Photos from 2013 WordCamp Vancouver

August 29, 2013

WordCamp Vancouver this year was fantastic. Mega props to the organizers! Here are some photos that I took at the event.

2013 WordCamp Vancouver: Taking flight with Jetpack development

August 17, 2013

I am happy to be presenting at 2013 WordCamp Vancouver! My session is on developing with Jetpack. Here is the blurb: Jetpacks are fun, and scary! In this session I will show you some common techniques to fine tune your Jetpack as a developer, as well as get your input on how to make a

Creating a synchronized Github fork of a WordPress.org Subversion plugin repository

August 5, 2013

Big Notice! If you are looking to sync only in one direction this tutorial is the one for you. After weeks of hitting my head on the wall due to constant conflicts I found out that the way git and svn store histories is very different and two way sync with this method simply does

WordPress: How to move all your plugin code to your theme file so you think you are not actually running any plugins

August 4, 2013

Note (02-27-2014): This article keeps getting traffic and tweets. Though following the steps will actually work this piece is satire and should not be done. See the last section for more details. In this article I am going to attempt to show you the evil of plugins in WordPress and how you can quickly and

How to add unit testing and continuous integration to your WordPress plugin

August 2, 2013

(Quick note: WordPress.org is changing some things. I will update this post if it becomes invalid. See http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/08/06/a-new-frontier-for-core-development/ ) Unit testing WordPress plugins is a subject that has come up quite a bit lately. Adding tests into your WordPress plugins is a great idea from a quality control  perspective. It will help ensure that your