Jobs aren’t something I change very often. This isn’t due to some fierce loyalty that I carry from role to role, nor is it because I’m easily contented with the predictability and certainty of a comfortable salary. Quite to the contrary: I need regular change in what I do; I need the opportunity that comes […]

If, like me, you find yourself working with overloaded meta tables, you might consider eradicating certain values from the database. In this post, we look at exactly how you might do that when using Advanced Custom Fields.

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of manually setting up this key when I update a local environment or kick off a new install. So, after finally digging into WP CLI as a possible config path, I have this very quick tip for setting your ACF Pro license key using WP CLI: Throw […]

In this post I take a look at BEM: why I use it, how I use it, and the benefits it brings to my workflow. There’s even a few snippets you can nick!

It's been a good 10+ years since I left my last official 'in-house' place of employment. You know, the type where you rock up at a certain time, carry out a prescribed set of tasks, and wait for the painfully slow day to end so you can blow that popsicle stand and enjoy whatever is […]

If you are reading this, you are likely in a position where you are unable to edit the WordPress Address and Site Address fields in your WordPress admin; If you haven’t dealt with this scenario before, it can be frustrating, but the root of this little problem lies in the wp-config.php file. It’s actually possible to set these […]

If you’ve ever built a custom WordPress theme, you’ll have no doubt worked with The Loop. If you aren’t quite sure what I’m talking about, the WordPress loop is a central part of all templates, as it allows the developer to display posts from a WordPress query object in a safe and future-proof way. Often, […]

Back when I first started working with the web, I barely touched JavaScript. At most, I was copy-pasting jQuery snippets to handle simple tasks like email obfuscation or slider initialisation, but I eventually came to realise that I’d have to get my hands dirty. So, I took a leap, learned a whole bunch about JavaScript, […]

By using the –images option when creating a site with VV, you can set your local site to load images by proxy; that is, to load images from a remote site at a particular domain. This is great for saving space on your own system, and it also means you can get to work quicker, as […]

A popular posts list can be a great way to encourage readers to explore more articles on your site. We see them all over the web in the form of trending articles, and if you spend as much time developing with WordPress as I do, you certainly would have come across this requirement before. As with most […]