WordPress

This is my dumping grounds for all things WordPress. I’ll post themes, plugins, tutorials, and hacks under this topic. Have a look around. There’s plenty for everybody.

Doing more with gravatars: Part 2

We’ve learned how to spruce up our comments sections a bit with the first part of this series. Now, we’ll cover an about the author section for single posts. I think this will mostly be useful for blogs and sites with multiple authors because you might want to tell more about who is writing the post.

Doing more with Gravatars: Part 1

I’ve been playing around quite a bit with the gravatar feature for WordPress since it now comes built in. I’ve learned a few things, so I figured I’d share them with you. From this point forward, I will assume you know what a gravatar is.

Widgetize This!

I’m about to go all WordPress Geek 2.5 on y’all now. So, if you don’t want to look at PHP code or have no clue what a widget is, then you might want to take a break from this post.

Cleaner WordPress Gallery Plugin

So you upgraded your WordPress blog to the nifty new 2.5 only to use the gallery feature that Matt Mullenweg has been raving about. Now, you upload that first set of pictures to only find that there are a lot of problems.

In defense of the WordPress 2.5 widget panel

I’ve heard a lot of moaning and complaining about the new WordPress dashboard. Some of these complaints are valid, such as the need for the dashboard to be either centered or fluid-width for users with larger screens. I want to argue the other side of one of the major complaints … Continue reading →

Highlighting 10 great Options theme mods

I know quite a few of you have been waiting for me to deliver on my promise in the forums to put up a showcase of your work, so here it is — the best mods of the Options theme.

Options WordPress Theme Version 1.1

I finally finished this thing. I could probably work on it another week or two and never be fully satisfied. It seems that every moment longer I work on it, I learn something new. I figured I’d better just go ahead and release this version, or I’ll be working for … Continue reading →

WordPress updates and stuff of interest

I think some of you have already noticed that I didn’t release the latest version of the Options theme by the end of the week. Don’t fret. I’ve been hard at work. Really, really hard. Now, that should excuse me from releasing this thing, right? When will I release it? … Continue reading →

The Options theme's new groove

That’s right. I said “new groove.” I thought it’d at least be a catchy post title. So, what’s this all about? The Options WordPress theme is almost out of beta. I’ve foregone some of the planned smaller releases and am jumping ahead to the official release this week. With over … Continue reading →

My future in the WordPress community

I was recently asked to participate along with quite a few other designers in answering a not-so-simple question — Where will WordPress themes go in the future? Ian Stewart put together a panel of leaders in the WordPress theming community to answer this question, and I was happy to participate. … Continue reading →