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Breadcrumb Trail: WordPress Plugin

Breadcrumb Trail: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on April 5, 2009

Breadcrumb Trail is a plugin that allows you to easily display a breadcrumb menu (a navigational tool) anywhere within your WordPress theme.

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Rule #1: The guide to WordPress SEO

Rule #1: The guide to WordPress SEO

By Justin Tadlock on March 28, 2009

In this post, I’ll let you in on the most important secret when it comes to great SEO for your website. In fact, it’s all you’ll ever need to know.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 55 Responses

Get the latest sticky posts in WordPress

Get the latest sticky posts in WordPress

By Justin Tadlock on March 28, 2009

Problem: You need to query the first x number of sticky posts in WordPress. Solution: Read the guide on how to load these posts.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Tutorials | 44 Responses

Quote This: WordPress Plugin

Quote This: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 26, 2009

A WordPress plugin for displaying quotes on your blog with either the quote_this() template tag, [quote-this] shortcode, or the Quote This widget.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Widgets | 12 Responses

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.

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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

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

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