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It's the little things that matter

It’s the little things that matter

By Justin Tadlock on February 7, 2010

Attention to detail is one of the most valuable things a developer can do to stand out from the crowd.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Discussion | 5 Responses

Showing custom post types on your home/blog page

Showing custom post types on your home/blog page

By Justin Tadlock on February 2, 2010

How to add custom post types to your blog post rotation on your WordPress home (blog/posts) page.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 18 Responses

Introducing Kirby Junior

Introducing Kirby Junior

By Justin Tadlock on January 6, 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 | 43 Responses

My Snippets: WordPress Plugin

My Snippets: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on December 3, 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 | 56 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 | 47 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 | 112 Responses

Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9

Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9

By Justin Tadlock on November 9, 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 | 23 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 | 53 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 | 25 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 | 146 Responses

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