Phil Wylie

WordPress developer, Code Club volunteer & Staffs Web Meetup organiser

Web Development

A skewed perception of value

WordPress makes it easy to put a website together but it doesn’t necessarily make web development easy. For many, WordPress works out-of-the-box and with the vast ecosystem of both free and low-cost plugins, beginners can patch together a reasonable website packing serious functionality within a short space of time, with minimal upfront cost. The mission […]

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The difference between categories and tags

WordPress encourages you to assign categories and tags when writing a post. If you’re just getting started with WordPress, it can be difficult to understand the difference between the two and their intended usage. The difference between categories and tags

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Optimise your website for better search placement with WordPress SEO by Yoast

The aim of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is to boost your websites position in search engine result pages. Coming up before the competition increases the chance of a visitor choosing you over a competitor. Directly effecting how many people get the opportunity to complete your sites chosen conversion goal, such as making a sale. Optimise […]

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The amount of code is far far less, hence its name!

This is a post written for the iWeb blog battling the misconception that Less is “just another thing invented to make something that was once simple more complex… technical developers like to attempt to solve problems that don’t really exist”. The post looks at why CSS preprocessors are useful and includes a quick write-up of […]

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WP Contributor Day, Manchester

I spent my Saturday at the first WP Contributor Day. Sold as “An one day event where anyone & everyone contributes to WordPress”. The event, held at TechHub, Manchester was setup and organised by Jenny Wong following a discussion at WordCamp London 2013. Often, knowing where to start is a challenge. And WordPress is no […]

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