September 2015

Packaging thirdparty plugins with your WordPress theme using TGM Plugin Activation library

When you’re shipping your theme for sell, it’s often required to bundle the required plugins. Some people just keep these plugins like general vendor libraries inside their theme and load them using php’s require_once. However, if you’re following this style, your themes will fail to pass the theme check because these plugin files will be …

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Generate Dummy Placeholder Images in the WordPress Export File Instantly

It’s a common problem for the theme developers who sell their themes in the marketplaces and ships a data file with it, that contains exported data from the demo WordPress site. The problem is, this content file contains links to the images used in the demo. And those images, which the author uses to decorate …

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[update] PHPStorm's upcoming subscription based licensing model and why you're fucked up

** I’ve added an update. Click here to read it ** JetBrains has sent me an email today, mentioning about the upcoming change in their licensing model. Right now all users can renew their license at $49 which is a 50% discount rate of the original rate. From this November 2nd, you will be able …

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