WordPress Video Embed Made Easy with Vipers Video QuickTags Plugin

WordPress Video Embed Made Easy with Vipers Video QuickTags Plugin

Have you ever wanted to embed a video from your favorite video site into a WordPress post and didn’t want to go through the trouble of copying and pasting the embed HTML from the source site?
Viper’s Video Quicktags (VVQ) plugin tackles this media sharing hurdle, and is flexible with various customizable options based …

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Remove WordPress AutoP Filter

Remove WordPress AutoP Filter

WordPress will automatically insert <p> and </p> tags for you to separate content breaks within a post or page. If, for some reason, you want or need to remove these, you can use either of the follow code bits.

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Upcoming WordPress Related Events Near You

Upcoming WordPress Related Events Near You

WordPress truly is a worldwide affair. It’s a treat to watch WordPress continue to grow and to see how excited folks are about the platform and where it is heading. Have you ever wanted to spend some face time with other people as passionate as you are about something? Well, now is as good as …

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Remove the WordPress Version Generator

Remove the WordPress Version Generator

When 2.5.0 was released, the WordPress version generator was moved from being in the template itself into being a wp_head() hook instead. The hook is automatically added so you don’t have as much control over it.
If you want to remove the version:
meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 2.8.4″
Add this piece of code to your functions.php file …

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How to Submit Your Feed to Google Webmaster Tools

How to Submit Your Feed to Google Webmaster Tools

Adding your feed to Google Webmaster Tools is a fairly recent addition. SEO-wise, how does this help by having your feed submitted? It let’s Google know you’re staying fresh.
Like using the WordPress XML sitemaps plugin for normal sitemaps, it’s also good to submit your feed. This will let Google know immediately when …

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After the Deadline HTML Editor Support

After the Deadline HTML Editor Support

After the Deadline was a brilliant acquisition for Automattic. WordPress is in the business of helping people write and publish effectively. Everything they do should be focused around that in some capacity. After the Deadline does just that; it helps people proofread posts.
When the plugin was first released however, it did not …

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The WordPress Theme Author Resource Post

The WordPress Theme Author Resource Post

Through out the years creating various themes, I’ve found some wonderful resources to help get through the process as efficiently and effectively as possible. There are a lot of elements to creating a nice, clean theme and everyone has a different approach.
In my experience, I’ve found it helpful to group all of my resources together. …

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WordPress 2.9 Bug Hunts Officially Announced

WordPress 2.9 Bug Hunts Officially Announced

As you may have seen through some of the weekly development meeting notes floating around the web that WordPress 2.9 is near completion. With yesterday’s announcement of not just one bug hunt, but two, it’s safe to say the release date will happen shortly after the hunts are complete. From the schedule, we’re looking somewhere …

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A Moment With Matt Martz, a Core WordPress Developer

A Moment With Matt Martz, a Core WordPress Developer

One of the WordPress core developers Matt Martz was nice enough to give us a few minutes of his time to interview him. Martz has been using WordPress for three years, and two of those years, he has been contributing core code. His passion for WordPress is evident through his responses to some …

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What’s the Best Twitter Plugin for WordPress?

What’s the Best Twitter Plugin for WordPress?

There are a lot of Twitter plugins and widgets out there for WordPress. So which one is the best? I’ve tested a lot of the various plugins available, but I have yet to find a plugin that has the functionality of Twitter Tools by Alex King. This plugin does an great job …

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