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WordPress Continues To Break Things In The Name Of Security

December 18, 2018Lance Cleveland

In what has become a nearly annual tradition, WordPress has released yet another update that broke thousands of plugins across the Internet. As usual, they claim this is in…Continue readingWordPress Continues To Break Things In The Name Of Security

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PHP __set() Magic Method Conundrum

August 1, 2018Lance Cleveland

I am completely baffled by this one and hope one of my techie friends can help. I’m using a PHP class with magic methods to set and get the properties…Continue readingPHP __set() Magic Method Conundrum

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IEEE Top Programming Languages

August 1, 2018Lance Cleveland

Python, C and C++ top the list. Surprising to see PHP higher on the list than JavaScript. spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/the-2018-top-programming-languages

Programming WordPress

WordPress Needs To Abandon PHP 5.2 Compatibility

July 17, 2018Lance Cleveland

As PHP continues its march into the future with improved support for objects, better memory management, and notable performance boosts WordPress seems to be dead-set in sticking to the “must…Continue readingWordPress Needs To Abandon PHP 5.2 Compatibility

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Improving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

February 8, 2018Lance Cleveland

One of the common processes that runs in Store Locator Plus is deleting locations. For sites with a few dozen locations the process runs smoothly. For sites with thousands…Continue readingImproving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

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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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Should The WordPress PHP Version Be Updated?

December 15, 2017Lance Cleveland

WordPress LOVES backwards compatibility as can be witnessed by the minimum-allowed WordPress PHP version remaining at 5.2.4 a decade after its end-of-life date. It may be one of the reasons they…Continue readingShould The WordPress PHP Version Be Updated?

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PHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

August 17, 2017Lance Cleveland

Once every couple of years I take a month off from hacking away at the Store Locator Plus products and delve into some personal projects. It is a way to…Continue readingPHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

Technology

xDebug Remote Debugging With WordPress and phpStorm

March 20, 2017Lance Cleveland

I’ve been using phpStorm to do local debugging of my WordPress app on a VVV box for a few years now. This week I have been running into some challenges…Continue readingxDebug Remote Debugging With WordPress and phpStorm

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Lessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

October 15, 2016Lance Cleveland

Stupid computers. That is exactly how I feel after beating my head against the wall for the past week while migrating several sites to a new nginx server. These are…Continue readingLessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

Plugin Development Technology WordPress

A WordPress Plugin Coding Adventure – A Love Hate Relationship

July 15, 2016Lance Cleveland

Over the past 48 hours I spent time between numerous meetings writing another WordPress Plugin, a WooCommerce Report Modifier that we need for our Store Locator Plus store. I’ve not…Continue readingA WordPress Plugin Coding Adventure – A Love Hate Relationship

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Using PHP Anonymous Functions In WordPress

March 25, 2016Lance Cleveland

Recently I published an article “Adding WordPress REST API Security To Basic CRUD Operations” where the permissions callback points directly to a function: register_rest_route( SLP_REST_SLUG . ‘/’ . $version, ‘/locations/’,…Continue readingUsing PHP Anonymous Functions In WordPress