Tag: development

  • 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…

  • Disable WordPress Search

    Not always is the search in WordPress desired. The one or another application with WordPress doesn’t need this feature. Even if it is an added value in my opinion. In some cases, it still shouldn’t be displayed and so I have them deactivated with access to two hooks. For now, I can see no other…

  • 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…

  • 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!