Category: WordPress

  • Speaking remotely at WordCamp US 2019

    Speaking remotely at WordCamp US 2019

    A story of how I turned the obstacle of not attending WCUS 2019 as an opportunity to speak remotely.

  • Thinking in WordPress

    Thinking in WordPress

    I talk about WordPress based on my experience with the CMS.

  • Getting Started With Gutenberg By Creating Your Own Block

    Gutenberg is the future of WordPress, and it is just around the corner. Brace up for it by learning how to build your own custom Gutenberg block. I wrote this post for Smashing Magazine, which was published 10 days ago.

  • My Favorite WordPress Features

    My Favorite WordPress Features

    As you work with WordPress for some time, you begin to realize WordPress is much more than a blogging tool. Sometimes, even more than a regular CMS. In this post, I will talk about the different features/add-ons of WordPress and how you can utilize them for your next problem or project. Specifically, this post comes […]

  • Building Mobile Apps Using React Native And WordPress

    Building Mobile Apps Using React Native And WordPress

    This is an article written by me for Smashing Magazine six days ago. It’s about building a WooCommerce-powered e-commerce app using React Native. As web developers, you might have thought that mobile app development calls for a fresh learning curve with another programming language. Perhaps Java and Swift need to be added to your skill set to […]

  • How To Build A Skin For Your Web App With React And WordPress

    How To Build A Skin For Your Web App With React And WordPress

    This is an article written by me for Smashing Magazine five days ago. It’s about building a WordPress theme and store using React. So you’ve trained yourself as a web engineer, and now want to build a blazing fast online shop for your customers. The product list should appear in an instant, and searching should […]

  • Shortcodes and Meta Boxes in developing a WordPress theme

    I was fortunate to attend the meetup #4 titled ‘Meta boxes and Short Codes for Theme Development’. This event was organised by the WordPress Colombo Meetup group and held on 21 July 2016 at JKCS Auditorium, Colombo.

  • WordPress Colombo

    Ever since I started out with mtwoblog.wordpress.com I have been fascinated by the whole WordPress ecosystem. Among many factors like the platform, the themes, the plugins, it also largely includes the active, growing community behind WordPress. One such community is WordPress Colombo which is essentially a group of WP enthusiasts in Sri Lanka on meetup.com.