WordPress Hacks, Tips, Tutorials from the last decade.

  • Join To Design A Graphic For The New Maintenance Mode Plugin

    The Maintenance Mode Plugin “!Wartungsmodus” is a very often used Plugin but I hardly changed it for a long time. But not long ago David Hellmann came up with a wonderful design proposal and I created the Plugin completely new with different options. From now on you can pick the design for the maintenance page.…

  • Joomla Fireboard to WordPress WP-FORUM Converter

    Not long ago, we introduced a script by Marco to convert your Joomla content to WordPress. Now Marco from solariz.de adapted the script to convert your content of Joomla Fireborad to WordPress WP-Forum. It works exactly like the Joomla converter, it is also not a “click & ready” script, basic knowledge of PHP are needed…

  • WordPress Basis Theme – Also In HTML5

    Since I deal with WordPress (version 0.71), I have my own theme layout created, which I always use to start with a new theme – WP Basis. I published this theme under GPL since then and it is quite popular. I have continued the development on the theme and it has grown with every version…

  • WordPress 2.8 Single Post Navigation Widget

    Since WordPress 2.8, there is a new Widget API. In our post Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget With The New Widget API, I have used a simple example to describe how to build a Widget. This time Heiko and I’ve created something more complex.

  • Your Support Is Much Appreciated !

    It’s time to thank our loyal readers, without them, this website wouldn’t exist! Thank you very much for your great support! And we don’t want to forget to say thank you to our loyal sponsors and welcome our new sponsors on WP Engineer! We hope that you find the services and offers of our sponsors…

  • WordPress Updates via FTP on Windows XAMPP installations

    Sometimes I have the need to simulate an ordinary hoster environment that behaves the same way as a real one would do. This also includes the automatic update behavior WordPress shows for Core, Plugins or Themes. In most cases this is useful for testing purpose but also to create tutorial screencasts like “How to use…