September 24, 2019 — Have you ever wondered how many people are clicking on a submit button, entering a shopping cart-but not buying, accessing your directions, or watching a video? The WPFlow Google Analytics event tracking plugin can help you do just that.

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September 24, 2019 — If you’ve ever wanted to build your own plugin for WordPress, this is the session for you. We’re going to start from scratch and work our way up.

First, we’ll take a look at the basic requirements of a plugin. Next we’ll take our example plugin idea and break it into the various components and steps that we’ll need. We’ll code up the plugin together and install it on our sites, debugging any problems that arise. Finally, we’ll look at ways that we could further extend our plugin.

This session assumes some HTML and CSS knowledge, but you don’t already need to be familiar with writing PHP or JavaScript.

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June 27, 2019 — If you’ve ever wanted to build your own plugin for WordPress, this is the session for you. We’re going to start from scratch and work our way up.

First, we’ll take a look at the basic requirements of a plugin. Next we’ll take our example plugin idea and break it into the various components and steps that we’ll need. We’ll code up the plugin together and install it on our sites, debugging any problems that arise. Finally, we’ll look at ways that we could further extend our plugin.

This tutorial assumes some HTML and CSS knowledge, but you don’t already need to be familiar with writing PHP or JavaScript.

June 26, 2019 — A regular staple at the WordPress Halifax Meetup is ‘Plugin Roundups’: a fun, interactive way to to shout out your favourite plugin, what it does, and any tips. Lead by Crystal Picard and Shawn Hooper.

June 26, 2019 — Acto que cierra la WordCamp de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2019. En él una representación de los asistentes sale al escenario para hablar de las virtudes de algún plugin o tema.

June 10, 2019 — O Desporto como Plugin?

April 12, 2019 — A short story on how to ‘hack’ together a secure web application with the power of WordPress features (Plugins, API and User Roles) with a tight deadline at a 24 hour hackathon

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April 11, 2019 — With ‘only’ 56,000 plugins to choose from, how hard can it be to choose the right plugin for your WP project?
There is no magic button to press, no silver bullet.
But there are some basic tips you can follow that will help you decide if a plugin is going to actually do what it promises.
This talk is designed to walk you through the process and make your decision-making process much, much easier.

March 18, 2019 — This talk is a short, straight to the point recap of all the important SEO points a developer should know. WordPress is one of the best platforms for SEO. Sadly, most of us think that installing an SEO plugin will fix everything. That’s not the case! So here’s your cheat sheet to technical SEO for WordPress!

March 18, 2019 — You have a plugin and want more people to check it out, and would love it to be available on the official WordPress plugin directory. But how do you get it ready and submit it, easily keep it up-to-date, avoid common conflicts with other plugins, and get more people finding out about it?

In this talk, I’ll go through tips and techniques to save you (and your plugin users) from pulling out their hair and get your plugin out there on wordpress.org.