Recording Skype and a Mic on Separate Tracks in GarageBand

I wanted to figure out how to record both a Skype conversation and my mic in GarageBand, but keep them on separate tracks. None of the tutorials worked for me, so I'm posting the settings that did.

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.

Accessing Post Meta and More Via $post->meta_key

It turns out there's a much better way to fetch post meta than get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'foo', true ): $post->foo.

Using git-svn to Manage Plugins in the WordPress.org Repository

Unfortunately, the WordPress.org plugin repository doesn’t provide a way to maintain your plugin with Git. In the past, I’ve either just used Subversion, or hosted an extra copy on GitHub, and setup Git and SVN side-by-side in the same directory. Awhile ago, I briefly considered using git-svn, because it would allow me to avoid using Subversion entirely, […]

Ian Dunn

WordPress Developer

Recording Skype and a Mic on Separate Tracks in GarageBand

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

Accessing Post Meta and More Via $post->meta_key

Using git-svn to Manage Plugins in the WordPress.org Repository