Few days back, WordPress came up with its latest stable release – WordPress 3.4 – named “Green” after the guitarist Grant Green. Version 3.4 comes with several new features, both major and minor. For a…
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Tracking Social Media Sharing and Button-Clicks with JavaScript and WordPress
In the past several years, one trend has become apparent on blogs and websites of all sizes: Google Analytics is clearly the preferred way to track everything from a user’s operating system to the popular…
For the Novice Developer: The Anatomy of a WordPress Theme
The great thing about WordPress is that, due to its surging base of 60 million users, it’s one of the most widely-developed and themed content management systems in the world. This isn’t just due to…
Focusing on Usability with an Enhanced Pagination Design in WordPress Entries
WordPress has supported basic pagination in both entries and in lists of posted entries for quite some time, although this method is not the most intuitive way to navigate content. Because the developers behind this…
An In-Depth Understanding of WordPress Hooks
Say the phrase “WordPress hooks,” and any novice developer will almost invariably balk and begin fretting over how difficult it is to understand implement these advanced pieces of code in independent plugins and theme-specific functions.php…
Pros and Cons of Developing Plugins While Hosting them at the WordPress Repository
For nearly a decade, WordPress has been developed as an open source content management system, able to easily respond to changes and new demands in the marketplace. It is because of this flexibility and community…
Recently Released Free WordPress Themes
Free themes can be highly valuable resources to WordPress users and bloggers. While there is no shortage of premium themes available for purchase, the quality of free themes can sometimes exceed the expectations that you…
Syndication for Articles Only: The How and Why of an Articles-Only RSS Feed
There was a time, not too long ago, when blogging was only about creating full-length entry content for readers to peruse and interact with. That time has long passed, however, and has given way to…
Removing PHP out of WordPress Template Files and Placing it in Dynamic Pages and Posts
One of the things which characterizes WordPress is its broad use of PHP and “PHP-like” variables throughout its template files. These variables have remained unchanged for the better part of a decade since WordPress was…
WordPress Plugins That Make Your Life Easier
Whether you’re a designer, a developer (or both), chances are you don’t have a lot of spare time. With that in mind, here are some of my favorite WordPress plugins that can help you get…
