• Handy Underpin Helper Functions That Make WordPress Development Easier

    Handy Underpin Helper Functions That Make WordPress Development Easier

    Learn about a few handy helper functions that the WordPress plugin framework Underpin provides

  • Alex Standiford

    Warming up the camper while making pork stock. It’s called multitasking

  • Alex Standiford

    Chatting with @cklosowski and it just occurred to me – the first time I installed Linux was because I thought the wiggly windows were cool. I didn’t know anything about open source, but fell in-love with the idea.

    …Am I in WordPress because of wiggly windows?

  • Alex Standiford

    The last 3 quote requests through @DFS_Web has explicitly required accessibility for the build.

    Keep pushing. Keep educating. We’re making progress here, and it matters.

  • Alex Standiford

    I put together a very, VERY basic demo site using the nearly headless method.

    It’s fast. Really fast. Like, holy cow you can’t believe how fast it is fast.

    You can see it in-action here:

    nearly-headless.dev

  • Alex Standiford

    I’ve got the preload middleware built. The results are load times that look like the page broke because it just…loads instantly.

    Obviously more markup/css will slow this down, but it’s still FAST.

  • Alex Standiford

    Tell me you have a kid without telling me you have a kid. I’ll start

  • Alex Standiford

    I’ve been looking at @TinyShinyHome’s water pump guide to help us prepare for winter, and couldn’t help but chuckle when I realized that at this point I just have an extra solar panel and charge controller laying around.

    No frozen pipes this winter!

  • Alex Standiford

    So I was thinking WHAT kind of site I’m going to build for the WordPress nearly headless theme course, and then I remembered that I’ve already done this. So I guess I’m building Drop C Brewing.

    Yes, the plugin from my OTHER course will be integrated. <3

  • Alex Standiford

    I took a hot shower today, and did not need to start the generator. It’s a good day.

Alex
Alex
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Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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