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Need a second opinion for a website you’ve been working on? No problem! The WordPress Site Clinic puts panellists to the task of reviewing your site, offering recommendations related to design, content & site structure, and functionality. If you are … Continue reading WordPress Site Clinic →

Maybe you’ve dabbled in writing WordPress plugins and themes before, or maybe you’ve been too intimidated to get started. Whatever your skill level, there’s always more to learn! In this workshop, I’ll cover the basics of plugin development and share … Continue reading Develop Plugins Like a Pro →

Learn how to extend Gravity Forms to override the options in a select and to push the submitted content to an API after save. You will see how to extend classes and to use hooks and filters and make remote … Continue reading Extending Gravity forms: a deep dive into hooks, filters and API calls →

Accepting the defaults for a standard WordPress install can leave your site vulnerable. The hacker’s typical goal is to promote their (spammy) site with backlinks from your site or to spread malicious code. As a result, Google can blacklist your … Continue reading Hardening Your Website To Attacks or Making It Easier to Hack Into Someone-Else’s Website →

You’ve bought a fancy new WordPress theme, but now your site looks like everyone else’s. So how do you make that fancy new theme look a little bit more… you? You create a child theme. Child themes build on top … Continue reading How to create a child theme – Workshop →

WordPress.com and Jetpack-enabled WordPress.org sites offer the ability to interact with them via a REST API. This workshop would first explain what the possible integrations with WordPress are, what the REST API is and then would demonstrate how to get … Continue reading Interacting with WordPress in your own applications. →

Using free tools, this topic will be exploring how to set-up and configure a local WordPress development environment. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring along a laptop with at least 5 GB of free space. The tools we will be … Continue reading Setting Up a Local WordPress Development Environment →

WordPress consulting for small businesses is what I do. I help small businesses set up their WordPress websites to fit their needs and can give a basic overview of ways to set up your website. Not just technically, but from … Continue reading WordPress for Small Businesses →