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WordPress at the Command Line – An Introduction to wpshell and wp-cli

You know WordPress through a browser or a text editor, but do you know it at the command line? Learn the power of wpshell and how to transform your data with wp-cli to bring an entirely new toolset to your … Continue reading WordPress at the Command Line – An Introduction to wpshell and wp-cli

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There’s a Function for That: Doing More for Less with Core Functions

For my talk, I plan to curate a plethora of interesting, obscure and powerful WordPress functions to give them the attention and love that they need. Drawing from my experience with complex WordPress projects, I would introduce developers to incredible … Continue reading There’s a Function for That: Doing More for Less with Core Functions

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Performance, Optimization & Scaling

Techniques for optimizing, planning for scaling, and increasing performance in your WordPress environment.

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Integrating WordPress with External APIs

WordPress is, essentially, a user interface overlaid atop a database. That said, this UI can incorporate data from external databases and can be used to manipulate that data as well. Any external system exposing an API for retrieving or manipulating … Continue reading Integrating WordPress with External APIs

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The Art & Science of “Premium”

Lessons from the road making a successful & popular premium WordPress plugin. We will share the strategies we employed to be profitable and the mistakes we made while learning. If you are considering selling plugins or themes, the best advice … Continue reading The Art & Science of “Premium”

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