Today in WordPress world – 26/02

Common Mistakes In Themes | scribu
Scribu gives us some useful things to keep in mind when developing WordPress themes. Some things may no always seem necessary for your theme to work, but they are widely used in plugins and should definitely be included in your theme.

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