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Jetpack Backup/Restore Connection Failing On Lightsail Apps Web Presence WordPress

Jetpack Backup/Restore Connection Failing On Lightsail

February 15, 2023Lance Cleveland

AWS Lightsail provides a quick and easy way to stand up WordPress instances with minimal effort for people with a moderate amount of tech skills. It does come with some…Continue readingJetpack Backup/Restore Connection Failing On Lightsail

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WordPress Registration Captcha

February 8, 2023Lance Cleveland

I recently reworked my LanceCleveland.com site, merging the previous Lance.Bio blog site with my CTO.LanceCleveland.com site. As soon as the new site went online and allowed for users to register…Continue readingWordPress Registration Captcha

Should I Update To WordPress 5 WordPress

Should I Update To WordPress 5

December 10, 2018Lance Cleveland

Should you update to WordPress 5? This is a question that has been asked thousands of times in the past week.    I have been asked at least a dozen…Continue readingShould I Update To WordPress 5

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

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

Why Jetpack Autoupdate Is A Bad Idea WordPress

Why Jetpack Autoupdate Is A Bad Idea

March 23, 2018Lance Cleveland

I’ve written articles on Jetpack Autoupdate before — you’ll find some of them in the Jetpack blog.    For many neglected sites autoupdate of plugins is a good idea.  Plugins…Continue readingWhy Jetpack Autoupdate Is A Bad Idea

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

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

Should The WordPress PHP Version Be Updated? PHP Programming Programming Languages Technology WordPress

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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Uncovering A WordPress Walker Class Inconsistency

December 9, 2017February 6, 2023Lance Cleveland

Took an hour tonight to figure out why the new Store Locator Plus Premier Button Bar is not working properly.   The odd thing is this WAS working properly two…Continue readingUncovering A WordPress Walker Class Inconsistency

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

Adding Screen Options To WordPress Admin Pages Plugin Development WordPress

Adding Screen Options To WordPress Admin Pages

June 15, 2017Lance Cleveland

Many of the built-in WordPress admin pages have a Screen Options drop-down tab on the top right of the page.   This is used to set how many items are…Continue readingAdding Screen Options To WordPress Admin Pages

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