January 6, 2023 — In this online workshop, we’ll be looking at one of the most vital but overlooked aspects of developing plugins for WordPress, and that’s ensuring your plugin’s code is secure!

We will look at why this is important and learn how to implement a security-first mindset as you add functionality to your plugins, using real-world examples.

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October 19, 2022 — This lightning talk explains the importance of internationalization in WordPress, and why it’s essential for themes and plugins. Learn how to make themes and plugins translatable, with practical tips and real code samples.

August 30, 2021 — This talk encourages tool creators to ensure that their work and their tools enable accessibility.

As creators of themes, plugins, and code that might be used by millions, tool creators have a significant responsibility to ensure that accessibility is a consideration in everything they build.

When a platform improves accessibility, the change can be powerful, trickling down to millions of websites that were built using it.

June 1, 2021 — En esta oportunidad tendremos a Pablo Hernandez desde Ecuador, donde nos va a contar todo lo relacionado sobre el desarrollo de plugins, y lo mas importante siguiendo unas buenas practicar a la hora de desarrollar.

May 28, 2021 — This talk offers a deep dive into the architecture, development decisions, and release process behind the “Must-Use” (MU) plugin that runs on every WordPress site across the Nexcess Managed Applications platform.

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May 8, 2021 — Vamos a poder aprender como desarrollar un plugin totalmente desde 0 siguiendo una buena estructura de archivos y código que nos permitirá hacer de nuestro plugin un proyecto escalable y fácil de mantener en futuras versiones.

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October 30, 2020 — WordPress is changing and evolving quickly, how can we adapt and grow our projects as the platform continues to progress? BU Learning Blocks is a new plugin created by BU to assist with online, interactive learning. We will explore the process of developing a new plugin in the Gutenberg era and the various twists and turns the team encountered along the way.

August 5, 2020 — At some point in the career of a developer, most will write vulnerable code. Do you need to worry about this? This talk explains why it is important to embrace secure coding practices. You will also learn about common threats and attacks, and how to make code less vulnerable to attack.

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July 16, 2020 — ‘řesně to bylo 13.8. 2015, kdy jsem předělal WordPress plugin pro Smartsupp a vydal ho pod verzí 2.0. Byla to tehdy moje první větší zkušenost s WordPressem a hned jsem přepisoval celkem používaný plugin. Nyní se starám o veškeré integrace pro Smartlook a Smartsupp, udržuju je a vytvářím další. Zkusím říct, co nejvíce zajímavostí, co mi dovolí.

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March 3, 2020 — In this talk, I draw from both general software engineering best-practices and from the WordPress world. We get into testing, templating, coding standards, dependency injection, security, extensive use of WordPress’s in-built capabilities like admin table lists, custom post types and the like.