WP Engineer

Year: 2009

  • WordPress 2.9 new excerpt filters

    In WordPress 2.9 there will be two new filters to adjust an excerpt (the_excerpt). Previously with the_excerpt cut off at a maximum of 55 words and add a […]. These filters are in WordPress 2.9 expandable. To change the values, you write two functions in your theme functions.php:

  • Check If Required Plugin Is Active

    It might be, that your own written Plugin requires another stand alone Plugin to be active. For example if you like to offer a version with enhanced functionality of a Plugin. There are certainly a variety of usage and the implementation is not difficult. For the implementation, we need the active Plugins, which are found…

  • Themes and automatic_feed_links

    Since WordPress 2.8, there is the function automatic_feed_links() in the function.php. Which writes the link elements for the RSS protocols in the header of the document. The advantage of this feature is, you do not need to worry about whether a change comes in the Feed-protocoll in a new version of WordPress, removed or a…

  • Deactivate WordPress Default Widgets

    You do not always want to have all the widgets active, which comes within the WordPress core. You can disable the unneccessary Widgets in your functions.php of your theme with a small function. The following syntax will switch off all the standard widgets. It should therefore be adjusted depending on your requirements: // unregister all…

  • Disable Flash Uploader

    Not always is the Flashuploader of WordPress a blessing and several times I preferred to have it switched off. Usually if the blog is not online and is offline behind a proxy and firewall. With the help of the Browser uploaders there is less trouble and therefore easy to abandon the added value of Flash…

  • Change the WordPress Message

    The notifications of WordPress for the author of an article or comments are not always right on the spot according to the needs. WordPress also knew that and created these functions so that it’s easy to adapt notifications to your needs or can completely be replaced. Therefore, I will briefly show how to adjust the…