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The Best Resources for Learning WordPress Development - WP Scholar
Once you decide to learn WordPress development, the first thing you’ll be faced with is selecting a learning resource. There are lots of one-off lessons, courses, books, boot camps, etc. But how do you know which are up-to-date, what is worth your time, and what is user versus developer-focused? The resources below are ones that... Read More
Plugin Machine helps you create the start point for new WordPress plugins, add new features to existing plugins, as well as packaging plugins for release. Use Plugin Machine to create modern WordPress plugins with all the React and PHP tooling and tests you need.
You are developing a new WordPress site.
You create a new Git repository for it.
You’re wondering how to structure the gitignore file.
In most cases, there is no reason to include the WordPress core files in the project repository. WordPress already has its own Git repository and as an open source project, it is, of course, public.
There is usually no need to track changes in third-party plugins and themes either.
Free Test/Staging WordPress Site with Full Admin Access by WPSandbox.net
WPSandbox.net enables provides you with free temporary test WordPress Site. The set up can be single or multisite. You can learn WordPress and/or try new plugins or themes. You have access to (S)FTP, phpMyAdmin and more.
Free test/staging/sandbox WordPress site. Set up in seconds to try new plugins and themes - qSandbox.com
qSandbox.com enables you to set up a free test/sandbox/staging WordPress site in seconds. No technical knowledge required. Try WordPress plugins and themes in a safe environment before you actually put them on your live site without the risk of crashing it.
How to Debug WordPress Beyond the Basics • WPShout
Debugging WordPress starts with WP_DEBUG, but can go far beyond that. In this article, we will: See how to write debug messages to a log file and where
Quickly audit your WordPress website. A helpful checklist to audit your website for formatting, WordPress specific optimization, accessibility, performance, and security. Best used before a launch or on a monthly basis.
WP Staging - One Click Cloning of Your WordPress Website
WP Staging creates a clone of your website with a single click and pushes back file changes to the live site. A perfect tool for testing & development purposes.
WP-CLI Packages: Supercharge Your WordPress Development
I think most developers would agree that WP-CLI (the self-described “command-line interface for WordPress”) is the best thing to happen to WordPress since my-hacks.php. It is my favorite way to… Read more
Introduction to WordPress acceptance testing | The Man in the Arena
As a WordPress developer, the topic of testing isn’t something that we hear about that often. And, if we do hear about it, it’s more often than not just one specific type of testing: unit testing.
Code Review Part 1: Fixing Design Flaw with the "Return Early" Strategy
While reading Josh Pollock’s first article in his Advanced OOP for WordPress series, I noticed opportunities to improve his code’s quality and performance. So I reached out to him. As a fellow educator, he suggested that I do a code review and then publish my insights in a series of articles here on Torque as …
When I started in WordPress development, I was very lucky that I found good quality tutorials by experienced developers such as Tom McFarlin and Pippin Williamson, who understood the ecosystem well. The more I learned, the more I came to value sticking to “The WordPress Way”. Since I learned plugin development by working as a …