2014
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Why Showing The WordPress Username Is A Security Risk
Apr 4
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.
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WordPress 4.0 Preview
Apr 1
WordPress 3.9 won’t even be released for another two weeks, but development has already begun on version 4.0.
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Redis Object Cache for WordPress
Mar 31
I’ve just helped release a fully-functional WordPress object cache powered by Redis! You should give it a try.
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Choosing a Conference Topic
Mar 29
I’m going to expose my three secret ways to come up with conference presentation ideas.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Data Service
Mar 26
Rather than pitch a feature that is a must-have within the ecosystem, I want to explain something that would be nice-to-have from a developer perspective.
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Rights and Derivative Works
Mar 22
I am a derivative work and I know exactly from whom my life, thoughts, and behaviors are derived. Do you?
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Dynamic CDN: PHP and Checksums
Mar 21
The general gist of Dynamic CDN is to scan page content before returning it to the browser and dynamically replace locally-hosted assets (images, scripts, styles, etc) with their CDN-hosted equivalents. The trick is returning consistent CDN urls for hosted assets – the plugin uses PHP to generate a checksum for asset references so it can…
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… The Universe will Provide
Mar 18
If you hold something to be a guiding truth, you need to live by it at all times. If you can’t live by it, then it must not be a truth.
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WordPress and Shadow Taxonomies
Mar 15
Abstractions build false confidence for new developers – so I’m going to show you how to build a post-to-post relationship system in WordPress from scratch.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Portability
Mar 12
This is less a proposal for a new feature, and more a discussion about a drastically lacking capability in WordPress: It’s not portable.
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Magic of Collaboration
Mar 8
I’m super excited to announce that I’m using 10up’s newest product – PushUp – on this site. If you’re visiting on Safari you’ve already see the popup asking for permission to notify you.
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Singleton: Alternative to the Anti-Pattern
Mar 6
There are valid reasons for using a Singleton in your design – these reasons, however, are rare enough that many developers can avoid them entirely and still have a full career. If you find yourself using Singletons often, you’re doing something wrong.