Problems when compiling PHP Extensions with Pecl
This is just a very short post to offer some advice to any developers who are adding PHP extensions to their wordpress environment using the…
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Using Filters in WordPress
Filters in WordPress are one of the mechanisms which allows the WordPress core system to call and run new code written after the core was…
Creating shortcodes in WordPress.
This post is going to show how to create a Shortcode in WordPress. Introduction to Shortcodes Shortcodes in WordPress are a mechanism used to embed…
Using symlinks to aid wordpress plugin development
This is a quick post to explain how I arrange my development environment and use symlinks to aid wordpress plugin development. Although it isn’t essential,…
Installing Ubuntu on an HP Pavilion Pro 14-bf102 laptop
This is a non photographic post which is really just a notice for anyone trying to find out if it is possible to install ubuntu…
WordPress install process and DNS
In this, the final part of the wordpress install series, I’m going to walk through the famous wordpress 5 minute install, and also talk about…
Adding wordpress autoload to plugin boilerplate
The wordpress plugin boilerplate generator is a great site for creating a starting point of a new wordpress plugin, but by default when you generate…
Installing WordPress – Apache web server configuration
In this part of the Installing WordPress series we look at the WordPress Apache web server configuration files necessary to get your WordPress site on…
Nginx web server configuration
In this, the third part of the series about installing wordpress, we cover WordPress web server configuration. This is the file you need to create…
Installing WordPress – Database creation and configuration
This article follows on from the last article I wrote and continues the theme of installing the wordpress software on your server. In the last…
Installing WordPress – introduction and download
In this series of posts I’m going to cover one of the first steps you need to take before you can start developing with wordpress,…