Category: Plugin Development

How to Add Voting to bbPress Topics and Replies

bbPress Voting

If you have a WordPress site with a bbPress Forum and you’re looking to add user voting functionality, then you’ve come to the right place.

As an experienced WordPress developer and the developer of the free bbPress Voting plugin, I have extensive experience with this that I’m happy to share with you.

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Do Too Many WordPress Plugins Really Slow Down Your Website?

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I’ve heard it over and over… “Too many plugins will slow down your website.”  I’ve heard it in conference presentations, networking events, podcasts, blogs, YouTube videos, and even my old boss.  But, is it really true?

I’m a professional WordPress developer and have written several of my own plugins, so I have something to add to the conversation.

Honestly, it really bugs me when people ignorantly demonize plugins as the culprit of all their WordPress website problems… as if the number of plugins is slowing down their website.

In this article, let’s look at the facts around the topic of WordPress plugins slowing down your website.

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How to Setup a Local WordPress Development Environment using DB and Media from Staging

Local Dev Setup

In order to make local WordPress development as seamless as possible with collaboration between multiple developers, I’ve devised a process where local versions of WordPress sites can dynamically use the database and media uploads from the staging server. Continue reading How to Setup a Local WordPress Development Environment using DB and Media from Staging

Local Dev Setup With Wildcard Subdomain Vhost

Wildcard Subdomain Vhost

When setting up new local sites for development, skip the hassle with this game-changing setup that uses a single vhost with a wildcard subdomain so you never have to mess with vhosts ever again.

  • Don’t hassle with setting up a vhost every time
  • Don’t waste time adding more rows to your hosts file
  • Don’t mess with developing a site in a subdirectory where absolute links starting with “/” take you back to your localhost dashboard.

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