I recently decided to try experimenting with multi networks for multisite on WordPress. Since I often write my best blog posts while I am learning a new technology, I thought I would go ahead and try to blog about it as I learn it! What does “Multi Network” mean? You probably already know that WordPress […]
How to Modify a WordPress Plugin
It’s a common request. You love your WordPress website, the theme is beautiful, and the plugin does almost exactly what you need, but there’s just one thing that you would like to change. You want it to do something differently. How can you modify that WordPress plugin? Are you sure? Before you try to modify […]
Always Changing
One day, I will become rich and famous, and then I won’t keep changing my plan all the time. Ha! Who am I kidding? Constantly changing, seeking new solutions, questing for better alternatives, considering superior plans, reinventing myself, and reimagining my processes, are central to my being. That’s who I am. If I got rich […]
WordPress security plugins redux
One of the questions asked by the audience at my WordPress presentation at the Silver Falls Library last autumn was, “What is the best security plugin for WordPress?” It’s an excellent question. The topic is important enough that I had previously addressed it in this post from 2013; but the matter is worth revisiting, because […]
WordPress functionality: The thin line between theme and plugin
Stumbled across this just now: the official WordPress guidelines for separating style from functionality. What WordPress functionality may be incorporated into a theme, and which functions should be left to the plugin developers? The line is tighter than you might think. And it turns out, it is a line I have crossed. The guidelines state […]