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This week, the WP-Tonic Roundtable featured Sallie Goestch, Lee Jackson, John Locke, Kim Shivler, and special guest Larry Swanson along with host Jonathan Denwood to
discuss WordCamp Seattle and WordPress Hooks: Actions and Filters.

Larry, of EllesMedia (https://ellessmedia.com/), is a content strategist who is co-organizer of WordCamp Seattle, so we kicked off our session with an peek at what this year’s WordCamp Seattle features. Four tracks including a WP 101 Setup track are available with a speaker list that includes frequent Roundtable contributor Morten Rand-Hendriksen presenting Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress. WordCamp Seattle will be held November 4-5, 2017, and tickets are on sale (https://2017.seattle.wordcamp.org/).

The discussion of Hooks focused on explaining them and providing resources for learning to use them.

Think of a hook as a place to hang something - the same way you would think of a physical hook - not a piece of software. When looking at WordPress, a hook is a place where you can hang your code into the WordPress code. Actions and Filters are each a type of hook. These are used in the development of both plugins and themes.

Actions allow you to add or remove code, while Filters let you modify or replace specific data.

At it’s core, this is actually all PHP programming, so an “Introduction to PHP: course is recommended for anyone wanting to develop WordPress themes or plugins.

Not sure what actions and filters are being used on a WordPress page? Simply Show Hooks (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-show-hooks/) is a plugin that will show all hooks on a page making it easy for developers to find where they can hook into.

Resources for Using Hooks and Creating Plugins:

WordPress.org Codex Writing a Plugin (https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin)

WordPress.org Codex Hooks Reference (https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API)

Simply Show Hooks (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-show-hooks/)

Envato Tutorial (https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-wordpress-actions-and-filters--wp-27373)

Pippin’s Plugins tutorials on Plugin Programming (https://pippinsplugins.com/learn/)

LevelTen is a Dallas based digital agency that specializes in large Drupal web projects that is now trying to developing relationships in the WordPress community.

Ron Huber & Tom McCracken, the creators & founders of the IntelligenceWP Plugin are our special guests for the WP-Tonic Podcast.

As Google Analytics experts, Ron Huber & Tom McCracken provided insight into how frequently people make basic mistakes when endeavoring in implementing Google Analytics.

Ron & Tom shared examples on how marketers can go a lot farther with Google Analytics besides using the default settings. By configuring how content is scoring on a website and how well it is doing based on a variety of factors can give marketers better insights on what will generate value for them.

https://getlevelten.com/

https://intelligencewp.com

LevelTen is a Dallas based digital agency that specializes in large Drupal web projects that is now trying to developing relationships in the WordPress community.

Ron Huber & Tom McCracken, the creators & founders of the IntelligenceWP Plugin are our special guests for the WP-Tonic Podcast.

As Google Analytics experts, Ron Huber & Tom McCracken provided insight into how frequently people make basic mistakes when endeavoring in implementing Google Analytics.

Ron & Tom shared examples on how marketers can go a lot farther with Google Analytics besides using the default settings. By configuring how content is scoring on a website and how well it is doing based on a variety of factors can give marketers better insights on what will generate value for them.

https://getlevelten.com/

https://intelligencewp.com

This week, the WP-Tonic Roundtable featured Sallie Goestch, Lee Jackson, John Locke, Kim Shivler, and special guest Larry Swanson along with host Jonathan Denwood to
discuss WordCamp Seattle and WordPress Hooks: Actions and Filters.

Larry, of EllesMedia (https://ellessmedia.com/), is a content strategist who is co-organizer of WordCamp Seattle, so we kicked off our session with an peek at what this year’s WordCamp Seattle features. Four tracks including a WP 101 Setup track are available with a speaker list that includes frequent Roundtable contributor Morten Rand-Hendriksen presenting Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress. WordCamp Seattle will be held November 4-5, 2017, and tickets are on sale (https://2017.seattle.wordcamp.org/).

The discussion of Hooks focused on explaining them and providing resources for learning to use them.

Think of a hook as a place to hang something - the same way you would think of a physical hook - not a piece of software. When looking at WordPress, a hook is a place where you can hang your code into the WordPress code. Actions and Filters are each a type of hook. These are used in the development of both plugins and themes.

Actions allow you to add or remove code, while Filters let you modify or replace specific data.

At it’s core, this is actually all PHP programming, so an “Introduction to PHP: course is recommended for anyone wanting to develop WordPress themes or plugins.

Not sure what actions and filters are being used on a WordPress page? Simply Show Hooks (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-show-hooks/) is a plugin that will show all hooks on a page making it easy for developers to find where they can hook into.

Resources for Using Hooks and Creating Plugins:

WordPress.org Codex Writing a Plugin (https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin)

WordPress.org Codex Hooks Reference (https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API)

Simply Show Hooks (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simply-show-hooks/)

Envato Tutorial (https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-wordpress-actions-and-filters--wp-27373)

Pippin’s Plugins tutorials on Plugin Programming (https://pippinsplugins.com/learn/)

Our Panel

Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl

Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design

Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com

Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from LinedIn.com

Main Topic

” How To Managed Difficult WordPress Projects.”

News Stories For This Week

1 - WordPress Abandons React due to Patents Clause, Gutenberg to be Rewritten with a Different Library

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-abandons-react-due-to-patents-clause-gutenberg-to-be-rewritten-with-a-different-library

2 - Perspective on WordPress

By Scott Bolinger

http://scottbolinger.com/perspective-on-wordpress/

Our Panel

Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl

Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design

Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com

Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from LinedIn.com

Main Topic

” How To Managed Difficult WordPress Projects.”

News Stories For This Week

1 - WordPress Abandons React due to Patents Clause, Gutenberg to be Rewritten with a Different Library

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-abandons-react-due-to-patents-clause-gutenberg-to-be-rewritten-with-a-different-library

2 - Perspective on WordPress

By Scott Bolinger

http://scottbolinger.com/perspective-on-wordpress/

Justin has made a career as an e-learning consultant where he has implemented global training programs for Fortune 500 companies.

Passionate about e-learning and WordPress, both Justin and LearnDash have been featured in multiple industry publications, including Forbes.com, ELearning! Magazine, Training Magazine, INTERCOM Magazine, EdTech Magazine, Chief Learning Officer, and Learning Technologies by the Association for Talent Development.

Justin’s experience-based vision has helped make LearnDash the most trusted WordPress LMS plugin for major universities, continuing education providers, and entrepreneurs world-wide.

Justin Ferriman

https://www.learndash.com/about/

Kimberly Shivler

Kim Shivler helps business owners master communications and technology in order to increase sales and improve customer service.

Kim has worked as a writer, instructor, developer and serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. Her business experience includes computer network and database administration, technical training and writing, project management, web development, and work as an aesthetician and spa owner. She also worked for large corporations including Tivoli, an IBM company, where she was part of the worldwide technical sales and marketing team.

Combining her experiences in business and technology with her Bachelor of Arts in English and Masters of Education, Kim provides workshops, strategies, and consulting services designed to help businesses succeed.

https://twitter.com/KimShivler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyshivler/
https://whiteglovewebtraining.com
https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com
https://kimshivler.com

Jonathan Denwood

https://www.wp-tonic.com

Justin has made a career as an e-learning consultant where he has implemented global training programs for Fortune 500 companies.

Passionate about e-learning and WordPress, both Justin and LearnDash have been featured in multiple industry publications, including Forbes.com, ELearning! Magazine, Training Magazine, INTERCOM Magazine, EdTech Magazine, Chief Learning Officer, and Learning Technologies by the Association for Talent Development.

Justin’s experience-based vision has helped make LearnDash the most trusted WordPress LMS plugin for major universities, continuing education providers, and entrepreneurs world-wide.

Justin Ferriman

https://www.learndash.com/about/

Kimberly Shivler

Kim Shivler helps business owners master communications and technology in order to increase sales and improve customer service.

Kim has worked as a writer, instructor, developer and serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. Her business experience includes computer network and database administration, technical training and writing, project management, web development, and work as an aesthetician and spa owner. She also worked for large corporations including Tivoli, an IBM company, where she was part of the worldwide technical sales and marketing team.

Combining her experiences in business and technology with her Bachelor of Arts in English and Masters of Education, Kim provides workshops, strategies, and consulting services designed to help businesses succeed.

https://twitter.com/KimShivler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyshivler/
https://whiteglovewebtraining.com
https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com
https://kimshivler.com

Jonathan Denwood

https://www.wp-tonic.com

We have a really special WP-Tonic round table show here which was recorded live at Sacramento WordCamp 2017 with have special panel of WordPress experts plus we did a joint podcast with Chris Badget the host of LMScast podcast. It was a really fun show and I got to say that the team that organized this years Sacramento WordCamp have done an amazing job.

We have a really special WP-Tonic round table show here which was recorded live at Sacramento WordCamp 2017 with have special panel of WordPress experts plus we did a joint podcast with Chris Badget the host of LMScast podcast. It was a really fun show and I got to say that the team that organized this years Sacramento WordCamp have done an amazing job.