WordPress ships with it's own library for running database queries, but that doesn't mean you have to use it. In this post, you'll learn to how to use PHP's PDO in your WordPress plugin or theme.

Learn how to connect to your Lightsail database from TablePlus, MySQL Workbench, and any database GUI that supports SSH connections.

Writing blog posts that include code? In this post, you'll learn how to add syntax highlighting to the front-end of your WordPress site.

There's nothing more annoying than installing a new WordPress plugin and having to dig around the WordPress admin menu to figure out where the plugin lives. In this post, you'll learn how to add a link to your plugin page from the plugin list.