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Add @return to hook docs
The current WordPress coding standards for hook documentation do not allow the @return tag: […] because action hooks return nothing, and filter hooks always return their first parameter. @return is not made for parameter names, it is for types. In many cases, you can change the type of the first parameter per do_action() or add_filter() […]
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Test multiple WordPress versions with one installation
Testing a plugin or theme against different WordPress versions requires just a local Git repository and a few console commands.
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WordPress in a nutshell: WT-NMP
Auf Deutsch lesen: WordPress in einer Nussschale Some of us might want to run WordPress in a sandbox, where the meaning of “sandbox” is, a nearly closed environment or a replaceable medium like an USB stick. Sandboxes One solution can be using Instant WordPress and install WordPress on an USB stick. Instant WordPress uses Apache, […]
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Find and delete duplicate posts in WordPress
Everytime a database import, merge or some similar task can leave you with database tables that are full of duplicate entries. Let’s get on how to find those entries and clean up those tables again.
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Called in a shortcode?
How to test if a function was called in a (specific) shortcode.
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Cloning in PHP, or why your singleton might kill WordPress
How
__clone()works, when and how you should use it, and why it should be public in WordPress. -
How to build flexible PHP Interfaces
This posting is a primer of mine here on WPKrauts. So my welcome to everybody reading this. I wanted to write about a different topic first but with a recent posting about a flexible plugin configuration objects technique by @toscho (worth to read BTW) I decided to pick a decent entry-level object oriented and practical […]
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Initialize a plugin with a configuration object
An alternative for the common static access method in plugin controllers.
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How to store my custom values?
When you dive into the so called Settings API (something so poor even the core doesn’t use it), you will probably get the advice to store all your data in one single option, not in many. And it sounds just logical: Less options are faster than more options, right? It depends. MySQL doesn’t know anything […]
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Installing GlotPress and making a simple plugin for it
After reading this article by Remkus de Vries, How to use GlotPress for your translations, I went ahead and installed first a local version for testing and then a live version. There were no issues and the step “Create an admin” was not necessary (here’s a comment of interest in Remkus post). Just make the […]