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I Built an Indexing Platform For an External News Aggregation API

This is a big deal for headless WordPress. I'm already using something that handles this on my site now, but something supported and maintained by a company like Automattic is significant.

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<a href="https://lobby.vip.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/new-in-beta-block-data-api/">https://lobby.vip.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/new-in-beta-block-data-api/</a>

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In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing.

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This is a big deal for headless WordPress. I'm already using something that handles this on my site now, but something supported and maintained by a company like Automattic is significant.

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I think I'd really benefit from some kind of media service that handles the photos and videos on my WordPress site. I need a more-reliable way to upload videos that auto-converts the videos, optimizes them, serves them, organizes them, and all of that fancy stuff. WordPress works, but it's never really been a great media tool. Hmm.

I think I'd really benefit from some kind of media service that handles the photos and videos on my WordPress site. I need a more-reliable way to upload videos that auto-converts the videos, optimizes them, serves them, organizes them, and all of that fancy stuff. WordPress works, but it's never really been a great media tool. Hmm.

I just wrote up the documentation for Underpin's Array Helper methods and the Array Processor. I'll probably work on the String helper methods next. But first, I'm going to get some shut-eye. So tired.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/reference/helpers/array-helper">https://docs.underp.in/reference/helpers/array-helper</a>

I just wrote up the documentation for Underpin's Array Helper methods and the Array Processor. I'll probably work on the String helper methods next. But first, I'm going to get some shut-eye. So tired.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/reference/helpers/array-helper">https://docs.underp.in/reference/helpers/array-helper</a>

I haven't actually used WP-env yet but it sounds promising. Anyone else using it for local WordPress development now?

<a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/03/quick-and-easy-local-wordpress-development-with-wp-env/">https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/03/quick-and-easy-local-wordpress-development-with-wp-env/</a>

I haven't actually used WP-env yet but it sounds promising. Anyone else using it for local WordPress development now?

<a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/03/quick-and-easy-local-wordpress-development-with-wp-env/">https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/03/quick-and-easy-local-wordpress-development-with-wp-env/</a>

I finished up the documentation that instructs people how to install Underpin using WordPress. I frequently get asked how to set up Composer in a WordPress install, so I took some time to add details on how to do that, too. Hoping this helps people get started.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/Installation/wordpress">https://docs.underp.in/Installation/wordpress</a>

I finished up the documentation that instructs people how to install Underpin using WordPress. I frequently get asked how to set up Composer in a WordPress install, so I took some time to add details on how to do that, too. Hoping this helps people get started.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/Installation/wordpress">https://docs.underp.in/Installation/wordpress</a>

Just wrote a ton of documentation on Underpin's registry/collections API, full of tons of examples with sample code and everything. Hoping I can add to this next week sometime.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/reference/registries">https://docs.underp.in/reference/registries</a>

Just wrote a ton of documentation on Underpin's registry/collections API, full of tons of examples with sample code and everything. Hoping I can add to this next week sometime.

<a href="https://docs.underp.in/reference/registries">https://docs.underp.in/reference/registries</a>

I’m Committing to Better Standards for Underpin

For my personal site, I realized that <a href="/micro/1335">I needed a way to convert tags into hashtags</a>, so that when I am showing a social feed I can make my tags look and feel as much like a micro post as possible. In-order to do that, I needed a way to transform <code>a tag like this</code> into <code>ATagLikeThis</code>. This is called PascalCase, which is very similar to camelCase, only the first letter is capitalized in the former, and it's lowercase int he latter.

For my personal site, I realized that <a href="/micro/1335">I needed a way to convert tags into hashtags</a>, so that when I am showing a social feed I can make my tags look and feel as much like a micro post as possible. In-order to do that, I needed a way to transform <code>a tag like this</code> into <code>ATagLikeThis</code>. This is called PascalCase, which is very similar to camelCase, only the first letter is capitalized in the former, and it's lowercase int he latter.

I decided that the perfect place to put this was inside <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/blob/b69f3d7bb2ad6df8423c6ccd83f2c74096b7a8b6/lib/Helpers/String_Helper.php#L41-L47">Underpin's String Helper class</a>, which has loads of little helpers for string manipulation. It's largely inspired by Laravel's helper classes, and works in much the same way. I quite like this update, particularly how it's implemented, because it makes really good use of Underpin's <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/blob/master/lib/Helpers/Processors/Array_Processor.php">Array Processor</a> class to make the conversion.

I decided that the perfect place to put this was inside <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/blob/b69f3d7bb2ad6df8423c6ccd83f2c74096b7a8b6/lib/Helpers/String_Helper.php#L41-L47">Underpin's String Helper class</a>, which has loads of little helpers for string manipulation. It's largely inspired by Laravel's helper classes, and works in much the same way. I quite like this update, particularly how it's implemented, because it makes really good use of Underpin's <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/blob/master/lib/Helpers/Processors/Array_Processor.php">Array Processor</a> class to make the conversion.

This has been added to <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/releases/tag/4.1.0">Underpin 4.1</a>.

This has been added to <a href="https://github.com/Underpin-WP/underpin/releases/tag/4.1.0">Underpin 4.1</a>.

If you're not aware of what Underpin is, it's a set of utilities that make developing in non-Laravel applications a little easier. It tries to apply more-modern PHP approaches and helps make it easier to write test-able code. My use case is generally to use it within WordPress, but it is not coupled to WordPress at all, and I have also used it a bit for simple PHP projects as a standalone library.

If you're not aware of what Underpin is, it's a set of utilities that make developing in non-Laravel applications a little easier. It tries to apply more-modern PHP approaches and helps make it easier to write test-able code. My use case is generally to use it within WordPress, but it is not coupled to WordPress at all, and I have also used it a bit for simple PHP projects as a standalone library.

Underpin’s String Helper Can Now Convert strings to camelCase and PascalCase

Freelance Web Developer &amp; Senior Software Development Engineer at GoDaddy. Digital Nomad of 3 years. I talk about WordPress, off-grid, &amp; RV life.