposal
Nov 28
WordPress doesn’t support sessions. Here’s my proposal for how that could change.
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jQuery as a Global Event Bus
Oct 17
An event bus makes code robust and flexible. WordPress’s plugin API uses one in PHP. Here’s how to use jQuery as an event bus in your JavaScript code.
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Using XML-RPC in WordPress
Oct 9
You can control almost everything on a WordPress site using XML-RPC. But how exactly do you make an XML-RPC request? I’ll show you …
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Theme-ready Shortcodes in WordPress
Oct 5
Make your WordPress shortcodes flexible by using a shortcode template for markup. Here’s how to do it.