Closing the Cookie Jar
On June 5 2012, the new Dutch Telecommunications Act came in force. This act is a direct result of a recent EU ‘Cookie’ Directive regarding websites storing information on your computer. For the most...
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Avoid Plugin Options Hell
Over the past year I have changed from approaching plugin development with the intention of pleasing as many users as possible, to attempting to solve single problems as flawlessly as possible.This has...
View ArticleWordPress Themes: One Size Never Fits All
When introducing WordPress to my students, there’s a lot of confusion about themes. I’ve also come across this on the WordPress support forums. Beginners just don’t know which theme to start with or...
View ArticleBuilding a Multilingual Website? These are the Questions to Ask.
Throughout the years I have created several multilingual websites using WordPress, and I have tried different methods to achieve my goals. As you might know, WordPress does not offer a simple solution...
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100% Guaranteed SEO Bullshit
Earlier this week I woke up to find not one, but two spam emails in my inbox offering “100% Guaranteed Seo Results”. I’m not sure why gmail decided that all of a sudden I needed to see these, but I...
View ArticleAnnouncing BuddyPress Corner
We love BuddyPress at WP Realm and we thought it was about time we started a regular section devoted to BuddyPress. We’re pleased to announce today the launch of BuddyPress corner. From today, every...
View ArticleAre your plugins secure?
WordPress has an irritatingly bad reputation for security. This is mostly due to misinformation and partly due to WordPress taking the rap for flawed security either at server level, or at the...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments of WordPress Development
About a year ago I made an inventory of all the WordPress websites I created together with my colleagues over the past few years. I found out that we used a lot of different approaches. It lacked...
View ArticleFind the Words to Match Your Code Poetry
A few weeks ago, 200+ WordPress enthusiasts geeked out at WordCamp Vancouver and then attended the first ever BuddyCamp. For me, the highlight of the weekend was listening to John James Jacoby’s (AKA...
View ArticleAre Your Plugins Secure? Part 2: Permissions and Nonces
Following on from “Are your plugins secure?, this post is a simple breakdown on what to look for security-wise when auditing plugins. In the previous post I covered basic data santisation, however that...
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