WordPress has taken a step further with its own apps for mobile. Now, bloggers who are always on the go can update their sites and write blogs anytime, anywhere with these apps. Here are 4 WordPress Apps in active development: WordPress for iOS. Designed for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, it makes easier to share [...]
This WordPress tip is from freelance web developer Maidul of Techsloution4u. When you’re creating a WordPress theme you might want to create some custom classes like CSS. This is where getting the slug of the current post can be very useful, which is what Maidul’s snippet does for you. Simply copy and paste the following [...]
You can extend functionality in your WordPress blog by using WordPress plugins. But did you know that you too can create your own WordPress plugin? Here’s a video tutorial I found courtesy of Tips and Tricks HQ that teaches simple techniques for making your site more useful. In creating this simple WordPress plugin, they show [...]
Whenever WordPress’ email notification sends out an email it uses a default name to identify itself as the sender: WordPress. But as Craig Grella pointed out in his article in WPMU.org, this can lead to two potential problems: There is a higher likelihood cloaked emails will end up in the new user’s spam folder, resulting [...]
What’s great about a dropdown list interface is that it saves your site some real estate. It frees up some space on the layout for you to put in other contents and features. WordPress’ default category widget is displayed as such but unfortunately the same cannot be said about the tags list. Good thing there’s [...]
Here’s a simple and classic hack for WordPress’ date entries. It’s from Abe of Yugatech and it involves the use of dynamic images. To try it out on your site, just follow the instructions that Abe provided below. Before anything else, you need to create your own date image template using an image editor (i.e. [...]
My featured WordPress trick for today is from freelance Web Designer Boutros AbiChedid, and it’s basically a way for you to display the author’s number of comments, or comment count, WITHOUT a plugin. As you can see, the number is displayed right next to the author’s name and also is basically the total number of [...]
Ever wonder why your WordPress site gets slow? There are several factors that contribute to this. The 3 most common reasons that guys at Tips and Tricks HQ have pointed out are as follows: Poorly coded plugins. Since WordPress is open source, there are too many available plugins to choose from. Though a lot of [...]
You could say that today’s another “No Plugin Day” as I once again feature another useful WordPress trick that will help you customize your site sans the plugins. This tutorial was shared by Chunlinsay of WooShift and it shows you how to add pagination links to your WordPress. Again, as with most WordPress hacks and [...]
Today, you’ll learn how to add a Pinterest button to your WordPress site without using a plugin. This tutorial is made by Marvie Pons of TutsKid and it’s pretty simple and easy to follow. Like with most, if not all WordPress tricks, all it takes is appending a few lines of code in your functions.php [...]
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