Poor plugin performance can be caused by many things, but there is one thing that will definitely increase your plugin’s performance: conditional loading. Allot of WordPress plugins load their code on every page, or actually on every request.
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What The File has been around for quite some time now and while being such a simple tool, has changed quite a bit in its existence. The latest 2 releases added support for popular ‘third party’ software: Roots Theme and BuddyPress. This version will add support for a WordPress core functionality, template parts. Continue Reading…
When creating WordPress websites I like to do so locally (e.g. XAMPP). Working locally has allot of advantages like faster load speed, being able to load the entire project in the IDE of your choice (code suggestion for your entire project) and the ability to use versioning software (like SVN and GIT). The only problem I had was not being able to install plugins from within the plugin backend page. Continue Reading…
I’ve been working on a new version of What The File and I’m happy to announce it’s available for download at the WordPress plugin repository. Continue Reading…
Allot of plugin have a function that is triggered when the plugin is activated. This ‘activation’ function allows the plugin to setup itself, e.g. create a custom table or set some options in the options table. This works fine in a ‘normal’ WordPress website, but when you create a new site in a WordPress Network website these plugin activation functions are not triggered. Continue Reading…
