Exposing Custom Post Type Meta for Only a Single API Endpoint

I ran into an undocumented and unexpected problem when registering custom post type meta fields for the REST API. register_meta() exposes meta fields in all REST API endpoints, which can lead to privacy leaks. To avoid that, it can be called conditionally.

`WP_Widget::form()` returns a value

Ever wonder why your IDE complains that your widget's form() method isn't returning a value?

Restoring Lost Commits After a Failed `git svn dcommit`

If git svn dcommit fails, it'll appear as if your local commit have been lost, but there's a way to recover them.

How Open Source Can Mitigate the Harms of Employer Copyright Claims

Almost every software company claims copyright on their developers' side-projects in order to protect themselves from lawsuits, but there's a way to do it without taking away the employee's rights.

Ian Dunn

WordPress Developer

Monthly Archives: March 2017

Exposing Custom Post Type Meta for Only a Single API Endpoint

`WP_Widget::form()` returns a value

Restoring Lost Commits After a Failed `git svn dcommit`

How Open Source Can Mitigate the Harms of Employer Copyright Claims