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Great WordPress Plugins (Small Giants) – Part 2
A WordPress plugin can choose to be great instead of big, and it seems obvious to me that people always want to use an efficient plugin that is somewhat feature-limited, rather than a plugin that does a lot of things, but also uses a lot of resources along the way.
In the previous article in this Small Giants series, I have introduced five plugins that are very useful, but lack awareness. This time,... more
Ten Useful WordPress Constants You Might Love
A WordPress constant is simply a variable that can not be changed once it is defined. As static as a constant is, it still plays an important role in controlling how your WordPress works.
If you are asked to name some WordPress constants, it would not be a surprise if you mention ones like WP_DEBUG, ABSPATH, or WP_LANG, because they are somewhat widely used. In this article, I will list and explain other... more
Remove Trailing Slash for Permalinks with Extensions
If you are using a permalink structure that has a trailing slash at the end, read this tip to know how to remove such slash for virtual pages, whose URLs end in their extensions!... more
Create Fake Pages in WordPress
People's need is changing everyday, and so is WordPress. From a simple blogging software, WordPress has evolved into a somewhat feature-rich Content Management System. It is, therefore, not a surprise if we, users and developers, always try to do crazy things with WordPress these days, and creating virtual (fake) WordPress pages is simply one of those unusual objectives.
So, what do we need fake pages for anyway? What I find particularly useful about... more
Automatically Make Links Clickable
Use the magic function make_clickable() to make links in your post clickable, just like in comment text.... more
Ready Your Images for JS Media Viewers
Who doesn't want a fancy popup effect for images? Make your images ready for ColorBox, Shadowbox, Fancybox, or any other Javascript Media Viewers, now!... more
Protecting the WordPress wp-admin Folder
Do not let curious people request your wp-admin at all, block them based on their IP addresses or by using an additional pair of username and password.... more
Customize your WordPress Tag Cloud
Tag cloud, one of the most popular things in the blogging industry, is taken care of quite well in WordPress. What we got is a function that generates a customizable tag cloud with some configurable parameters such as font size, font unit, sorting order, etc. This function also provides some hooks for us end-users to modify the output to suit our needs.
In this article I would like to show you how to... more
Add Polldaddy Polls to WordPress
Having polls in your posts or your sidebars might attract your visitors' interest in one way or another. The question is what poll systems you can use and how you should use them. There are some WordPress plugins out there that do their jobs just fine, but if you want a more comprehensive solution, Polldaddy will be your perfect poll system.
Adding Polldaddy.com's polls to your blog is rather easy, but all the... more
Remove WordPress’s Version Number
Remove WordPress's version number in header, feeds, and media links without using any plugin!... more
Disable HTML in Comments Entirely
If you do not want your visitors to post any HTML in their comments, this tip is definitely for you!... more
Disable some WordPress Pages of Little Use
There are pages in WordPress that you might never use, such as daily archive page, attachment page, and so on. This tip will show you how to disable them!... more
