Stephanie Leary

Writer and WordPress consultant

  • Books
    • Content Strategy for WordPress (2015)
    • WordPress for Web Developers (2013)
    • Beginning WordPress 3 (2010)
  • Blog
    • Fascism Watch (2016-17)
    • Content Modeling for WordPress series
    • WordPress Hidden Gems series
  • Work
    • Portfolio
    • Services
    • WordPress Plugins
    • WordPress Themes
    • Presentations and Interviews
    • on GitHub →
  • About
    • Press Kit
  • Contact
    • Mailing List

Small update to Twenty Links

October 8, 2011 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

I've just posted a minor update that fixes several bugs: incorrect URLs for subdirectory installations (props aldolet), an endless link tag in trashed post notice, and a bad layout on "not found" pages. I've also removed the plus links when viewing the home page, where they're … [Read more...]

WordPress twenty links

Delicious XML Importer plugin and Twenty Links theme updated

October 3, 2011 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

If you use Delicious, you've probably noticed that AVOS has started rolling out some changes. As a result, I've updated the Delicious XML Importer plugin and the Twenty Links theme. Between the importer and the theme, you can set up a pretty great alternative to Delicious on your … [Read more...]

WordPress Delicious, delicious xml importer, Plugins, themes, twenty links

Twenty Links, a Delicious-inspired Twenty Ten child theme

December 17, 2010 Stephanie Leary 9 Comments

Since I got all my Delicious bookmarks imported, I needed a theme that more or less mimicked the Delicious functionality. For my installation, I've added scribu's Query Multiple Taxonomies plugin, which provides a great Tag Drilldown widget to go with the rudimentary tag filter I … [Read more...]

WordPress Delicious, themes, twenty links

Latest WordPress Book

Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

Read the sample chapter

Kindle Nook iBooks Kobo Smashwords

WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

WordPress for Web Developers is out now. See what's inside...

The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Options.php

Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 3: a sample content model

This is an excerpt from Content Strategy for WordPress.My latest books are Content Strategy for WordPress (2015) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013). Sign up to be notified when I have a new book for you.

Copyright © 2022 Stephanie Leary