No Children Necessary
I use surprisingly few child themes these days, because most of what I want to do can be done in widgets, css, or a mu-plugin.
The Dangers of Being Uneducated
When you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re gonna have a bad time. Take the time to learn first. I hear all the cool kids are doing it.
Art History of Plugins
How an art history lesson will help you be a better judge of what plugins are safe(r) to install on your WordPress site.
Plugin Licenses, Upsells, and Add-ons
If you can’t obfuscate your code, or have an API just to check a license, how are you supposed to earn any money with a plugin in the WordPress repository? Stop thinking about hiding your code and start extending it.
Highway To Plugin Danger Zone
Third Party code in your plugins are great, but you have to know what you’re getting in to, be willing and ready to support it, and know how to secure it. So. Do ya, punk?