We talked about Building Web Apps with WordPress at our Jan 15, 2015 meetup. Below are the notes. WordPress as a Web App Presented by Brian Richards Components Custom post types Custom taxonomies Custom meta: post meta, user meta, comment meta User roles & restrictions Post relationships (via Posts 2 Posts) Methods WP_Query pre_get_posts: can be more specific…
We talked about backing up WordPress sites at our Oct 16, 2014 meetup. We covered a few backup plugins and management services. Below are the notes. BackupBuddy & Amazon S3, etc. Presented by Chad Warner BackupBuddy BackupBuddy is a premium plugin. Instructions: How to use BackupBuddy with Amazon S3. BackWPup BackWPup is a free backup plugin. These instructions are several…
We talked about WordPress Performance Optimization at our May 15, 2014 meetup: testing, hosting, caching, CDNs, image optimization, queries, transients, and more. Get ready! WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014 is August 15-16! Remember, you can also find us on Meetup, Twitter (@wpgrandrapids and #wpgr), and Google Groups. If I missed anything in the notes below, please leave a comment, and…
Our June 2013 meetup was Improving WordPress Performance. Topher DeRosia, Brian Richards, and Chad Warner talked about various ways to make WordPress sites load faster. Below are the video and notes from the meetup. Also, Brian encouraged the group to get involved in WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013 by volunteering, speaking, and/or sponsoring. Transients Transients temporarily…
