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Templating WordPress (Video)

Last year I spoke at WordCamp Sofia and the videos are finally up on WordPress.tv. I spoke about templating in WordPress, about how and why the template hierarchy works, and covered some of the core functions like locate_template() and filters like template_include.

You can find the slides and reference links right here.

7 Tips for Better WordPress Theme Development

I gave this talk at WordCamp Norway 2013. It covers several tips and tricks that will make you a better theme developer.

You can follow the slides and the notes/transcript below. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ping me here or on Twitter, I’m always happy to help :)

The WordPress Settings API Video

Here’s the video of my session about the Settings API in WordPress from WordCamp Sofia 2012. You can find the slides and notes/transcript in a post I published earlier: The WordPress Settings API.

If you’re interested in making the Settings API better and less painful to use, please chime in to the discussion on this core ticket: #18285. Have fun!

High Performance WordPress

A co-worker and friend of mine Iliya Polihronov gave this talk earlier this year at WordCamp San Francisco 2012. He walked through an optimal server configuration for a high-performance WordPress environment, including nginx, php-fpm, APC and memcached. His notes are on SlideShare. I’ve been running an nginx and php-fpm configuration for over a year now, with a VPS from MediaTemple. I tried...

WordCamp San Francisco 2012 Videos

Videos from WordCamp San Francisco 2012 are being published to WordPress.tv. Time to watch those sessions you missed during the event, or watch the ones you enjoyed most :)

You Don’t Know WP_Query

If you think you know WP_Query, watch this talk by Andrew Nacin at WordCamp Portland 2011. Andrew digs through stuff like query_posts, wp_the_query, pre_get_posts and more. So if you’re still using query_posts without a good reason, Andy will convince you not to.
You can find the slides on SlideShare. Enjoy!

Best Practices for WordPress Theming

Great session from WordCamp Singapore by my friend and co-worker Philip Arthur Moore, who talks about essential things to WordPress theme development, including a set of awesome plugins that can help. You can find the slides on SlideShare.

Wilhelm Joys Andersen: Responsive Web Design

From WordCamp Norway 2012, earlier this year, an awesome presentation by Wilhelm, who takes us through the world of responsive wed design. It isn’t something new, I agree, and as he mentions media queries have been around for over 10 years. However, it’s very nice to catch up on things, since a lot of WordPress theme developers are still overlooking all of this. One important aspect...

Daniel Bachhuber: The Zen of WordPress Development

Daniel Bachhuber of Automattic’s WordPress.com VIP team, gave this awesome talk at WordCamp Phoenix 2012 earlier this year. He walked through some things developers are overlooking when working with WordPress, and some great tips and tricks to speed up your development workflow. One thing I learned from that talk is that I should stop using Textmate’s “search in project”...