If you've used WordPress for long, you've probably noticed a contextual help tab in the upper-right hand corner of the dashboard. It looks something like this: While working on the newest version of one of our plugins, I was looking … [Continue reading]
Easily add text to post title based on category
Have you ever wanted to add a little specification to your post titles if they were in a certain category. For instance this post. I have it filed under "Quick Tip". What if I wanted to add the text "Quick Tip:" in front of every post in that … [Continue reading]
How to modify the main WordPress query the right way
Have you ever wanted to tweak what content WordPress served up on a particular portion of your website? Perhaps on your home page instead of the default 10 posts you only want to show 3 or maybe you want to exclude a particular category. When I … [Continue reading]
PSA: How to Add… Without a WordPress Plugin
Let me be extremely clear. If you ever read an article that includes the phrase "how to add anything without a plugin", beware! They do not necessarily have your best interests in mind. What they generally have in mind is getting traffic by giving … [Continue reading]
How to Translate a WordPress Plugin
We get quite a few emails asking how to translate our plugins so I thought it might be a good time to layout the process just a bit. The process is actually pretty simple but if you've never done it before and be a little intimidating. The entire … [Continue reading]