Spam Destroyer update
Spam Destroyer plugin ought to report when a comment is marked as spam. Future updates will hopefully include a simple CAPTCHA system.
Development
Software engineering insights, technical write-ups, and documentation of past development projects.
Why you should stop your plugin from updating
Per Soderlind recently alerted me to a rather important security issue regarding plugins hosted outside of WordPress.org. All WordPress.org hosted...
WP Twitter Feed fix created
A plugin to fix the WP Twitter Feed widget's certificate errors when viewed with https.
Dealing with suspended blogs on multisite
Use a blog-deleted.php file which redirects to another site/page whenever a deleted or suspended blog is visited in WordPress multisite.
Profile widget released
I have launched a new WordPress plugin called Profile Widget. It allows you to add an avatar and bio text for the current post author on each single...
Custom tag page headers
Support for tags has been added to the Unique Headers plugin for WordPress. Existing users should see an update shortly.
Are Your Plugins Secure? Part 2: Permissions and Nonces
I originally authored this post on WP Realm, but I moved it back here after that website folded. Following on from “Are your plugins secure?, this...
Adding images to the theme customiser
I had some difficulties ironing out bugs in an implementation of the WordPress theme customiser when using image uploaders. Here is a very simple piece of code which will hopefully help guide you in the right direction.
Know when you are on localhost!
Those of you who regularly switch their hosts file to change from production to local environments should check out my new mu plugin. It will hopefully make things a little easier for you during development.
Are your plugins secure?
I originally authored this post on WP Realm, but I moved it back here after that website folded. WordPress has an irritatingly bad reputation for...
Blogging at WP Realm
I'm blogging about WordPress over at WP Realm. I'll still be posting code tidbits, plugins and all sorts of other things right here, but my broad scoped or generic WordPress posts will be posted over there.
TalkPress: Is bbPress Finally Coming to WordPress.com?
I originally authored this post on WP Realm, but I moved it back here after that website folded. Those of you who have been in the community for a...