Developers Archives - Purple Turtle Creative

How to Use Mailgun’s API in PHP to Send Emails Reliably

Published June 14, 2021

Don't add another dependency or configure SMTP on your server! A single endpoint of Mailgun's API can quickly provide PHP email reliability.

WooCommerce

How to Find Purchased, Returned, and Owned Product Quantities

Published April 27, 2020

Personalize experiences for your WooCommerce customers by knowing a customer's product quantities. I've already written the complete function for you!

Shell Scripting (Bash)

How to Replace the WordPress Cron with a Linux Cron Job

Published February 18, 2020

The WordPress cron is not set up optimally on install. Learn how to get your site's scheduled tasks running efficiently and reliably—with fewer gotcha's.

Shell Scripting (Bash)

How to Find All Action and Filter Hooks in WordPress

Published January 26, 2020

Depending on developer docs to find hooks is severely limiting your abilities as a WordPress developer. Here's how you can find hooks on any Unix system.