AJAX is extremely commonplace in websites today, but do you know how to use it in WordPress? Let’s take a look at how AJAX works in WordPress and how to navigate the way AJAX is used within WordPress. WordPress in AJAX – Theory AJAX is fairly simple. You use JavaScript to make a request to a resource ‘behind the scenes’ […]
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WordPress plugin development can be an absolute pain. That’s right. I said it. Coding plugins for clients and keeping that code neat and tidy can be a nightmare. The best way to write your code (in most cases) to prevent conflicts and keep code together is to use classes. Obviously you should use your best judgement as to if the […]
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It has been quite a while since the last tutorial on reducing WordPress’ memory usage was published. Since then a lot has changed. WordPress has received more features and is now well on the way to receiving Gutenberg. With that in mind I think it is time to take an updated look at what you can do to reduce your […]
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I have just pushed out the new 1.3 version of Zed Press, the WordPress plugin that allows you to display your Zazzle.com products on your WordPress based website. What’s new? New to version 1.3 is the removal of the reliance on the Titan Framework plugin. Zed Press used the Titan Framework plugin to help create its option pages but due […]
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Are you sick of using different caching plugins? Are you sick of updating plugins and checking to make sure there are no updates to Nginx rules? Are you happy to get your hands a little dirty and write your own Nginx rules? Then this might just be the tutorial for you. Let’s take a look at how you can get […]
Read moreThis was a hard post to come up with a title for, but this is a little tip for anyone who uses the Bitnami WordPress Docker container and has had to delete their image, or has needed to reinstall Docker and found their Bitnami WordPress install is now broken. In this case it just shows the default ‘It Works!’ Apache […]
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Gutenberg is a new editor being created by the WordPress team. It is designed to be a block editor that replaces the visual editor (currently TinyMCE) that comes with all WordPress installs. It seems to have generated a lot of controversy mostly over how it will be integrated into WordPress if/when it becomes part of the core. The rest of […]
Read moreIt is finally here! Return True has a new look, and with it I am now offering my web development services in a more sensible way. I have always offered web development services and felt it was time to adjust Return True’s focus to featuring those services in a better way. If you regularly visit for the tutorials I write, […]
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Something a little different today. We are going to take a look at how much of an improvement caching plugins can make to the performance of your WordPress website. In this post I will be showing tests completed on the 4 most popular WordPress caching plugins. These are not in-depth tests. Instead they are simple install and activate tests designed […]
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When we last left our image upload application in part 1 we had created a working image uploader, but it could still be improved. In this second part we are going to look at improving the application by adding in thumbnailing and moving our image listing into a separate page. Vue Router To start off we will install Vue Router. […]
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