Hey! My name is Willie Theron and I am a Programmer before I am anything else.
I believe that mastery is the start of all success. That in order to succeed you need to become good at something. On this path I have spent thousands of hours improving myself. I have written a few hundred thousand lines of code. My favorite days are days when it is just me and the computer. Where I spend hours either fixing or improving code.
I am also privileged enough to run a network of online businesses which allowed me to gain financial freedom in 2016. I try and apply the same level of problem solving that I learned writing computer systems to my own life. Always working on strategies that will make life better in the long run.
Outside of programming I also spend a fair amount of time researching marketing, graphics design and content creation / copy writing.
My life partner Louvaine also made this process far easier. If I could give anyone any advice it would be to choose the people who you spend your life with carefully. They will have a far greater influence than most imagine.
It’s that time of the year again The 2019 Entelect Challenge has finally started. To me this means I have a chance to: Work on some AI (Something I only do for the Entelect Challenge) Test my coding skills against others Go to Comic Con Win some money Now the money itself is not that…
This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we add JavaScript to a plugin. WP_Enqueue_Script We use Wordpress’ built in function wp_enqueue_script to add JavaScript into a Wordpress file. If you want to see an in depth explanation of the function, see Wordpress Codex Enqueueing your JavaScript In the last section,…
This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we add Shortcodes to a plugin. Our Shortcode We want to create a Shortcode that shows the current date to any section where the Shortcode is called. Hooking your shortcode Add the following code to your Wordpress Plugin. function wt_show_date_function(){ $currentDate = date(‘Y-m-d…
This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we add the functions that trigger when your plugin is activated, deactivated and uninstalled. Essential Wordpress Plugin Functions The Wordpress core includes a system called hooks that can be used when building plugins. These hooks are functions that allow a developer to use…
The purpose of this guide is to make you familiar with Wordpress Plugin Development. What to expect? In this guide I will be building a comprehensive hello world plugin. We will start with a simple Hello World alert. Which will be triggered by a Short code We will then proceed to add some admin settings…
This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we create a readable blank WordPress plugin. First Install To start off you need to give your plugin a unique name. I will call my plugin WT Hello World. This name needs to be unique to avoid conflicts with other wordpress plugins. To…