Open-sourcing the Code Comments Trac plugin
At Automattic we love open-source software and try to make more of it. That’s why today we are open-sourcing the Code Comments Trac plugin. We [...]![]()
Scott Taylor on WordPress + Memcached
Scott Taylor, Software Engineer III at eMusic, recently posted a comprehensive article on using WordPress + Memcached. eMusic relaunched on WordPress a couple of months [...]![]()
Key Differences Between Validation and Sanitization
VIP Services developer Daniel Bachhuber shares some tips on writing better code for your WordPress site: Your code works, but is it safe? When writing code for a high-profile environment, you’ll need to be extra cautious of how you handle data coming into WordPress and how it’s presented to the end user. This commonly comes (Read more...)
Key Differences Between Validation and Sanitization
VIP Services developer Daniel Bachhuber shares some tips on writing better code for your WordPress site: Your code works, but is it safe? When writing code for a high-profile environment, you’ll need to be extra cautious of how you handle data coming into WordPress and how it’s presented to the end user. This commonly comes (Read more...)
Primer: WordPress photo gallery without a plugin
Otto has created a very thorough primer to create a WordPress photo gallery without a plugin. He walks you through understanding pictures and galleries, creating and modifying an image template, and tweaking image and thumbnail sizes. He reminds us: You don’t really need plugins to create photo galleries. WordPress has a huge amount of gallery (Read more...)
Cheezburger Network Open Sources Their WordPress Administration Panel
WordPress.com VIP Cheezburger Network, where you get your daily LOLz from one of their 50 popular sites like I Can Haz Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog, have shared the code of their WordPress theme administration panels. Called CheezCap, it’s a simple library for easily creating custom admin panels. Cheezburger Network uses a single shared theme across (Read more...)