July 28, 2018 — How to Choose the top 10 Plugins you will need based on your website purpose. With over 50,000 plugins on the WordPress repository, it can be a daunting task finding the right ones for your website. Many websites are built generically, without any thought to real design, which limits their effectiveness. This talk will examine the purposes of websites (the top 4 categories) and explain what types of plugins are needed, and how to go about finding and evaluating the ones you will need.
With multiple plugins available in each area, how does one choose the right ones? This talk will benefit new users and business owners alike, and is focused on those who are relatively new to the WordPress community.

@WordCampJax @JohnRehg

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June 17, 2018 — Have an idea for a plugin that you don’t want in the WordPress plugins directory? Maybe it’s a plugin you’re selling, something just for clients, or it uses an interesting license. In this session we’ll explore how to gain the same benefits of the WordPress plugin directory, like providing automatic updates, by building your own plugin server – just like successful commercial plugins do. Welcome to the world of “Off-Grid Plugins”. Get ready to code!

June 15, 2018 — How to find reputable plugins to enhance your WordPress without breaking your site. Also discuss security and why using outdated plugins may cause vulnerabilities.

June 3, 2018 — ¿Has creado alguna vez un plugin o theme? ¿Te lo has planteado?

Si es así sabrás que de serie con cada instalación de WordPress tienes el plugin “Hello Dolly”, un plugin que ha de servirte de ejemplo de cómo se crea uno. Pero ¿sabes la historia detrás de este plugin? Nos explica los errores
que todo desarrollador podría cometer, aunque seas el creador del propio WordPress.

Conoce los intríngulis de un plugin; el plugin. Y tú ¿eres de churras o de merinas?

May 9, 2018 — Después de 10 años trabajando con WordPress a diario y tener una relación amor/odio con los plugins. He creado una selección de los plugins indispensables en todo desarrollo.

Veremos plugins de gestión de contenido, rewrite rules, gestión de usuarios, backup, migración y mi último descubrimiento, el plugin que todo desarrollador de WordPress debe tener bajo la manga.

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May 5, 2018 — Tikaram is a Happiness Engineer, currently working at Catch Themes. He has been working actively in WordPress since a year now.
His talk has covered common mistakes and most common attacks on WordPress Sites. It will also cover ways to prevent the common attacks and mistakes to avoid while developing WordPress Themes and plugins.

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April 27, 2018 — This presentation is an introduction to how to unit test WordPress plugins. PHPUnit is the standard PHP testing framework, but getting it working with a WordPress plugin is challenging. The presentation covers: – Advantages that unit tests provide – Scaffolding a new plugin and its unit tests using WP-CLI – Writing and running the first unit test.

April 27, 2018 — This presentation is an introduction to how to unit test WordPress plugins. PHPUnit is the standard PHP testing framework, but getting it working with a WordPress plugin is challenging. The presentation covers: – Advantages that unit tests provide – Scaffolding a new plugin and its unit tests using WP-CLI – Writing and running the first unit test.

April 22, 2018 — Resumiré cómo ha venido a crearse un plugin que usamos en todos nuestros proyectos de WordPress en Secret Source. Hablaré de los inicios (una colección de código en functions.php para resolver varios problemas de calidad), el primer intento de crear el plugin, el segundo intento, y la versión actual (que se está preparando para publicar en estos momentos). El plugin verifica que existan ciertas características de cada web que publicamos junto con unas mejoras generals para poder tener un mínimo de control de calidad en cada proyecto.

January 29, 2018 — With 721,434,547 internet users, China is an important destination many don’t know much about. Teodora will share her experience on what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to WordPress in China. Starting from hosting WordPress sites to design and plugins that can help businesses be seen in China.