After reading Pippin Williamson’s post about gettext speed issues, I wanted to learn more. My IDX+ plugin has 815 translatable strings, and I was worried that it was having a performance impact on the plugin. I created a test that looped through different methods of outputting and printing strings to try and determine their relative […]
Bradycardia is the resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute…. Wikipedia A new feature in WordPress 3.6 is an upgrade to the autosave functionality that’s been around for years. It’s called “Heartbeat” and it makes sure you have valid authentication credentials, aren’t working on the same post as other people, and more. The problem […]
Ever since WordPress added a Live Preview option to the Manage Themes screen, it’s been frustrating to test a plugin using multiple themes. Why Live Preview sucks for developers When using Live Preview, you can’t modify the URL of the page you’re visiting or open the preview in a new window or tab. Live Preview […]
Much cleaner. One static and unchanging JS file to cache. Parameters get put into your HTML itself as a one-liner. You can deal with the parameters using a normal PHP array before passing them over. No need to screw around with generating Javascript from PHP or looking for wp-load or even messing with tricky actions. […]
Coding better WordPress plugins As I’ve worked with WordPress plugins, I’ve learned new ways of working with WordPress. WordPress has tons of built-in functionality that is very useful and easy to use once discovered. I am by no means a great PHP coder. I am still learning OOP principles and how to write code better. […]
Embed EasyVideoPlayer videos to WordPress Finally add videos inside your WordPress content without the hassle! Download the plugin from WordPress.org It’s been hard — and very technical — to embed EVP videos inside WordPress content…until now. The EVP plugin for WordPress changes everything – it is now simple to add EVP videos to your content.
Download the plugin at WordPress.org For plugin support, please visit the support forum. Show lottery results from all 43 states with lotteries Choose which games you want to display Choose from different lotto results layouts Embed results in your content using the lottery] shortcode. The widget automatically gets updated results every 6 hours, then they are […]
By default, WordPress menus don’t have the ability to add “nofollow” to the link items…but WordPress 3.0+ has the functionality built in. This tutorial will show you how to add nofollow to specific items using the new wp_nav_menu() function.
Get the latest ski/snowboarding conditions from your favorite area or mountain using the Snow Report WordPress plugin. The plugin uses the OnTheSnow.com website’s data feeds that provide the most accurate, up to date information available.
This is the official plugin support page for the Wunderground plugin. Download it now from WordPress.org. Do you need plugin support or have comments? For information on how to use the Wunderground plugin, please view the plugin page.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way. What’ll it be? The WordPress form plugin Gravity Forms (if you don’t use it, you should — it’s great) comes with a stylesheet found at [plugin-directory]/plugins/gravityforms/css/forms.css. SEODenver.com’s is found here. If you want to turn off styles for Gravity Forms, there are a few […]
WordPress.org plugin page layout change likely for usability A couple of weeks ago, WordPress.org changed the layout of their plugins directory plugin pages. The update was likely to improve usability for users trying to determine whether a plugin is trustworthy and what it does. I believe the re-arranging of the page has achieved those goals. […]
These horses are somehow not cool. Speeding up your blog is. I am working on a WordPress project that has a pretty heavy database, and I want to be able to auto-optimize the WordPress database. Even though they are integrating this functionality into WordPress 3.0, I want it now, and without having to use a […]
Mad Mimi, Meet WordPress Mad Mimi email marketing has the simplest, most elegant email designer I have ever seen. It’s so easy, you’ll freak — I know I did….So I created the Mad Mimi plugin for WordPress. The plugin makes it simple to add a signup list to your content or sidebar using a sidebar widget or […]
Download the plugin from WordPress.org Add a debt calculator to your WordPress blog Do you have a financial blog or a blog about debt, money management, or household spending? Add a free debt calculator to your blog with no coding required. Updating the style: You can update the form’s style by editing the plugin’s debt.css […]
The Best WordPress SEO Plugin? A combination of two. All in One SEO Pack (AIOSEO) is the leader in WordPress SEO plugins. It offers great functionality and simple integration into the process of writing a post. AIOSEO is not a perfect plugin, however, because it lacks some very important functionality: Custom category title tags Custom tag […]
When you would use excluded categories: When using WordPress as more of a content management system (CMS) than a blogging platform, there are many things that you need control over. One of them is special-case categories. Frequently asked questions Testimonials Case studies Press releases When you have a category of posts that you don’t want […]
I am using the ImageScaler plugin for WordPress on a project, and I like what it does, but it adds a non-standards-compliant attribute to images, such as: <img class=”” src=”http://www.example.com/imagescaler/generated-image.jpg” alt=”Example” width=”258″ height=”234″ imagescaler=”http://www.example.com/imagescaler/original-image.jpg” /> To strip imagescaler’s imagescaler attribute, add the following into your functions.php file: add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘strip_imagescaler’); function strip_imagescaler($content) { $content = preg_replace(‘/imagescaler=”(.*?)”.?/s’,”, […]
I’ve been using Joost de Valk’s Simple Taxonomies plugin for a couple of projects, and I’ve been very disappointed by the formatting of the terms output code. When configuring the plugin, you have the option of choosing “Add terms to the end of posts” or “Add terms to the end of excerpts.” If you do, […]
Set up a testimonials category — no need for a plugin. There are a couple of plugins designed specifically for testimonials, but I didn’t want to use them; they use their own databases, and don’t keep with WordPress’ simplicity. If possible, the best way to work with WordPress is to use it’s built-in functionality. I […]
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