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WordPress.TV: Pimp Your WordPress Plugin

By Blair Williams | Published: May 21, 2010
WordPress.TV just posted my presentation from OCWordCamp, “Pimp Your WordPress Plugin” … FYI — it’s actually quite a bit more technical than it sounds — but if you want to learn some of my techniques for developing & maintaining larger-scale plugins, this is the one for you: Here are the slides for this presentation: Pimp [...]
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Anyone Can Use WordPress Hooks

By Blair Williams | Published: May 18, 2010
Hooks are one of the greatest features of WordPress — yet they are unseen by most WordPress users. Okay, I’ll admit, hooks are only available in the code — but I believe they’re simple enough to be used by anyone technical enough to use a text editor and FTP. WordPress has a really good Intro [...]
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Customizing Pretty Link Options – Part 1

By Blair Williams | Published: May 22, 2009
This is the second tutorial on how to use the Pretty Link plugin for WordPress. In this one I go over the most customizable link option — the PrettyBar. Next week I’ll cover some more of the Link Options, what they are, how they work and how they can help you extend your online presence. [...]
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Announcing the Pretty Link API

By Blair Williams | Published: May 14, 2009
The Pretty Link Plugin for WordPress now has an API (as of version 1.3.28) that Developers can connect with to shorten links using a user’s WordPress website. Are you a WordPress plugin developer? Or are you developing a killer app for Twitter, Facebook or other Social media? It is now possible to give your users [...]
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