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Photo Credit: Andy Fragen, @andyfragen on x.com. At WordCamp US in Portland, OR, the Core Committers in attendance had a quick meetup at the end of lunch on Thursday to make sure everyone had met in person and to discuss Read more The post How I Commit to WordPress Core appeared first on Dream Encode .
Recently, I was faced with an unavoidable situation where I had to alter a third-party plugin s code. The plugin is one I consider a well-made plugin, incorporating apply_filters or do_action all over the place. However, the hooks weren t available in Read more The post WordPress Determining When a Plugin or Theme is Updated appeared first on Dream Encode .
I ve went on and on about well-built plugins for WordPress. As much as I d like plugins to filter all the things , in reality, they never account for all use cases. One such challenge I had recently involved the WP WooCommerce Read more The post Creative Filtering in WP WooCommerce Mailchimp Plugin appeared first on Dream Encode .
Given that WordPress is still growing1WP is about a third of the web now, as of April 2019, there s no shortage of work for proper WordPress developers. In my case, work comes from several sources, all of it freelance. The Read more The post Local WordPress Development How To Sync Content From Staging or Production appeared first on Dream Encode .
Here s another forms use-case for WordPress. You have a form built with Contact Form 7, WP Forms, Gravity Forms, etc. However, when the form is submitted, you also want to send the form data to a third party, like Salesforce, Read more The post Contact Form 7: Salesforce Integration appeared first on Dream Encode .
In this month’s edition of “well-built plugins”, we’re taking a look at Contact Form 7 for WordPress. Specifically, we’ll be customizing validation error messages on the front end. The popular contact form builder plugin is quite easy to extend, so Read more The post Contact Form 7 Custom Validation Messages appeared first on Dream Encode .
Extending well-built WordPress plugins and themes is something I do almost daily. Gravity Forms is a popular form-building plugin for WordPress that I integrate and customize quite frequently. Custom form fields, form settings, and third-party integrations are common requests. Recently, Read more The post Gravity Forms Dynamic Confirmation Redirects appeared first on Dream Encode .
As WordPress continues its march towards the Gutenberg-focused version 5.0, today it released an intermediate update. Version 4.9.2 is pretty standard fare for a dot release, resolving an XSS vulnerability in the MediaElement library and 21 bug fixes. Per usual, Read more The post WordPress 4.9.2 Security Maintenance Release appeared first on Dream Encode .
I had a call this week with a client who manages a few WordPress sites. One of the things they do, like me, is backup files. The plugin they chose for their workflow is UpdraftPlus. The client hosts all of Read more The post UpdraftPlus Exclude WordPress-Generated Image Thumbnails From Backups appeared first on Dream Encode .
WordPress has released its 12th update for 2017, and it s also the second minor version pushed out this year. WordPress 4.9 includes a lot for users. Tipton introduces changesets for theme customizations, previewing, and scheduling of theme customizer updates and Read more The post WordPress 4.9: What s in it for Developers? appeared first on Dream Encode .