Automating WordPress Development

Whether you manage a large site or a small one, if you write your own code one of the most tedious parts can be getting started. This talk will show you techniques such as scaffolding tools and others to get you a fully functional WordPress plugin with unit tests, continuous integration, a local development environment and more with just a single command. It will help you stop rebuilding the wheel so you can focus on the functionality you need and can be extended to themes, libraries or whatever else you need.

Speaker

About Chris Wiegman

I’m a former WordPress contributor who built numerous large plugins, spoke at and organized dozens of WordCamps and Meetups and moderated the WordPress jobs site for over 11 years. While I had slowly stopped supporting WordPress over the years due to the project leadership’s abuse of the community and its members, I stepped away from the project completely in 2024 following the project’s turn on the community at WCUS. This account now exists only for a historical record until such a time as when project leadership changes.