27 July 2010, 12:59 pm
As a followup to my previous post, I’ve created a bookmarklet that you can use to install a WordPress plugin. While viewing a plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory, click this bookmarklet, and you’ll be guided in installing that plugin on your site. Here’s a screencast showing i... Read More »
24 July 2010, 5:39 pm
Remember when you had to install WordPress plugins by uploading them manually via FTP? I do. Heck, I remember when there weren’t plugins, and you had to copy and paste PHP code! We’ve come a long way, but I realized the other day that there is one more way that we could improve ease of i... Read More »
18 July 2010, 10:11 pm
Iva asks: For us who use shared/clustered hosting solutions, there a good and free way to run WordPress 3.0 with a couple of sub-sites using more than one database? Check out HyperDB. It does exactly this! Paul asks: How can someone make sure that their theme is compatible with the latest WordPress ... Read More »
17 July 2010, 9:29 am
In the past few days, WordPress has become entangled in a debate about WordPress theme licensing. It was specifically centered around Thesis, one of the last notable proprietary theme holdouts. Chris Pearson, who develops and sells Thesis, refuses to license Thesis under the GNU General Public Licen... Read More »
8 July 2010, 12:24 am
Brad asks: What’s the optimal way to store large amounts of meta data for a taxonomy without creating a custom table in WordPress? WordPress has meta tables for the site (options table), posts, comments and users. It lacks a table for meta data about taxonomies (categories, tags, custom taxono... Read More »
1 July 2010, 11:41 am
I’ve set up a question submission form where you can send me interesting WordPress-related questions. They can be seeking advice on everything from usage, to hardcore plugin and theme development issues. I’ll periodically pick a good one and answer it here on this blog! ... Read More »
14 May 2010, 1:17 am
WordPress is the number one user-installed web app, and its growth is showing no signs of slowing. If you are a web host, and you don’t have a specific strategy for WordPress, you’re likely operating your service inefficiently, and may be opening yourself up to security issues. This is t... Read More »
11 February 2010, 3:22 pm
The following is a non-exhaustive list of things you can do to get your plugin rejected or removed from the WordPress.org plugin directory. Yes, this is tongue-in-cheek. This is a list of things NOT TO DO. Give it a license that is incompatible with WordPress’ license. Host your plugin elsewh... Read More »
18 January 2010, 3:32 am
I have several WordPress plugins. They’re hosted on the WordPress.org plugin repository, but I also have a page for each plugin on my own site. I’ve found it tedious to have to update both places separately. Things get out of sync, or worse, I put off plugin updates because I loathe upda... Read More »
22 December 2009, 11:19 pm
Many WordPress themes, especially those with “magazine-like” layouts, use an image to represent each post. It might just be on the front page. It might be alone, or alongside an excerpt. Until now, there was no standardized way to do this. Many themes would require you to tediously enter... Read More »
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