Author: Austin Ginder
Using page template as custom API endpoint
The WordPress REST API is awesome and fully extendable to do your own custom crazy ideas. The following I’m about to explain goes against all of…
WordPress plugin template for repeat tasks
Ever once in a while I have a customer with a custom PHP file running some daily batch process. Moving these over to a…
When to not recommend WordPress
WordPress is awesome. I use WordPress for my business and all of my clients use it for their business. Recently I’ve been wondering if there a guide…
Resolving WordPress plugin conflicts
The WordPress plugin ecosystem is like the wild west. There are amazing companies producing quality plugins. There are also tons of lone rangers who put out…
WordPress.com stats via API
Every site I maintain gets Jetpack installed with the Stats module activate. These stats are pretty basic. While they might not be as comprehensive as…
Automating WP Engine’s User Portal with Ruby Script
There is a Ruby gem called Mechanize which is a powerful library for automating web interactions. While playing around with it over the course of a…
Bulk Domain Record Lookups with Bash
Looking up domain records is a common daily task. Most of the time I use a website called MX Toolbox. That works great for…
Injecting a custom mu-plugin for FTP deployments on WP Engine
Sometimes FTP is your only option In a world where we have such amazing tools like WP-CLI it’s hard to imagine why you’d want to attempt…
Manipulating Gravity Forms exports
Gravity Forms is my go to form plugin for WordPress. Recently a client asked to change the address state field to use state codes…
Protecting static files with PHP script and WP Engine
There are many membership plugins for WordPress. A number of my customers run MemberPress which is a powerful and flexible membership plugin. I recently…