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Restricting Dates of jQuery UI Datepicker with custom WordPress plugin

November 21, 2016Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

Recently, I was tasked with adding a custom field to a WooCommerce order details section. This itself is not a major task and is well documented online, but this particular field had some special requirements. It had to Allow users… Continue Reading →

jQuery, PHP, Plugins, WordPress

Deployments w/Git

March 21, 2016Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

FTP sucks. I mean, it’s fine. Whatever. But moving code with FTP sucks. You have to make sure you’ve downloaded the latest version, and you have to be careful not to overwrite or delete other files. One missed click, and… Continue Reading →

Plugins, themes, WordPress

VVV

May 28, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

As far as development goes, it feels like if you aren’t using Vagrant, you aren’t doing it right. And if you’re doing WordPress development (themes, plugins, or even Core), you’re behind the curve if you haven’t started using VVV (Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants). VVV… Continue Reading →

Plugins, themes, WordPress

Writing (More) Secure Plugins

April 28, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

Over the past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending WordCamp Minneapolis 2015 and it was a blast. You can check out my twitter feed (@awebdevguy) for some pictures of all the swag I scored. I basically got a new wardrobe… Continue Reading →

PHP, Plugins, WordPress

Checking WordPress with WPScan

April 2, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

If you use WordPress regularly, you know that it is often the target of hacking attempts, and rightfully so. It accounts for nearly a quarter of all websites! Why wouldn’t a hacker want to target WordPress? That, plus the plethora… Continue Reading →

Plugins, themes, WordPress

Edit Hopper Update, Now Supports Custom Post Types

March 31, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

I’ve made a few changes to the Edit Hopper WordPress plugin that I developed and I’m glad to say that it now supports Custom Post Types and Posts. Plus, thanks to Jimmy (@sporifolous on Github), it now has an options… Continue Reading →

PHP, Plugins, WordPress

Edit Hopper plugin v1

March 18, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand 1 Comment

A long, long time ago, I worked on a website that utilized an almost insane amount of pages and child pages in WordPress. While I was adding content to those pages, I realized that I hated having to click the Pages… Continue Reading →

PHP, Plugins, WordPress

SSL with VagrantPress

March 16, 2015Dylan Hildenbrand 2 Comments

I’m trying to be a better developer. And somewhere in the vastness of the internet, someone told me I should be using Vagrant. So I did. It was cool and I liked it, but then I found out about VagrantPress and… Continue Reading →

PHP, Plugins, themes, WordPress

Custom Admin Toolbar in WordPress

July 31, 2014Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

I spend a lot of time on StackOverflow, as most people in any programming field do. Well, when I get time, I like to try and answer questions to give back to the community. Sometimes, I can be helpful. Not… Continue Reading →

Plugins, themes, WordPress

What is WordPress?

March 17, 2014Dylan Hildenbrand Leave a Comment

WordPress. You’ve heard about it but you’re not entirely sure what it is. You’ve seen it online while searching for an easy way to setup a website for your business. Well, this is what WordPress is: a Content Management System… Continue Reading →

Plugins, themes, WordPress

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