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WordPress 2009/10/23 1 min read

WordPress Quote Of The Day

By Joel Fisher in the wp-hackers mailing list: I in fact choose to use a coffeemaker to boil vegetables. Why? Because if I used something else that just makes coffee, my client would ask me "Can it boil vegetables?". WordPress is a powerful and flexible tool. Period. I love this :)

YOURLS 2009/10/14 1 min read

YOURLS Was Cool? YOURLS 1.4 Is Awesome!

I've finally released the much awaited and long overdue YOURLS version 1.4. It's still not perfect but there are no more blocking issue that I know of. This version brings a much better installer, an upgrader from version 1.3 of course, lots of code improvements, and, yum yum, stats (example). Honestly, bit.ly and such, you're not better any longer :)…

WordPress 2009/09/29 60 min read

WordPress Plugin Competition 2009: 43 Reviews

As you may know already (and if you don't, dude, follow me) I was one of the judges in the WordPress Plugin Competition held by Weblogtoolscollections. The podium for this year's comp has been finally revealed so, as promised, I'm now publishing the 43 reviews of the 43 contestant plugins. Warning: this is going to be a long one.

WordPress 2009/09/17 1 min read

The Definitive Guide To Using WordPress as a CMS

Every now and then, here and there, you've seen people asking for tips or articles explaining how you really can use "wordpress as a cms". I've read most of these articles, and they all fail and miss the point, honestly. So, without further ado, I'll reveal The Definitive Guide To Using WordPress as a CMS.

WordPress 2009/09/15 1 min read

Bye Bye Trackbacks

Lately I realized that I absolutely don't care any longer about trackbacks. At the beginning, it was fun to get a notice every time someone would link to my blog, and I would religiously check their site and probably discovered cool blogs this way. But now? While I value comments, I just don't see the point of trackbacks any more.…

WordPress 2009/09/11 14 min read

Top 10 Most Common Coding Mistakes in WordPress Plugins

Short intro for readers who don't follow me or this blog's feed: I've been a judge in the annual WordPress Plugin Competition, and as such I have reviewed a number of plugins. Read more about this. As promised, I'm going to share a list of the most common mistakes, errors, misunderstandings, bad habits or wrong design decisions I've encountered while…

WordPress 2009/09/07 6 min read

Being a Judge in the WordPress Plugin Competition

This year once again, Weblogtoolscollection.com organized their annual WordPress Plugin Competition, which has had this time a special flavor for me: I was not authorized to compete (being one of the winners of a former edition) but I did take a role in it, as I've been one of the judges. Being a judge was quite a straightforward task: Mark…

A while ago, I mentioned a one-file WP installer, that has since gone missing. Today I just came across something similar, except better: WordPress QI (Quick Installer), from WP god dd32 who is responsible for most if not all of the WP-Filesystem class that's currently in WordPress and that powers the core/plugin/theme installer/upgrader. I predict this kind script will be officially available from wp.org before too long.

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WordPress 2009/08/18 1 min read

2009 Open Source CMS Award: Nominate WordPress!

Packt Publishing is running their third annual Open Source CMS Award. Last year, Drupal was #1 and Joomla was #2. Two years ago, Drupal was #1 and Joomla was #2. See a pattern here? No more! :) Vote for WordPress! You can nominate WordPress Best Overall Open Source CMS or Best Open Source PHP CMS (or both, obviously). Note that…

WordPress 2009/08/16 4 min read

How To Make HTTP Requests with WordPress

Making HTTP requests in PHP is not difficult, and a variety of methods exists: using fopen(), using cURL extension, using file streams with fsockopen() and fwrite() for instance. The problem is: depending on server setup, this might or might not work on another server. The good new is: once again, WordPress has a no-brainer API that makes it dead easy…