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Using ChatGPT To Write WordPress Plugins Artificial Intelligence Information Technology PHP Plugin Development Technology WordPress

Using ChatGPT To Write WordPress Plugins

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024Lance Cleveland

As a follow on to the ChatGPT As A Coding Assistant article, this article delves into a specific type of coding – using ChatGPT to write WordPress plugins. Here I…Continue readingUsing ChatGPT To Write WordPress Plugins

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Testing MySQL Connectivity From WordPress Docker Containers

August 3, 2022Lance Cleveland

Moving forward with feature development for the Store Locator Plus® SaaS service includes moving forward with our tool kits and environments. Docker containers have become a bigger part of our…Continue readingTesting MySQL Connectivity From WordPress Docker Containers

Cloning A VVV 2.6 Install Plugin Development Technology WordPress

Cloning A VVV 2.6 Install

May 8, 2019Lance Cleveland

Decided to upgrade my long-term VVV setup that I use for daily client consulting work in preparation for a new gig as head of R&D and CTO for a super…Continue readingCloning A VVV 2.6 Install

Vue – JavaScript Library Outside Google/Facebook Control JavaScript Plugin Development Programming Programming Languages Technology WordPress

Vue – JavaScript Library Outside Google/Facebook Control

August 23, 2018Lance Cleveland

Vue is running on several projects to create a better admin user experience. Vuetify is layered on top and baked into WordPress themes and plugins. You will need to add…Continue readingVue – JavaScript Library Outside Google/Facebook Control

Why WordPress REST Performance Sucks Plugin Development WordPress

Why WordPress REST Performance Sucks

May 15, 2018Lance Cleveland

WordPress REST performance sucks.   There, I said it.    Not because I dislike WordPress — in fact I think it is the best open source web application we have seen…Continue readingWhy WordPress REST Performance Sucks

Cypress.IO Data List Processing — Testing A WordPress Plugin Plugin Development Quality Assurance WordPress

Cypress.IO Data List Processing — Testing A WordPress Plugin

April 8, 2018Lance Cleveland

Testing Store Locator Plus with lots of locations is a chore.  Thankfully Cypress.IO data list processing makes this a lot easier. It turns out that the old-school Selenium IDE scripts…Continue readingCypress.IO Data List Processing — Testing A WordPress Plugin

WordPress Plugin Loader Tricks Plugin Development WordPress

WordPress Plugin Loader Tricks

January 10, 2018Lance Cleveland

An unusually short article, for me, on basic WordPress plugin loader tricks. Basic setup Name the “loader” php file the same as the plugin directory. Text Domain must match the…Continue readingWordPress Plugin Loader Tricks

Automated Web App Testing With phpStorm Development Plugin Development Programming Languages Technology WordPress

Automated Web App Testing With phpStorm

January 5, 2018Lance Cleveland

Selenium IDE was a great way to handle automated web app testing like the Store Locator Plus plugins for WordPress.    Selenium IDE is a simple script recorder and playback…Continue readingAutomated Web App Testing With phpStorm

WordPress wp_update_plugins Deep Dive Plugin Development Technology WordPress

WordPress wp_update_plugins Deep Dive

December 29, 2017Lance Cleveland

When using a private update service for premium WordPress plugins, some version tests get left behind leaving users with a half-updated plugin stack.   When operating a freemium model, like…Continue readingWordPress wp_update_plugins Deep Dive

Profile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV Plugin Development WordPress

Profile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV

December 16, 2017Lance Cleveland

I recently found that I needed to Profile WordPress Cron to figure out the best way to improve the processing time on background file imports. In an effort to better…Continue readingProfile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV

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Using Custom Vagrant Sites For WordPress Development

November 16, 2017Lance Cleveland

As with many things in life, I recently learned that I’ve been doing things the hard way when it comes to WordPress development and Vagrant. I got on the Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants…Continue readingUsing Custom Vagrant Sites For WordPress Development

WordPress Hooks and Filters Order Of Precedence Plugin Development WordPress

WordPress Hooks and Filters Order Of Precedence

October 11, 2017January 8, 2025Lance Cleveland

When building plugins and themes I often need to reference the WordPress order of precedence of hooks.   This helps ensure various components are loaded only when needed and at…Continue readingWordPress Hooks and Filters Order Of Precedence

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