{"id":5200,"date":"2011-06-16T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2011-06-16T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:01:00","slug":"8-blogs-you-should-read-if-you-want-to-be-a-wordpress-developer-or-a-better-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/8-blogs-you-should-read-if-you-want-to-be-a-wordpress-developer-or-a-better-one\/","title":{"rendered":"8 blogs you should read if you want to be a WordPress developer (or a better one)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/wordpress_week_lrg.png\" title=\"wordpress_week_lrg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is so much written about WordPress on a daily basis that keeping up to date with the latest developments and ideas can become an impossible task. Instead of trawling through the internet trying to find that little nugget of information, regularly coming back to these websites should be more than enough for you.<\/p>\n<h4>catswhocode.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1-cats-who-code.png\" title=\"1 cats who code\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/www.catswhocode.com\/blog\/awesome-wordpress-hacks-to-make-your-blogger-life-easier<\/p>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/www.catswhocode.com\/blog\/wordpress-how-to-insert-data-programmatically<\/p>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/www.catswhocode.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-built-in-contact-form-for-your-wordpress-theme<\/p>\n<h4>wprecipes.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2-wprecipes.png\" title=\"2 wprecipes\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/add-custom-parameters-into-the-body_class-function\">https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/add-custom-parameters-into-the-body_class-function<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/how-to-remove-wordpress-3-1-admin-bar\">https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/how-to-remove-wordpress-3-1-admin-bar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/how-to-automatically-notify-your-members-on-new-posts\">https:\/\/www.wprecipes.com\/how-to-automatically-notify-your-members-on-new-posts<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>wpcandy.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/3-wpcandy.png\" title=\"3 wpcandy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/wpcandy.com\/teaches\/how-to-create-your-own-powered-by-system<\/p>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/wpcandy.com\/teaches\/how-to-create-attractive-blog-post-images<\/p>\n<p>&bull; https:\/\/wpcandy.com\/teaches\/how-to-move-a-wordpress-site<\/p>\n<h4>tutsplus.com\/category\/tutorials\/wordpress\/<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/4-tutsplus.png\" title=\"4 tutsplus\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/articles\/create-wordpress-plugins-with-oop-techniques--net-20153\">https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/articles\/create-wordpress-plugins-with-oop-techniques&#8211;net-20153<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/\">https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/create-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch--net-2668\">https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/create-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch&#8211;net-2668<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>digwp.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5-digwp.png\" title=\"5 digwp\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/digwp.com\/2011\/04\/graphing-blog-comments-over-time\/\">https:\/\/digwp.com\/2011\/04\/graphing-blog-comments-over-time\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/digwp.com\/2011\/03\/htaccess-wordpress-seo-security\/\">https:\/\/digwp.com\/2011\/03\/htaccess-wordpress-seo-security\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/digwp.com\/2010\/12\/custom-message-after-comments\/\">https:\/\/digwp.com\/2010\/12\/custom-message-after-comments\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>wpshout.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/6-wpshout.png\" title=\"6 wpshout\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpshout.com\/creating-a-tumblog-with-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/wpshout.com\/creating-a-tumblog-with-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpshout.com\/a-to-z-of-wordpress-htaccess-hacks\/\">https:\/\/wpshout.com\/a-to-z-of-wordpress-htaccess-hacks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpshout.com\/create-an-advanced-options-page-in-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/wpshout.com\/create-an-advanced-options-page-in-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>wpengineer.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/7-wpengineer.png\" title=\"7 wpengineer\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2190\/move-wordpress-admin-bar-to-the-bottom\/\">https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2190\/move-wordpress-admin-bar-to-the-bottom\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2114\/delete-all-feed-cache-via-sql-in-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2114\/delete-all-feed-cache-via-sql-in-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2078\/custom-pagination-without-wordpress-plugins\/\">https:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2078\/custom-pagination-without-wordpress-plugins\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>wpbeginner.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/8-wpbeginner.png\" title=\"8 wpbeginner\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Example posts:<\/h4>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-add-facebook-send-button-in-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-add-facebook-send-button-in-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/display-popular-posts-by-day-week-month-and-all-time-in-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/display-popular-posts-by-day-week-month-and-all-time-in-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-increase-the-maximum-file-upload-size-in-wordpress\/\">https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-increase-the-maximum-file-upload-size-in-wordpress\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment below if you have any WordPress development blogs you think should be listed here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is so much written about WordPress on a daily basis that keeping up to date with the latest developments and ideas can become an impossible task. 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