A few minutes ago, I released Embed Privacy version 1.10.0 with a ton of new code. It has been completely restructured for a better maintainability. But also for cleaner looks (at least when it comes to the code base) and improved logic.
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Today, the second feature update for Form Block Pro has been released with a nice new feature, and alongside Form Block 1.4.1 with a few bug fixes.
Continue reading Form Block Pro 1.2 with local files supportWorking with settings in WordPress is usually pretty straight forward with the settings API. However, if you’re using multiselect fields, there is a problem. Since the selection on a multiselect field can be completely empty, it makes deleting the last value impossible by default.
Continue reading Properly delete multiselect settings in WordPressRecently, I had to fix a problem where a larger WordPress website couldn’t be accessed, since all PHP workers on the server were already being busy serving requests. That usually means one of two things: either we have many concurrent connections and the server has not enough resources to serve all of them in time, or serving the requests takes an unusual amount of time.
Continue reading Why it’s may worth to debug requests in WordPressTodays new version for Impressum Plus adds some new content desired by you, the customers! It’s a smaller update, that ends up with you faster.
Continue reading Impressum Plus 2.9.0 releasedThere is a cool feature in WordPress if you working with repeaters: the template system. And I’m not talking about templates in the sense of themes, blocks or similar, but of a JavaScript feature many people might not know (or forgot about). It lets you easily display a certain template in JavaScript for a set of identical items. So if you have a list of items and want to display them in an identical way, it’s the ideal solution to use it.
Continue reading Working with WordPress’ JavaScript template featureWhen creating plugins or themes, you often need build assets and/or deploy it to somewhere else, e.g. to the WordPress.org plugin repository. Since the code is often hosted on GitHub, the so called GitHub Actions can be used to do this.
Continue reading GitHub Actions to create and deploy plugins/themesEven though the development around version 1.4.0 of Form Block didn’t go as planned, I’m happy to announce its public availability. It was a little frustrating and potentially means an even longer to-do list, but one after the other …
Continue reading Form Block 1.4.0 release and opinions on date pickersDuring the last few months, I worked quite a few times with block themes for WordPress. And while I get used to it, I also experienced some flaws I want to talk about. I want to clarify that not everything is bad with block themes, but it gives you an idea of some fundamental problems with them and a potential reason why they are adapted so slowly by theme creators.
Continue reading Major flaws in block theme creationProviding custom plugins outside of WordPress.org also means to handle things like plugin information manually. That’s why I searched for a more automated solution for the changelogs. That means that I don’t have to ship it as part of the plugin itself, but to retrieve it automatically from somewhere else.
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