Last weekend I attended WordCamp Mid-Atlantic 2010 in Baltimore, MD and had a blast! I was joined by Brian and Chris from WDS. I attended some really amazing presentations. Jake Goldman gave a great talk on customizing the WordPress admin dashboard. I also enjoyed Andrew Nacin’s presentation on Advanced WordPress APIs. I even learned about […]
The WordPress Classroom is back with new classes scheduled! If you’ve ever wanted to learn WordPress, or expand your knowledge, WPClassroom.com is for you! We offer the best value ($25/class!) and the best instructors! WordPress for Beginners is set for September 28th at 7pm ET. This class is for beginners with a focus on content. […]
I couldn’t be more excited to announce a new book I’m co-authoring: Professional WordPress Plugin Development! This book will continue the Professional WordPress series with a focus on plugin development in WordPress. This alone is exciting news, but of course I’m not writing this book on my own. I’ve brought in two of the best […]
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing two of the authors of SitePoint.com’s new book Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes on the SitePoint Podcast. I had a great time talking WordPress themes with Allan Cole and Jeffrey Way. During the podcast we covered some great topics including: Intro to WordPress themes Where to […]
Updated 4/1/2016: Pluginize.com has relaunched as a new source for premium WordPress plugins and products from WebDevStudios. I’m really excited to announce my newest venture, Pluginize.com! Pluginize is a new service specializing in developing custom plugins for WordPress. Pluginize also specializes in modifying existing WordPress plugins. This can help save development time which in turn […]
Philadelphia now has a Meetup group dedicated to WordPress! I wanted to organize this new Meetup group to help WordPress addicts, like myself, find each other in the City of Brotherly Love. One of the great aspects of WordPress is the community that surrounds it and Meetups are the local lifeline of that community. The […]
Today I’m giving a free WordPress Security Webinar with Cory Miller and the WebDesign.com team. The live screencast starts at 12pm EDT (11am CDT). I plan on demoing a hacked website to show what hacks are capable of. I will also be covering top security tips and plugins for your websites and blogs. And lastly […]
One challenge in WordPress is saving meta data on a taxonomy. For instance imagine you want to save additional data on a category or tag. Currently there is no wp_termmeta database table to store taxonomy meta data. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to save a single ID against every category in […]
WordPress 3.0 (nicknamed Thelonious) was released earlier today and StrangeWork.com is now running it! Actually I’ve been running WordPress 3.0 on various websites for the past 1.5 months, but this is the official release! Be sure to check out the newest features in WP 3.0 including the enhanced custom post type support. You can use […]
One of the great things about working with WordPress on a daily basis is I get to figure out how to do all sorts of fun things in WordPress! The latest challenge was figuring out how to setup Facebook like username URLs in WordPress. For example I wanted http://example.com/username to load the Author’s profile page. […]
Brad Williams is a computer programmer and tech junkie who enjoys exploring technology and sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
Founder of WebDevStudios, ThemeSwitcher Pro, and Pluginize. Co-author of Professional WordPress and Professional WordPress Plugin Development.
Brad resides in Philadelphia.
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