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Cut development time with WordPress generator

No matter if you are beginner or a senior WordPress developer, you always look for a ways to cut your development time, at least for a small updates&changes needed in your websites.

WordPress generators drastically improve development flow where you can generate code snippets quickly and implement to WordPress website easily, usually by dropping code snippet to functions.php file and saving the file. This is possible due to WordPress' incredible structure and ease of usage which is one of the main aspects of the WordPress and reason why WordPress is used by 43% of all websites on t3h netz, according to WordPress itself.

When should you use WordPress generators?

WP Generators are suitable for any WordPress website and pretty much in any possible scenario. However, it depends on what you're trying to achieve as a developer. Most of the time you will want to mix generated code with your own code to achieve goal but as we stated previously, it all depends on the nature of your task.

Will your site get slower if you use generator?

Absolutely not! Generators will generate completely valid and usable code so it is the same thing if you write code on your own or generate it through wp generator. Of course, benefit of generating code is much faster development experience.

Real world examples of when to use WP Generators

Scenario 1

If you earn for a living as a WordPress developer you probably get lots of requests from the clients to add custom post type to WordPress website. Now, if you go to WordPress Codex and read about how to create custom post type, you may loose precious time and it can be hours and hours. Luckily, Brewpy have all the WP generators you will need, including custom post type generator. If you visit that link you will quickly realize the power of it and to use it you just need to fill the "Required" section. As you saw, you basically saved an hour of your time by generating custom post type for client site, in seconds.

Scenario 2

Let's assume that client requested a new Elementor widget where they want to have easy way to add social share to any Elementor page they want. As a developer you start searching about best way to code it and realize that if you use generator you may speed up the development by large scale. Once again, Brewpy's generators becomes handy and allows you to quickly generate Elementor widget or even better, generate Elementor plugin easy as breeze.

Scenario 3

Client have a Woocommerce site and due to a change of a payment provider they want to remove "Company" field from the "Billing" section of the Woocommerce checkout page. Once again, as a WordPress and a Woocommerce developer you start searching for a best way to accomplish this task. First resource you stumble upon is Woocommerce' Checkout Fields plugin by Woocommerce itself, but costs $49 and is a bit too much for a task we want to achieve. Searching further will bring more similar plugins and all of them are paid ones, starting from $19 to $99. Again, Brewpy comes as a life saver with Woocommerce Checkout Editor where you can remove any field from the checkout page just with 2 clicks! Take a look at the image below and learn how to remove any checkout field in two clicks:

Woocommerce checkout field remove with Brewpy

Conclusion

WordPress Generators can be very handy for all kind of developers, no matter if beginner, intermediate or pro - Brewpy can save you lots of times while developing on a WordPress platform.

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