Are you still scared of updating your WordPress? STOP! While you might be afraid of updating, you are doing more harm than good. Not might, some, a little… more like A LOT. WordPress is tested out thoroughly and by the time each version update is available, there are many important areas covered. Glitches/ bugs, security,
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How to Add an ‘Edit This Entry’ Link into a WordPress Theme Template
The ‘edit this entry’ template tag, or edit_post_link gives the blog owner and any other users with editing privileges to have a quick link to click on that will allow the user to edit an article. Users who do not have this capability, like your readers who are not registered members will not be able
[Continue Reading...]How to Change The WordPress Default Avatar
Sometimes that default Gravatar with the gray and white seems boring. Lucky for you, instead of altering internal WordPres files, you can harness the power of adding a filter to your theme’s functions.php to change your default image to display. 1. Open your template’s functions.php 2. Insert the following code: add_filter( ‘avatar_defaults’, ‘newgravatar’ ); function
[Continue Reading...]Edit The Number Of Words For The Excerpt in WordPress
Some people might think it is the number of lines you have to define to edit how long or short your excerpt in your WordPress article. It is not. It is defined by how many words. WordPress by default picks the first 55 words as your excerpt. However, if you wish to edit to make
[Continue Reading...]GPL and WordPress Plugins
I was reading Joost de Valk’s post, On the GPL, Themes, Plugins & Free. Matt Mullenweg had mentioned during WordCamp Chicago 2009 about how WordPress was going to be putting a separate section recognizing people who did commercially supported GPL themes. I for one, though I have never been very verbal about it, have always
[Continue Reading...]WordPress Plugin Review: WP Likes
With all of the plugins to vote or to show your blog article’s popularity, WP Likes might be something of a novel idea. It takes the idea of the ‘like’ feature on Facebook and allows your visitors to click if they like your post. This plugin is a good idea to have as it does
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