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Using nonces to improve security when programming a WordPress plugin

In WordPress plugin development, a key security measure to protect your site against malicious attacks, such as cross-site request forgery (CSRF), is the use of nonces. Nonces, short for "Numbers Used Once," ensure that a specific action originates from an authentic and trusted source, preventing duplicate or malicious requests. In this tutorial, I will guide you through the process of using nonces in WordPress plugin development.

Adding Custom Links to Row Actions of a Custom Post Type in WordPress

One of the useful features of WordPress is the ability to create 'Custom Post Types,' which allow developers to structure and organize content more effectively. Once you've created a Custom Post Type, you might want to add custom row actions to perform specific tasks. In this article, we'll show you how to add custom links to the row actions of a Custom Post Type in WordPress.

Opinion: What's the best web hosting for WordPress?

In this article, I will introduce you to SiteGround, one of the web hosting providers that, in my opinion, offers exceptional quality and customer service. From my perspective, SiteGround is the ideal choice to take your project to a more professional level, with features and tools that are highly effective in the market.

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How to use Composer in a WordPress plugin?

Imagine you are developing a WordPress plugin and have several PHP libraries you want to integrate into it. The most common way to integrate these libraries is to visit the official website, download the latest version, copy them to your plugin folder, and then include them. But... don't you think the process is too lengthy? Well, for this and other tasks, there is Composer, the PHP dependency manager.

How to generate short links to WooCommerce products using Jetpack and WP.me

Often, we have WooCommerce products where the URL or permalink generated by WooCommerce is very long, as it is generated using the product name. To solve this, a very useful free tool when using WordPress and WooCommerce is Jetpack. Jetpack is a set of security, performance, and growth tools designed by WordPress experts from the company Automattic for WordPress sites.

Connecting to an external database and inserting records from Gravity Forms

Gravity Forms is a form plugin that allows WordPress developers to speed up development times with its plugin. Some time ago, I worked on a development for a client and needed to record the data obtained from Gravity Forms into an external database. Well, to solve this, I used the following code.