Rethinking Email Subscriptions
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For the past several months, I’ve been very happily using Jetpack’s email subscription system to power notifications on this site. There has to be a better way.
WordPress
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Fragment Caching in WordPress
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One of the easiest ways to optimize a WordPress installation is to selectively cache various output components. It’s not tricky, either.
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Vagrant, Hyper-V, Dynamic Hosts
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Solving the two outstanding issues I had running VVV on Hyper-V: symlinks and dynamic hosts.
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Hyper-VVV on Windows
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It took me a little trial and error to set up, but this weekend I managed to port my entire WordPress development stack not just to a new machine, but also to a new virtualization provider – Hyper-V.
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Smallest Unit of Work
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Whenever I try to explain unit testing to another developer, I refer to the “smallest unit of work” that’s possible to test.
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WordPress and Password Hashing
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WordPress’ password creation/verification system is pluggable (meaning you can replace it with your own implementation). Before you do so, though, you should understand what’s already implemented and why.
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I submitted a WordPress patch no one asked for; you’ll never guess what happened next!
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Do you have an unrequested patch lying around somewhere? Put it on Trac; you might be surprised by the response!
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WordPress, Options, and Auto-loading
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There are many different ways WordPress performance can be slowed: not understanding options is one of them.
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Why Showing The WordPress Username Is A Security Risk
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There have been a handful of discussions lately surrounding WordPress and usernames – particularly whether or not exposing usernames is a security risk. The consensus appears to be “no.” I beg to differ.