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Managing WordPress Tags

By Justin Tadlock on October 14, 2007

Do you input 50 different tags to compliment your post?
Use “blog,” “blogs,” and “blogging” as a tag every time you post?
List “WordPress” as a tag simply because you’re using that blogging platform?
Add random things that have nothing to do whatsoever with the content of your post itself as a tag?
Put flashes of thought or sudden [...]

Tagged ags, WordPress | 8 Responses

New Directions: Which Path Should My Blog Wander Down?

New Directions: Which Path Should My Blog Wander Down?

By Justin Tadlock on October 11, 2007

Don’t let the title fool you. I have a few specific things in mind that I want to accomplish with this blog. I have, however, been constantly asking myself this question lately.
I want to do something new with this site. It’s felt a little stale to me for some time now, and [...]

Tagged ags, goals, Updates, WordPress | 1 Response

Cleaning Up Your WordPress Blog & Other Extreme Sports

By Justin Tadlock on September 30, 2007

With the summer ending and the autumn chill in the air, which is actually quite nice, I felt that it was time to do some major housecleaning. No, not by breaking out the mop and broom—but my brain, fingers, keyboard, and sheer force of will (I should probably break out the mop and broom [...]

Tagged ags, blog, Bookmarks, cleaning files, Custom Fields, features, links, pages, plugins, Tips, WordPress | 15 Responses

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