ShareOne of WordPress’ more well-known features is the ability to assign static page as a ‘posts’ or blog page (see Settings -> Reading in the Dashboard). However, you always lose the content of the static page being used, which would be ideal for storing a header or intro. This snippet must be used before the …
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ShareWe’re huge fans of what Twitter is doing with communication and what WordPress is doing for the world of publishing. Let’s look at how the two overlap. We’d love to list everyone but we’d be here forever So here’s our top 15 list of WordPress people on Twitter you should be following. We placed them …
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ShareThere are a number of a methods to use to create another loop on the same page. So which one is the best to use? Let me explain each one and how they work. Here are the options we have for “resetting the query”: rewind_posts() wp_reset_query() new WP_Query How are these three different? Here’s the …
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ShareAfter the Deadline is a great plugin for WordPress. We wrote about it late last year, and we’re still really excited to see where this project goes for WordPress. This particular release isn’t necessarily for WordPress, but it’s for Google Chrome — and I feel like it would be useful for you if you’re a …
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ShareThe Automattic team recently announced the release of the WordPress plugin named “Geolocation.” This plugin is valuable for those folks who create posts from their mobile devices, like their iPhone or Blackberry. Here’s a screenshot of what it looks like: But I see two issues with it. When I tested it out, it first didn’t …
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ShareThis weekend, I presented on Essential Plugins and Optimization at WordCamp Orange County. Here is my presentation. Any questions or comments or plugins that you suggest, please leave them in the comments. Thanks! Essential Plugins by Jonathan Dingman
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ShareHere’s a nice little bit of code that can come in very handy. If you’re looking to limit the_excerpt() or get_the_excerpt() by a specific word count, here is a great code snippet that you can throw into functions.php that will do just that. [sourcecode lang="php"]function my_excerpt_length($text){ return 20; } add_filter(‘excerpt_length’, ‘my_excerpt_length’); function new_excerpt_more($more) { return …
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ShareWordPress by default will include pages in the search results. More often than not, you will want users to only be able to see posts in the search results, not pages. To change this default behavior, it’s actually quite easy. Include the following lines of code in your functions.php file. [sourcecode]function vibeExcludePages($query) { if ($query->is_search) …
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ShareEver wanted to use WordPress with a PostgreSQL database? Now you can! A user with the alias of “steinmicforma” has created a project on Sourceforge that utilizes a PostgreSQL database instead of MySQL. The WordPress Codex has limited documentation on how to do this, so someone took it upon themself to create a project that …
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ShareIn today’s post, I want to go over some WordPress SEO plugins. These plugins are important to me because they help give my sites stronger SEO and become overall, more impactful in the search engines. Here are just some of my favorite WordPress SEO plugins that I use on a regular basis. SEO Smart Links …
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