Let me pause here and say that this blog is not going to become all WordPress, all the time. I don't really plan on writing five plugins in a single month ever again (this is #4; there's another being uploaded to wordpress.org right now). Two things happened. First, I had two … [Read more...] about Another WordPress plugin: Dashboard Notepad (and some backstory)
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Posts vs. Pages
Should you use posts or pages for your content? On the surface, they are much the same in WordPress. They share a similar editing screen1. Both can accept comments and trackbacks. How do you decide which is best for you? If your site contains a blog of any variety — a … [Read more...] about Posts vs. Pages
New WordPress plugin: Import HTML Pages
This plugin will import a directory of files as either pages or posts, according to configurable settings. You may specify the HTML tag containing the content you want to import (e.g. <body>, <div id="content"> or <td width="732">) or the name of a Dreamweaver … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: Import HTML Pages
New WordPress plugin: Recent Posts with Excerpts widget
I've written a widget that lists your most recent posts with excerpts, optionally limited to a category. The number of posts and excerpts is configurable; for example, you could show five posts but include the excerpt for only the most recent. Supports The Excerpt Reloaded and … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: Recent Posts with Excerpts widget
New WordPress plugin; new WordPress site
My new Next Page plugin provides shortcodes and template tags for previous, next, and parent navigation in pages. It's a feature I've wanted for a while, and a post in the support forum finally made me figure out the code (and then rewrite it from scratch to make it work as a … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin; new WordPress site
Previous and Next links for pages
Ever want to let your visitors browse your pages in order? You've probably discovered that previous_posts_link and next_posts_link don't work on pages. I've written a plugin, Next Page, to solve the problem. You'll get an options screen allowing you to specify the language of … [Read more...] about Previous and Next links for pages
Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener
Everyone wants the shortest links possible, mostly thanks to Twitter. There are a number of tutorials on creating your own link shortening service, and for WordPress sites, the Link Shortcut plugin is the most popular option. You don't need it. If your domain (including the … [Read more...] about Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener
When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
…but you can log in at wordpress.com itself, and you're using Firefox… …you probably need to go to your cookie preferences and check "Accept third-party cookies," because the stats are loaded in an iframe, and Firefox is trying to protect you from yourself. … [Read more...] about When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
Amazon Search plugin
The Amazon Search plugin for WordPress now includes the editor buttons I created for one of my Seekrit Projects (which is, alas, still in progress). Thanks, Andy! … [Read more...] about Amazon Search plugin
New WordPress plugin: Mass Format Conversion
Mass Format Conversion applies all content filters to posts and comments and saves them back to the database. This is useful if you have been using Textile or Markdown (for example) and you want to switch to plain HTML. Use it with caution! … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: Mass Format Conversion
