Recently I was listening to the Apply Filters podcast. In Episode 45 they discussed Google Analytics tracking for their projects. It’s something I should do better, but at the moment I’ve not been playing around with it too much. One area that I am looking to optimise is the automatic tweets that I have running on the Winwar Media…
Getting Aesop Story Engine’s Chapters to Work in Twenty Thirteen (and Other Themes)
Recently I’ve been working on getting a presentation ready for WordPress Leeds. Unlike previous presentations I make, this one has been prepared well in advance, with me taking advantage of Cyprus airports’ generous WiFi hotspots and also pool time. The presentation is on Aesop Story Engine, a plugin I discovered fairly recently thanks to working…
WordCamp Manchester 2015 are looking for Sponsors & Speakers
Recently I’ve been busy most Monday evenings preparing for WordCamp Manchester, and we’re happy to announce that we’re good to go! The conference is held in the MMU Business School on 10th October, and the tickets – which include lunch and a t-shirt with the logo (you can read more about the logo here) –…
Thoughts on WordPress Sheffield Hack Day 2015
So over the weekend just gone I attended the WP Sheffield hack day, which was the first time I’d been to that event. It’s just that little bit far for me to attend on a school night, but I was more than happy to go to an event over the weekend, as I have a little bit more…
WP Flipclock 1.6 Released
Today I’m delighted to announce the release of WP Flipclock 1.6! This plugin introduces a new feature, requested by a couple of users. Hide Labels On Timed Countdowns/Countups The brand new feature basically hides the labels above the clock items, so if you want to keep your clock looking clean, you simply need to add…
Easy Digital Downloads – Taxamo Integration v1.6 Released
Today I’m delighted to announce the release of Easy Digital Downloads – Taxamo Integration v1.6! This release, which I have worked with a little bit with Taxamo on, improves integration & reporting. Integration With Taxamo’s Invoicing Features Taxamo recently allowed you to invoice customers from their dashboard. These invoicing features are a premium addon and a few people who use my plugin requested…
When Only Average Is Good Enough
So two things has stood out for me in the past week or so, one was a an article, the other was an event. The event is Summer Games Done Quick. This event, that takes place twice a year in America, sees the world’s best speedrunners compete and complete video games as quick as they can.…
Donations for WordPress Work – Time To Revaluate?
Last week I had something incredibly rare: a donation to one of my plugins! The amount is irrelevant, but was very generously received and it put a smile on my face. So a huge thank you to Alyssa who saw fit to donate to the Inline Tweet Sharer project. Thanks again. WordPress Monetisation – The…
Populate a Gravity Forms Drop Down Field with A Custom Post Type
Recently, we’ve been using Gravity Forms on some pretty complex forms. One of the most complex forms had a bunch of select fields, and one of them had to list all posts associated with a custom post type. Gravity Forms has in their documentation a check on a foreach loop where we check the field type is…
How to Fix Your Facebook Link Description if it is Wrong
Recently an issue occurred on the WordPress Support Forums (which I’ve started contributing to by helping out a few times a week – you should too!), where a user was was editing the Facebook Link description in an already published post, but it wasn’t being shared correctly. The Facebook Link Description was wrong, and this post will…