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45 articles· Development workflow
Development workflow Practical
A composition that shows only the happy path defines half the screen. The other half — empty, error, overlong title — gets improvised during the build, and the…
Development workflow Intro
A post type opens with one line. Meta does not: it needs a registered type, an auth_callback governs writing, and reading opens regardless.
Development workflow Intro
Bulk-edit accidents almost always come from selecting the wrong set. Split selection and action into two commands and you get to see what will change before it changes.
Development workflow Intro
The same code on the same hook behaves differently depending on when it runs. Taxonomies, post types and translations all see an incomplete world before init.
Development workflow Intro
One rule decides it: did we write this? Credentials and generated content are not source, and once they are in the repository the problem is no longer reversible.
Development workflow Intro
Different names mean a translation step in every conversation. That translation lives only in people's heads, and it never reaches whoever joins next.
Development workflow Intro
You are already using it even if you never go headless — this is how the block editor saves your posts. Knowing the response shape halves your client…
Development workflow Practical
The line between what belongs in a WordPress repository and what must never enter it is sharp. The moment wp-config.php lands in a repo, your database password and…
Development workflow Intro
Move click-work to the command line and the work becomes a record. Installing takes ten minutes; deciding which PHP it runs on and as which user saves you…
Development workflow Intro
add_action and add_filter write into the same registry. Only one thing separates them: a filter must return a value, and one that forgets silently nulls the thing it…
Development workflow Intro
The three options differ less in convenience than in what they share with production. Once you know which differences matter to this project, the choice is quick.
Development workflow Intro
Hand over twenty screens and the developer asks about the twenty-first. What lets them build the screens you never drew is a set of rules — and rules…