Tag: WordPress

  • How Core Update in WordPress 2.7 Works?

    In recent days, there are more and more information about WordPress version 2.7 coming up. Especially about the automatic upgrade of WordPress. You already know the update function for Plugins, which is very convenient. Now the same for your WordPress installation, one click and you are up to date. Such a powerful and important function…

  • WordPress – Return URL

    I already talked in my article Determine Path To Plugin and Content Directories about the possibilities how to keep functions in themes or Plugins free from error if you rename a folder, for example wp-content. Since version 2.6 you can also solve this problem pretty easy with another function.

  • How To Highlight A Slogan In WordPress

    In this example I’m talking about how to display a specific company slogan in a certain color. This slogan is found in the header and content. Of course my client doesn’t want to put in span class=”foo” every time. This is what it should look like:

  • Show Amount Of Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags, Comments For WordPress Themes

    It looks like showing total amount of posts, pages and some other statistical values are very popular right now. I received many inquiries how to show statistical values on your front end. Following solution only works with WordPress 2.5 or higher. If you need help for a lower version, let me know in the comment…

  • Determine Path To Plugin and Content Directories

    If you like to write a Plugin and you want to keep it downward compatible, then check beforehand the constants, because since WordPress version 2.6 you can rename the folder wp-content and this will also change the path to the Plugin folder. Just a few lines of code are enough and you can work with…

  • iGoogle Gadget for your Blog

    Since my wife uses her own computer and explores all the possibilities, I got a lot questions and found some interesting tools because of her. One of them is iGoogle. Experimenting with it makes every newbie happy and it is very easy to configure. I came to the idea to offer the blog as a…