Now you can control the styles of the WordPress content editor (TinyMCE) by using the following snippet in your functions.php file, and by adding an editor-style.css file to your...

Very cool snippet to add a WordPress login form anywhere you want: <?php wp_login_form(); ?> More details @...

Using the code below, you can allow your theme to set the default configuration for WP. Useful if you use the same theme as a framework a d do a lot of clean website installs. function set_theme_defaults() { $o = array( 'avatar_default'            => 'blank', 'avatar_rating'             => 'G', 'category_base'             => '', 'comment_max_links'         => 0, 'comments_per_page'         => 0, 'date_format'               => 'F j, Y', 'default_ping_status'       => 'closed', ...

WordPress 3.0 is just about to be launched to the public. As of this writing, RC3 is available, but from what I have read, the actual final version could come out as early as later today. I am looking forward to it, but as with anything new, there are new things to learn, adapt and implement. Over the next few days, I will be adding snipets of various articles I have read releated to the new changes within WP 3.0 and how to add them or use them within your new website. I am not doing this to take credit for the information; rather this is for ME! My idea is to put all of this reference material in one...

Recently, WordPress 3.0 RC-1 became available. I normally don’t mess with release candidate versions as you never know what you are getting, but I happened to have a great project that seemed fitting to try this. Since 3.0 is now allowing Custom Post Types along with the new Custom Menu feature, this was the right fit. This will be a short posting, but so far I LIKE! It seems as though I have already been able to replace a number of plugins. As plugins tend to use up resources and provide additional security concerns, this is a great thing. Most of the documentation is still very lacking, so you...

Recently, a client of the company I am working for contacted me because their WordPress based website was “messed up.” This website was developed prior to me joining the firm, but I was happy to take a look. After reviewing the website, it was apparent that the website had been hacked. Avoid the website hacker with simple security changes It appears at first glance that this was an Admin Brute Force Password hack, which is not an uncommon hack that affects WordPress websites. As a matter of fact, this is a common attack on a number of CMS platforms. Any CMS platform that has a master user...