Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Tag: Plugins

  • Plugin Concept: Request Post Feedback (with revisions)

    Plugin Concept: Request Post Feedback (with revisions)

    I was listening to the Post Status Draft podcast from about a year ago where Brian, the founder of Post Status, interviews Matt Mullenweg. In their discussion they Brian mentioned the Drafts with Friends plugin and how he’d like to see something like Google Docs collaboration, editing. That got me thinking about what the MVP,…

  • Refactoring a WordPress plugin, Object-oriented, a start

    Refactoring a WordPress plugin, Object-oriented, a start

    I recently dissected  an Object Oriented WordPress plugin boilerplate. This exploration was part of a project I am undertaking to explore best practices for implementing Object Oriented principles in WordPress development. When it comes to implementing coding principles, I’m generally not a purist — I aim to be utilitarian. One of the dictums I drum into my team…

  • Example #2: How WordPress Assets Manager Replaced Our Sharefile

    Example #2: How WordPress Assets Manager Replaced Our Sharefile

    Two weeks ago I spoke at WordCamp NYC and demonstrated various ways you can augment your site by replacing or just importing various services you use. I brought three examples, last week I wrote about the first, Twitter. The second service on the chopping block was ShareFile. At the company I work at we were using ShareFile, which is…

  • Example #1: Augmenting Ozh’s Twitter Archiver

    Example #1: Augmenting Ozh’s Twitter Archiver

    Last week I spoke at WordCamp NYC and demonstrated various ways you can augment your site by replacing or just importing various services you use. The first service on the chopping block was Twitter. “I’m not about to delete my account, but wouldn’t I wouldn’t want to lose the thousands of witticisms I’ve tweeted over the years, if…

  • Proof of Concept: I made my very own Foursquare (Swarm) on WordPress… and you can too

    Proof of Concept: I made my very own Foursquare (Swarm) on WordPress… and you can too

    I’ve always loved the concept of Foursquare. Sharing locations is awesome, although somewhat creepy. How do you leverage the awesomeness while avoiding the creepy factor? Sadly today it’s basically impossible to protect yourself against being tracked, if you have a mobile phone. But I’m not going to give away my apartment key to everyone around,…

  • How to use JSONP (AJAX to SSL) in WordPress, an EASIER way

    How to use JSONP (AJAX to SSL) in WordPress, an EASIER way

    I’ve already written about How to use JSONP in WordPress Development. I explain how it works, and why you would use it there. At work we work with several domains and I’ve had to use quite a bit of JSONP, I’ve rethought how to use it, and made this micro-framework to make it a LOT…

  • Long Live the QR Code

    QR codes aren’t dead, they were just never implemented well. In the past two weeks WhatsApp and Snapchat both announced different implementations of QR codes. What’s different now? Why would these work, and nothing else before them? WhatsApp uses the code to connect a specific browser with the app so that WhatsApp Web can be…

  • Demystifying the WordPress Plugin

    I asked one of the guys on my team to build a WordPress plugin, he balked. I realized that he just didn’t get how easy it is. So I thought I’d dedicate some time to dispelling the myth that plugins are complicated to write. “Plugin” sounds formidable. But really, a plugin is a file in…

  • Introducing Assets Manager for WordPress

    Note: if the links aren’t working properly, resave the pretty permalinks settings. Download Many of the companies which my current place of employment interacts with have a higher level of security on their firewall (they also tend to use IE7, such is life). Because of this we were having issues sharing files with our constituents…