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Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock

My name is Justin Tadlock. Somehow, you've managed to stumble upon my blog. Take a look around, and tell me what you think.

Template Tag Shortcodes: WordPress Plugin

Template Tag Shortcodes: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 24, 2009

Template Tag Shortcodes is a plugin that turns WordPress template tags into easy-to-use [shortcodes] that can be deployed in your posts and pages.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 47 Responses

Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin

Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 15, 2009

Have you ever wanted a WordPress widget that would allow you to display posts your way? Now you can have that. Check out the Query Posts widget.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Widgets | 162 Responses

Page templates: The untapped potential of WordPress

Page templates: The untapped potential of WordPress

By Justin Tadlock on March 13, 2009

Page templates hold the key to unleashing a powerful site using WordPress. This is the first post in a series of tutorials on how to make the best use of this feature of WordPress.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 33 Responses

Finding my passion again

Finding my passion again

By Justin Tadlock on March 9, 2009

It’s time, once again, for me to reevaluate my life and make some changes. It’s time for me to be passionate about my goals again.

Tagged Alabama, Life | 30 Responses

Disable widget areas (sidebars) without touching theme templates

Disable widget areas (sidebars) without touching theme templates

By Justin Tadlock on March 6, 2009

A guide on how to remove WordPress widgets areas on a conditional basis with sacrificing the original theme code.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Widgets | 24 Responses

My plugins are now hosted on the WordPress plugins repository

My plugins are now hosted on the WordPress plugins repository

By Justin Tadlock on March 5, 2009

Most of my plugins will now be hosted at WordPress.org. Find out why and see what’s in store for future plugins.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 11 Responses

Widgets Reset: WordPress Plugin

Widgets Reset: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 3, 2009

If you’ve ever lost your WordPress widgets when switching themes or they’ve gotten stuck in some random widget area, you should check out this plugin. It completely resets all of your widgets.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Widgets | 58 Responses

What's in store for WordPress themes in 2009?

What’s in store for WordPress themes in 2009?

By Justin Tadlock on March 2, 2009

Wanna know what the future holds for WordPress themes? Ian Stewart asks 15 people to answer that very question.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Discussion | 17 Responses

Replacing "sidebar" in WordPress

Replacing “sidebar” in WordPress

By Justin Tadlock on February 14, 2009

We need to come up with standard terminology for naming widget-ready areas in WordPress as opposed to calling everything a sidebar.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Discussion | 65 Responses

The slippery slope dilemma: How much control should users have?

The slippery slope dilemma: How much control should users have?

By Justin Tadlock on February 9, 2009

How much control should theme designers give end users over the design of the WordPress theme from the theme settings page?

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Discussion | 47 Responses

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Tutorials

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