Version 5.7.0 of our WordPress Libs library is now available and ready for general use. This version focused on dialing in the theme resources system and reducing friction when external projects implement unit testing. New DI Container for Singleton Instances Historically all instances of singleton classes within the library were stored as a static variable within the object itself. This made setting up and using singleton classes simple and quick but had 1 important trade-off. Locally … [Read more...]
Category: Tools
Using AI in WordPress Development
Here at OnPoint Plugins we embrace the AI revolution as a way to increase our abilities and productivity. We were early adopters. After a couple of years of daily use, we are ready to share some experience and expertise of using AI to develop WordPress plugins. We do not use AI to write any of our website content or plugins. Everything, including this article, is still written by a human. Model Overload The AI world feels like a sea of endless AI model options which are always … [Read more...]
Exporting (dumping) a WordPress Database
When submitting a support request for a WordPress plugin, one of the things you will commonly be asked for is a database dump of your site. A database dump allows the support technician to load your data into a test site to receive insight about the state of your particular site. Having a database dump provides an enormous amount of information to make support responses not only faster but more accurate. WordPress and PHP provide several processes for exporting a database dump. We're going to … [Read more...]
Gutenberg Block Editor – Translating TypeScript
WordPress versions 4.9 and below allowed you to translate text in your JavaScript by passing JSON objects via wp_localize_script. While this system works great it has some limitations. With the release of WordPress 5.0, support was introduced to allow developers to translate their theme or plugin directly within JavaScript. Translating in JavaScript has some nice benefits: The available tools work great if you are using plain JavaScript and no form of Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in your … [Read more...]
Use Immer ReactN – Version 1.4.0
Version 1.4.0 of use-immer-reactn is now available for general use. This version focused on closing the gap between use-immer and use-immer-reactn. Pass Finished Objects While most of the time when using the useGlobalImmer hook you'll want to pass a callback to take advantage of mutating the draft, sometimes you have a finished object externally and want to replace it. Now the returned updater function supports passing either a callback or a finished object interchangeably: … [Read more...]
WordPress-Libs – Version 3.1.0
Version 3.1.0 of WordPress Libs is now available and ready for general use. This version focused on improving the Actions functionality as well as various enhancements and bug fixes. Introduce add_looping_action on Actions class WordPress supports short circuiting various methods using filters to allow handling the process in an external way. Sometimes you need to call the original API to run your external process. Complications arise when the short circuit is part of original API as … [Read more...]