Wordpress Tips

Whether you are working on a Plugin or a Theme there are times when you need to see all the Errors in your PHP Code. Well because WordPress is written in PHP and the wp-config.php file is loaded on every page view this is the appropriate place to enable your PHP Debugging settings. Now nothing […]

There are some days when you have a lot to say and others when you just can’t find time to get a post out. Even if you can find time to write it may be at 3am and no one will be listening when you press publish. You may also write a lot on the […]

When you write a new page in your blog you want the world to know about it right away. If you have subscribers to your RSS Feed they will see updates in their Readers and if you use a plugin that posts to Twitter or another social network all of your followers will see your […]

The following script will allow you to keep track of your MySql Database size. This is important for those people who have limits on the size of their databases on their leased hosting. If you are running a WordPress install watching your database size will give you the option to clean out parts of your […]

If you are a new WordPress user you may find it strange that WordPress will allow you to make both Pages and Posts for your site. So what is the difference and why should you use one type over another when creating your content… The difference between a Page and a Post is very small […]

Depending on the content of your website you may have posts that you need to get rid of  after a certain Date. To do this you can set up a loop hack in your wordpress theme files that will exclude posts that have a date set in a custom field. This will not remove the […]

Some people have a hard time updating WordPress because of a slow server or internet connection. When that happens you are likely to see this error in your dashboard ‘An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request’ The function that retrieves the data files for an update is called wp_remote_get and it controls a […]

When you are designing your themes you should follow a method of calling files that will not require editing by your end user. Every server install is different and with the bloginfo() settings call you can pull back a lot of information about your wordpress install and your theme. Using the calls in your header.php […]

You have to really wonder what this deal is about when a software provider develops an application to sit between you and your blog…. Blog Clients come in two basic flavors Executables which are stand alone application like msword and browser addons which requires the use of a specific browser. The desktop applications are probably […]

One of the most annoying default features of WordPress is the Auto Save. I don’t think I have ever had to rely on it once since it was introduced and the worst part is if you are in the middle of spell checking your page when an auto save fires off it will turn off […]