I am Justin Tadlock.

I am also a writer. A front-end developer. A gardener. A small-town Alabama kid just trying to figure out whatever it is that that folks are supposed to figure out on this journey. Welcome to my little home on the web.

September 6, 2012

Post Formats: Aside

How theme developers should be handling the “aside” post format within their WordPress themes.

Three Theme Hybrid members have each released a $free theme built from my Hybrid Core framework over the past month: Cakifo, Path, and Uridimmu.

August 30, 2012

Proposal for widget-only plugins in the repository

Proposal for distinguishing standalone widgets from other plugins in the WordPress plugin repository.

August 27, 2012

Post Formats: Quote

A solution for the “quote” post format that handles the inconsistencies in how users write their post content.

August 23, 2012

Big Papa Yellow

Enjoying my biggest watermelon of the year with my grandparents.

August 21, 2012

Post Formats: Chat

A solution for handling the “chat” post format in WordPress themes that allows for more than two speakers.

July 31, 2012

Big yellow-meat watermelon

Garden-fresh watermelon for dessert at family dinner night.

July 28, 2012

Peanut butter and watermelon rind

I made some watermelon rind preserves earlier this week. So, for my weekend snack, I decided to make a couple of peanut butter and watermelon rind preserves sandwiches. Yummy! … Continue reading →

I just dropped version 1.4 of the Hybrid Core framework at Theme Hybrid. It has several enhancements to go along with updates made in WordPress 3.4.

July 5, 2012

How to define a default post thumbnail

Two simple ways to correctly define a default post thumbnail (i.e., featured image) in WordPress.