Year: 2009

  • Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget With The New Widget API

    One of the main changes in WordPress 2.8 is the new widget API. This API is fully object oriented and provides the programmer all the necessary functions to create a WordPress widgets. Also, it now allows multiple use of each widget.

  • How To XSS Scanner – The Easy Way

    An XSS scanner, simply be used as a bookmark – that is XSS Rays. The tool is an open source tool that was written in JavaScript and can find cross-browser XSS vulnerabilities. In the development process it can increase fast, simple and straightforwarded the safety. The tool can be easily put as a bookmark in…

  • Pages & Subpages – Is Parent?

    WordPress allows to create sub-pages in your backend. This is why many uses WordPress as a CMS. Sometimes you like with the help of the Conditional Tags to start several queries with a certain respond – but then you see frequently in the template static queries on any ID of a page. But it’s possible…

  • WordPress Plugin Readme File Generator

    Sudar Muthu has created a tool to auto-generate and validate readme files for WordPress Plugins. You can find it on his website WordPress Plugin Readme File Generator. He would appreciate if you could have a look at it and let him know what you think via comments/feedbacks. Thanks in advance!

  • WordPress: Working With Options

    Options in WordPress are in an extra options table (with Prefix before) stored. Options include the blog name, which theme is used, etc.. Plugins define their settings as options. A simple example of how options can be accessed: