Category: Wordpress
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Best Directory Themes for WordPress
If you are curious about how to run a web directory, there are plenty of directory scripts available and certainly wordpress is worth considering. All you have to do is install a wordpress theme or a plugin to convert your wordpress blog to a powerful link directory. These are the wordpress themes you need to…
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How to get custom field value in WordPress?
Custom fields often associated with blog post and are widely expoited by wordpress programmers and theme designers to store various values. Here is a easy way to fetch the custom field value in wordpress. Just remember that this will only work if placed within the wordpress loop. <?php $zip_code = get_post_meta($post->ID, “zipcode”, true); echo $zip_code;…
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How to output category name in WordPress?
Time after time, i have been forgetting this wordpress. You will know how important it is to output a category name in index page or in the blog post page (single.php) Here are the 2 easy ways to output the category name. Dont forget that this code will only work, only within the post loop.…
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Tutorial: How to write a WordPress Plugin?
WordPress is not just a blogging platform and it is such a powerful CMS with unlimited capabilities, besides having a huge user base. Almost anything can be scripted with wordpress. You can extend wordpress either by means of plugin or by a theme. In this tutorial, i will show you how to write a Hello…
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How to manually upgrade wordpress from older versions
If you have a good old version of version of wordpress, then most probably you dont have automatic upgrade option and you have to do the upgrade manually. All new versions of wordpress have automatic upgrade option where you have to go to wp-admin > Tools > upgrade and all done with one click. Here…
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Where does wordpress store htaccess rewrite rules?
If you are thinking for one second the rules are stored in .htaccess in the wordpress folder, you are totally wrong. Infact these rules are stored in mysql database in the wp_options table under rewrite_rules field. Checkout this site for complete list of wordpress 2.x rewrite rules Although it is common for most php related…
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How to get parent category name in WordPress?
In wordpress, sometimes you may have many subcategories for a different parent categories. By default wordpress lists all sub-categories. if i have category structure like Drupal– 2 Column– 3 Column– Left sidebar– Right sidebar WordPress– Fixed Width– Widget Ready– News/Magazine– Photogallery and if i do a wordpress post (with title say CSS Gallery) inside WordPress…
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10 Best WordPress PLUGINS You Never want to MISS!
10 Best WordPress Plugins you never want to miss out! I have compiled the much needed and most important plugins for your wordpress blog. It is essential to install these plugins for every wordpress blogger! 1. Akismet Anti-Spam Countering spam is the first step be done for any new wordpress blog. Spam in the form…