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Author: <span>Daniel Iser</span>

Prevent users from deleting a page or post in WordPress

During my time developing plugins, theme and sites using WordPress I have often come across the need to prevent certain pages from being deleted. I have tried many solutions that did not do the trick or didn't provide a full solution to the problem. Some left the delete links but would create errors when they&hellip;

jQuery UI Autocomplete: Tabbing before results are available.

While working on a plugin of mine using jQuery UI Autocomplete i ran into an issue where sometimes users enter the value and tab out of the field before jQuery UI can make a match. This is an issue when you are setting the value of a hidden field. This allows you to fill the&hellip;

Fetching Active Install Count from the Plugins API

Today the wordpress.org plugins api got a small update. With the addition of the new Active Install metric a few weeks ago, now you can get the install count from the API for use in your own projects. For example:  Popup Maker currently has [plugin_install_count plugin="popup-maker"] + Active Installs Here is a simple function that&hellip;

Plugins & Themes shouldn't combine their external assets.

The Problem I am going to outline why plugins and themes should never combine or bundle their external JS and CSS libraries. Not only is this against best practice but it can have several detrimental effects down the line. First as a plugin or theme developer for WP our jobs is not to conserve bandwidth.&hellip;