The WordPress visual editor was given a decent trim in version 3.9. It now has just 14 buttons, or 26 when the kitchen sink is enabled. It looks great (I love minimalism) but sometimes less isn’t always more. Sometimes more is more. Really, I just want more. So I set out to enable all of the...
The plugin formerly known as WPMU Plugin Manager is back and better than ever! It’s now called Multisite Plugin Manager and has been completely rewritten for WordPress 3.1. This is one of those tools that every multisite installation needs for managing plugin access permissions across a WordPress multisite network. Not every site within your network...
Have you ever come across a popular WordPress blog that still uses the standard WordPress search widget? If you have, then you have no doubt been frustrated by the results. Seriously – it’s *nearly* as bad as this. For those of you who don’t know, the standard search widget in WordPress returns any post that...
Follow these step-by-step instructions to add and update plugins in the public WordPress Plugin Directory. These essential steps from the video follow below: Getting Started with Your Plugin Register for a WordPress.org Account Request to Put Your New Plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory Install an SVN Client For Your Machine Choose a Local Directory...
Tabbed sections on a website can be very convenient. They allow you to break up a lot of information and put it into one small space. Readers are less overwhelmed that way and therefore more likely to hang around and check out what you have to offer. The easiest way to get tabbed content in...
Want to take the “category” base term out of your URL – turning mysite.com/category/news into mysite.com/news? It’s pretty easy to do. You can just install and activate the FV Top Level Cats plugin. There are no settings and nothing to do. Just activate it. Another Possibility Another possible trick to get rid of the category...
If you’re adding some extra jQuery to customize your WordPress site and it doesn’t seem to be working, remember that the copy of jQuery that WP loads is in “no conflict” mode. If you’re attempting to use the default jQuery shortcut of $, then you’ll want to wrap it with the following: jQuery(document).ready(function($) { //...
