Tag: Development Practices
Understanding PHP Globals and Variable Scope in WordPress


One of the most maligned features of WordPress is the use of “PHP global variables.” Whether you love them or hate them, thoughm global variables probably aren’t leaving WordPress soon.
Object-Oriented PHP for WordPress Developers


Welcome to our free course on object-oriented PHP (OOPHP) for WordPress. This course explains the following:
“My Developer Ruined My Site’s SEO”: Three Huge SEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them


Far too often, a developer comes in to “modernize” a site—and ends up wrecking a thriving online business by ruining its SEO.
Using Browser Tabs and Windows Efficiently in WordPress Development


A lot of my work in WordPress is tacit knowledge: general know-how that I take for granted, and that it doesn’t even occur to me I have. The problem with tacit knowledge in teaching is that other people might miss important things that it wouldn’t even occur to you to teach because it feels “too basic.”