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How to Create and Use WordPress User Metadata (User Meta)

How to Create and Use WordPress User Metadata (User Meta)

[ad_1] In this article, we explore WordPress user metadata, usually called simply WordPress user meta.We’ll explain, among other things:How to add custom user meta fields in WordPress,How to get user meta data in your WordPress PHP code,How to delete and update user meta, andOur suggestions for easily building user metaboxes that are editable by other … Continue reading How to Create and Use WordPress User Metadata (User Meta)

Signs of the Blogging Apocalypse: Automattic Buys Tumblr

Signs of the Blogging Apocalypse: Automattic Buys Tumblr

[ad_1] Signs of the Blogging Apocalypse: Automattic Buys Tumblr →The weirdest piece of email I’ve gotten all month was courtesy of Brian Krogsgard and the Post Status newsletter: Automattic (owner of WordPress.com, Jetpack, Akismet, WooCommerce…) has just bought blogging giant Tumblr.Tumblr is a site that normal people have heard of, in a way they haven’t heard … Continue reading Signs of the Blogging Apocalypse: Automattic Buys Tumblr

Understand WordPress Scheduled Tasks: WP Cron Makes Sense

Understand WordPress Scheduled Tasks: WP Cron Makes Sense

[ad_1] Sometimes you’ll hear, at a meetup for example, this word “cron” (or is it kron? “Chron”?!) around WordPress. Today we’ll understand what the heck it is and what it helps us do. WordPress scheduled tasks are common and useful for everything from ecommerce plugins to WordPress core itself.The power of WP Cron is real, … Continue reading Understand WordPress Scheduled Tasks: WP Cron Makes Sense