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Introducing Kirby Junior

Introducing Kirby Junior

By Justin Tadlock on January 06, 2010

Should the Kirby theme be the new default WordPress theme? I’m giving it a test run here on my blog, and I have a few thoughts.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Themes | 48 Responses

My Snippets: WordPress Plugin

My Snippets: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on December 03, 2009

The My Snippets plugin gives you a meta box that allows you to control widget content on a post-by-post basis.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 67 Responses

Sidebar (widget area) descriptions in WordPress 2.9

Sidebar (widget area) descriptions in WordPress 2.9

By Justin Tadlock on November 24, 2009

How to add descriptions to individual widget areas in WordPress 2.9 and why this is a useful feature for end users.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 58 Responses

Everything you need to know about WordPress 2.9′s post image feature

Everything you need to know about WordPress 2.9′s post image feature

By Justin Tadlock on November 16, 2009

An in-depth look at how the post image feature in WordPress 2.9 can be used from the perspective of both end users and developers.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 173 Responses

Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9

Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9

By Justin Tadlock on November 09, 2009

How to make use of a simple file change in WordPress 2.9 to add an excerpt box and custom taxonomy boxes to your page editor.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 27 Responses

Plugin and theme authors should force users to upgrade

Plugin and theme authors should force users to upgrade

By Justin Tadlock on September 22, 2009

By cutting off backwards compatibility, WordPress theme and plugin developers can help keep users’ sites more secure.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Discussion | 55 Responses

Custom capabilities in plugins and themes

Custom capabilities in plugins and themes

By Justin Tadlock on September 18, 2009

How to make your WordPress plugin or theme more flexible by allowing users to select who has access to its settings page(s).

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 32 Responses

Members: WordPress Plugin

Members: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on September 17, 2009

Members is a plugin that extends your control over your blog. It’s a user, role, and content management plugin that was created to make WordPress a more powerful CMS.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 221 Responses

Adding and using custom user profile fields

Adding and using custom user profile fields

By Justin Tadlock on September 10, 2009

How to create and display custom user profile fields in WordPress that allow users to input additional information about themselves.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 100 Responses

Beta test my upcoming user, role, and content management plugin

Beta test my upcoming user, role, and content management plugin

By Justin Tadlock on September 07, 2009

The first test release of my user, role, and content management plugin for WordPress. I’m looking for people to test it and provide feedback.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 53 Responses

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