Really all that is necessary is this: Go Settings -> General: WordPress Address (URL) Site Address (URL) And set both of them to www.yoursite.com (instead of yoursite.com), wordpress automagically takes care for setting all the urls to www.yoursite.com and that’s it. If that isn’t enough: Install the Redirection plugin and you can just set the Full Article…
WordPress oEmbeds for TED videos
Add the following to your theme’s functions.php file Now, you can embed TEDTalks two ways: [ted id=981] or http://www.ted.com/talks/ze_frank_s_web_playroom.html
Why is WordPress Free? What are the Costs?
This is a great article written on WP Beginner. WordPress?”. We tell them that WordPress is a free and open source software, which is usually followed by, “Why is WordPress Free?”. In this post, we will discuss why WordPress is free, the costs of running a WordPress site, and what’s the catch? WordPress is an Full Article…
Creating an advanced WordPess search
This article on WP Beginner covering how to add custom post type selections into an advanced search form. Fearless Flyer writes an article covering searching a custom post type with specific taxonomy terms applied to it via dropdown menu selects. A full on thread on WordPress Stack Exchange covering advanced search across multiple post types Full Article…
Remove WordPress default media image sizes
Taken from Studio Grasshopper. This post is in response to a question that has cropped up a couple of times in the Comments of my WordPress Featured Images – add_image_size() resizing and cropping demo article. The question? How to stop WordPress from creating default image sizes namely, the thumbnail, or medium, or large image sizes? Not quite Full Article…
Sort WordPress archives alphabetically grouped by starting letter
I know of no plugin that does this. However, some custom coding displaying every letter regardless of having posts or not: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/f524c9f4 Version that only displays letter heading when one or more posts fall under it: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/f2302b7cb Or try this:
Disable specified WordPress plugins when doing local development
Look up Mark Jaquith for more info.
Use Woocommerce’s Fancybox on extra pages
Taken form Foxrun Software WooCommerce comes with Fancybox, a Lightbox implementation, bundled as part of the core. It’s used on the product pages to display the image gallery pictures, and a common question is “How do I use WooCommerce’s fancybox to do X”. This article will walk you through how to do just that. Enable Lightbox The Full Article…
Force the use of a specific WordPress theme
Just paste the following code in the functions.php file. When this code will be executed, the “default” theme will replace your current theme. Inspired by Nathan Rice’s code to Serve IE6 Visitors the Default WordPress Theme, make sure to check it out too!