WP Engineer

Month: June 2009

  • Ping Problem?

    Since version 2.7 of WordPress, there have been several issues that Pingbacks in WordPress don’t work. WordPress works with it in the request-function (wp-includes/cron.php), not to be confused with the wp-cron.php. There is a time limit of 0:01 seconds set, which is not sufficient under all conditions. It is known and the developers of WordPress…

  • Caution When Updating To WordPress 2.8

    Thanks to Heiko of WordPress Deutschland and Code Styling Project who brought up the problem on WordPress Deutschland: Users reporting me, that they are missing files, after they automatically updated to WordPress version 2.8 and there were a problem while updating. I checked out the WordPress Trac and found a brand new record, which confirms…

  • Define Your Own WordPress Action Hooks

    WordPress is based on the so-called Hook-System. This serves WordPress, and all extensions to involve functions in a certain place. The Hooks are not only to hook, but can also be used in custom extensions and thus create a better overview and offer additional interfaces for more possibilities to develop. Especially the second option is…

  • Set Meta Links For WordPress Plugins

    In the past I explained in the article „How To Improve WordPress Plugins“ , how you can expand Plugins with useful functions and therefore optimize their usage. One of the suggestions was a simple link to the options page of your Plugin. With WordPress 2.8 the Plugin page will be a little bit different and…

  • Joomla to WordPress – Content Converter!

    More and more people using WordPress as CMS nowadays and replacing systems like Joomla on their website. Marco from solariz.de provides a handy script to convert your Joomla content to your WordPress installation. One Click Solution? No, for sure not. This process is not just click and done. Users, who don’t have any experience with…

  • WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker

    Right before the upcoming WordPress 2.8 you also should check out if all your Plugins are compatible with Version 2.8 before you upgrade. There is a great website which includes over 5000 Plugins, where you can see if the Plugin will work with WordPress 2.8. Also very interesting for all Plugin developer, you can see…