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State of the Word: Plugins

Dec 17, 2024

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David Pérez

in WordPress Community

Photo taken by wordpress.org Yesterday, the new features that WordPress will be working on in the coming year were presented. Also the co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg described the most important challenges achieved by the community this year. And of course, I loved the moment to talk about Plugins, the team I’m involved with. He…
New version of Plugin Check Plugin 1.3.0

Dec 1, 2024

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David Pérez

in Web Development

A new version of Plugin Check Plugin has been released. Version 1.3.0 brings enhancements, including new checks for plugin headers, readme file validation, and stricter code quality measures such as restricting parse_str and disallowing HEREDOC and NOWDOC. It adds support for the MPL-2.0 license, improves handling of localhost URLs, and encourages best practices like using…
Get to know the new tool to make your Plugin more secure and comply with best practices.

Nov 28, 2024

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David Pérez

in Talks

This is the talk I gave at WordCamp Griñón 2024, about Plugin Check Plugin, the tool for WordPress Plugin developers. Last weekend I was at WordCamp Griñón, an official WordPress event, where professionals, agencies and companies from the digital, marketing and hosting world share experiences, knowledge and establish collaborations. Many topics were touched, I really…
How to install and configure Xdebug on Mac to debug your PHP applications

Nov 21, 2024

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David Pérez

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What is Xdebug and what is it for? If you work with PHP, you’ve probably encountered complex errors that seem impossible to solve with simple var_dump() or echo. This is where Xdebug comes in, a must-have tool for any PHP developer who wants to improve their workflow and solve problems more efficiently. Xdebug is a…
New version of Plugin Check Plugin 1.2.0 brings automatic checks in Plugin submission

Oct 9, 2024

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David Pérez

in Tools

We have a new release of the Plugin Check Plugin (PCP), a tool that helps developers create better and more secure plugins by following best practices. As you’ve seen, PCP now performs automatic checks as plugins are uploaded through the submission form. The best way to use PCP is during development to identify issues before…
How to keep your dependencies up to date

Sep 4, 2024

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David Pérez

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When we program in PHP/JS and use libraries such as composer or npm, which are fundamental in our work. Having them updated is essential for security reasons mainly. This makes our programming more secure and even if it depends on third parties, it is also updated. What is dependabot? Dependabot is a tool integrated in…
I celebrate my first anniversary in the wordpress plugins team

May 22, 2024

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David Pérez

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Watching my colleague Fran Torres, I realized that I also turned one year old on May 5, 2023 in the Official WordPress Plugins Team. And I would like to remember how this year of revisions has also been. And it seems like yesterday when I started in the Plugin team and I received the invitation…
Make a better world with WordPress

Mar 26, 2024

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David Pérez

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This past weekend of March 23rd I was at the WordCamp Torrelodones 2024 event, a must-attend conference for developers, content creators, and WordPress enthusiasts. And the title of this post sums it up the way I like it best. I made the trip to WordCamp with my friend Fede Padilla, and part of the CLOSE…
Linked in Lunch Granada’24

Feb 12, 2024

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David Pérez

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Last Tuesday, the first edition of Linked Lunch was held in Granada, an event based on meeting people you already know on LinkedIn in your city and promoted by Fran Cortés, Ángela Labrador, Adrián Crovetto and Pedro García. With more than 400 attendees, Linked Lunch was even attended by Marifran Carazo, Mayor of Granada. My…
I am part of the Official WordPress Plugin Review Team.

Jan 9, 2024

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David Pérez

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TL;DR: I’m part of the WordPress plugin review team and I’m sponsored by Hostinger. So what does that mean? Well, if you have a WordPress website, you’ve surely had to install some plugin to add functionality to the website. The best known plugin is the one that allows you to set up an Online Store…
Create your plugin distribution file with wp-cli

Nov 4, 2023

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David Pérez

in Talks

With this talk that I have done at WordCamp Madrid 2023, you will learn how to create a distribution file to upload to our web pages. Using this option is the best because we maintain versions for the plugins we are making with WPCLI. Talk in WC Madrid Raise your hand who has broken a…
New WP Development ToolbOX version for VSCODE v3.1.2

Oct 21, 2023

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David Pérez

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Just for the WordCamp Sevilla 2023, I decided to create the latest version of my “toolbox” for WordPress development. This Visual Code extension can be downloaded from Visual Code itself or from its official website.
My summary of WordCamp Europe 2023 in Athens

Aug 10, 2023

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David Pérez

in WordPress Community

My summary of WordCamp Europe 2023. An event for professionals working with WordPress. Both in development and creation of websites.
Interview in TAKEDAO talking about Agencies and Plugins

Jul 9, 2023

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David Pérez

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Interview with Jesús Nuño in his podcast TAKEDAO. We talk about different interiorities of the agency and how we make plugins for WordPress.
Talk: Get to know first-hand the most used platform to create WordPress websites

Jun 29, 2023

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David Pérez

in Talks

On June 21 we had the opportunity to talk about what we like the most, WordPress! And it was in the conference organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Granada, in the AceleraPyme Office for Kit Digital. I leave you the video Video presentation of the WordPress Native Editor Transcript Presentation Well, good morning. I…
Best practices in web development: use of empty

Jun 7, 2023

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David Pérez

in Code

The empty() function in PHP is used to check if a variable exists and if its value is considered empty. It is a good practice to make your code not to break when you receive variable values that you have to secure It returns true if the variable does not exist or if its value…
Connect to APIs from WordPress the Easy Way

Mar 4, 2023

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David Pérez

in Talks

Transcription of the video Good morning, this is David Perez, so that you know us. He comes from the community of Granada and basically he is a crack, that is, there is no need to introduce him or say anything else, he is a crack, let’s hear it, right? (Applause) Well, we are going to…
Roundtable: What it means to contribute to the WordPress community

Mar 3, 2023

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David Pérez

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Roundtable where we tell our experience with WordPress and how we contribute to this great CMS.
Vanilla AJAX Javascript and native metaboxes in 2.5 Visual Code Extension

Aug 11, 2022

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David Pérez

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I’ve updated my WordPress development toolbox and mainly worked on making easy transients, Metaboxes and AJAX with vanilla JavaScript. I’m working on removing jQuery from all of our development. At this point, it has over 11,000 installs – that’s huge for me! You can download here WP Development Toolbox and more than […]
How is the world’s largest WordPress event organized?

Jun 22, 2022

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David Pérez

in Talks

Today I was a guest on Fernando Tellado’s live show on Ayuda WordPress along with more WordPress community organizers from Spain to talk about how we participated in the organization of the world’s largest WordPress event, WordCamp Europe 2022, which I talk a bit about on my blog. I shared the screen with Flavia Fernández…
My first WordCamp Europe

Jun 12, 2022

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David Pérez

in WordPress Community

My participation in this official event, which is the largest in the world in terms of attendees and sponsors.
Leader at the table WordPress.TV Contributor Day

Jun 2, 2022

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David Pérez

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At the last WordCamp Europe Oporto 2022, I had the pleasure of leading the WordPress.TV table. A table that is responsible for moderating the content and maintaining the portal where all the knowledge of WordPress through official events and training, are available for free viewing. The next day, I had the occasion to be interviewed…
Common operations CLI WordPress commands

Apr 21, 2022

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David Pérez

in Web Development

This is a list that I will be updating of the most common operations I perform with WordPress CLI.
Easy two-factor authentication in WordPress

Apr 16, 2022

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David Pérez

in Web Development

Two-factor authentication is being implemented in more and more online services such as social networks to improve security and prevent identity theft. Two-factor authentication to increase security in WordPress The benefits of using two-factor authentication are multiple: Layer of security. It offers a layer of security against possible password attacks. It performs a double authentication,…
Test with cookies in Google Chrome

Nov 9, 2021

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David Pérez

in Web Development

For a project I needed to create my own cookies to audit that I was getting the information right.
Configure WordPress Multisite

Nov 2, 2021

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David Pérez

in Blog

A WordPress Multisite is an installation that shares the same files, and generates different tables according to the different installations and therefore shares functionality between them. It is a very smart solution for certain needs such as multi-language sites (like this one), multi-country, division of functionalities to make the main site less heavy. This is…
Detect high CLS elements of a Web (Core Web Vitals)

Oct 28, 2021

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David Pérez

in Web Development

The CLS Cumulative Layout Shift, or unexpected content movement, is a user-centric metric to measure visual stability, and helps to see how many users experience changes in the layout of the web unexpectedly. Within Web Development, CLS is a measure offered by Google’s Page Speed and should be less than 0.1. The lower it is,…
Speaker at Yoast Contributor Day

Oct 8, 2021

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David Pérez

in Talks

Meet Team Yoast
WordPress.TV Speaker for WordCamp Galicia

Oct 2, 2021

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David Pérez

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Last Saturday, October 2nd, the WordCamp Galicia Contributor Day took place, and as part of the WordPress.tv team. Basically the presentation was based on the video I created for Learn WordPress, where I explained what WordPress TV is and how to help maintain the content of the official WordPress event video repository. The main objectives…
New version 2.2 Visual Code Plugin WP Development ToolBox

Sep 10, 2021

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David Pérez

in Web Development

I have just developed a new version of the plugin for Visual Code that helps you with more than 170 snippets to develop in WordPress.