Best WordPress Tutorials of May 2013
11th Jun 2013 | Posted by Eko S. | 1 CommentWhy WordPress is one of the most popular CMS and blogging platform around? I think it because WordPress is free, customizable and have a great support by community or other developers. And as WordPress users, we should keep updated with the new development, tips and tricks shared by other developers.
In this article we are going to share very useful WordPress Tutorials for May 2013. We hope this post will help you in solving problems on your WordPress site and as a source of inspiration to develop your WordPress site.
WordPress Tutorials
A Walkthrough for Jetpack’s “Post by Email” Feature
by Barış Ünver
WordPress has a sufficient, mostly responsive, back-end and great applications for mobile devices, but there might come a day when you’ll just want to send an email to post an entry to your website.
In this post, we’re going to go through this handy little feature of Jetpack: Post by Email.
Quick Tip: After the Content – More From This Category
by Barış Ünver
Do you have a solid construction of categories on your blog? If so, you might not need a “Related Posts” section at all – you can just display latest posts from the same category.
In this post, we’re going to go through the “More From This Category” section, an alternative to “Related Posts”
Design Patterns in WordPress: An Introduction
by Tom McFarlin
In this series, we’re going to take a look at design patterns, specifically in the context of WordPress, how they’re useful, and some practical examples that we can use in our themes and plugins.
Before we get to taking a look at some practical examples, let’s define design patterns, and look at an example of how they are used in WordPress core.
Design Patterns in WordPress: The Singleton Pattern
by Tom McFarlin
In the first post in the series, we took a high-level survey and even reviewed the Observer Pattern to see how it’s possible to register various functions or objects with certain events that occur within the lifecycle of an application.
In this post, where’s going to take a look at the Singleton Pattern.
Quick Tip: After the Content – Share This
by Barış Ünver
If we’re saying that content is “king”, social media might as well be the “queen”. We can safely claim that social media is the most efficient way to spread the content around the web, in our time.
In this post, we’re going to cover how and why we should include a “Share This” section with our content.
Design Patterns in WordPress: The Simple Factory Pattern
by Tom McFarlin
In this post, we’ll take a look at another pattern – the Simple Factory Pattern – which is useful when you have a number of classes each of which has a unique purpose and that can be selected based on certain criteria.
Design Patterns in WordPress: We’re Just Getting Started
by Tom McFarlin
To wrap up this series, I wanted to provide a list of other patterns, resources, and guides that you may find useful if you’ve found this particular series useful in your development endeavors.
Quick Tip: After the Content – Comments
by Barış Ünver
What is the best way to get feedback from your readers? Social networks? Contact forms? Nope: Comments are the easiest and the most efficient way to get feedback about the content.
In this final piece of our series, we’re going to see the most important part after the content: comments.
Automatically spam comments with a very long url
by CSS Tricks
Here is a simple recipe to automatically mark as spam all comments with an url longer than 50 characters.
How to add nofollow attributes to all links in a specific category
by Sagive
Sometimes you may want to have an entire category of your blog with nofollow links, for exemple if you’re linking to a lot of external resources. Here is a quick and easy recipe to do so. Enjoy!
How to automatically insert a list of related articles below the post
by WP Tuts
When a reader finished reading one of your blog posts, why not suggesting him other article he might like as well? Here’s a quick tip to automatically display related posts (based on category) below the current post.
How-To: Create a Free Newsroom for Multi-Author WordPress Blogs
by Nathan B Weller
WordPress is the world’s number one blogging platform and CMS. As such it’s the platform of choice for most of the world’s largest and most popular blogs and content websites.
A big part of coping with their growth and meeting the challenges of high traffic, a 24/7 audience/readership, multiple authors, multiple teams and even multiple sites these blogs had to develop custom tools for managing their newsrooms.
Which is why in today’s post I’m going to highlight four of the best tools available for a growing multi-author blog.
Non-Destructive Customisation of WordPress Themes using a Child Theme
by Brian L
Similar to how Photoshop allows you to edit images using adjustment layers without altering the original image, you can use the same concept when customizing WordPress themes. Non-destructive customization has the advantage of being able to revert changes and keep the original files completely intact and untouched. The quickest and easiest way to begin non-destructive editing is by creating a child theme.
The WPLift Guide to WordPress Multisite: Everything You Need to Know
by Joe Fylan
However, by the time you’ve read this guide, not only will you be fully aware of the potential uses for this feature, but you will know how to quickly activate it on your own WordPress installation.
The WPLift Complete Guide to WordPress Password Recovery
by Sourav K
In today’s post, I’m going to show you four simple steps each of which will help you recover your WordPress password for the superuser better known as the default user ‘admin’.
Manage Multiple WordPress Sites from one Location – Which Service is Best?
by Fylan May
Here is some of the best tools available, ranging from free tools offering a basic service to those with multi-tiered pricing structures ideal for large networks and demanding users.
How to Add Numeric Pagination in Your WordPress Theme
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to add numeric pagination in your WordPress theme. The goal is to replace the default Older and Newer pagination links at the bottom of archive pages with easy to navigate page numbers.
How to Split Large XML Files in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to split large XML files in WordPress.
What is a WordPress Child Theme? Pros, Cons, and More
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will do our best to answer questions like what is a WordPress child theme, when should you create a child theme, why do people create child themes, and lastly advantages and disadvantages of using a child theme.
How to Style Your WordPress Comments Layout
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will be using those default classes to show you how to style your WordPress comments layout and some of the cool things you can do with it.
How to Install WordPress on your Windows Computer Using WAMP
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will show you how to install WordPress on your Windows computer using WAMP.
How to Add the Facebook Like Box / Fan Box in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will show you how to add the facebook fan box in WordPress.
How to Install WordPress Locally on Mac using MAMP
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to install WordPress locally on Mac using MAMP.
How to Add Multiple Post Thumbnails / Featured Images in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to add multiple post thumbnails / featured images in WordPress.
How to Create an Image Gallery in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will show you how to create an image gallery in WordPress. The goal is to add your images in a gallery that looks nice and clean. We will also show you how to open your images in a carousel or lightbox view to create an immersive full-screen experience.
How to Add Read it Later Buttons to Your WordPress Posts
by WP Beginner
In this article, we will show you how to add a read it later button to your WordPress posts. This will provide your readers with a convenient way to read your content later on any device.
How to Fix the Syntax Error in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to fix the unexpected syntax error in WordPress.
How to Find Post, Category, Tag, Comments, or User ID in WordPress
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to find post, category, tag, comments or user ID in WordPress.
How to Fix WordPress Login Page Refreshing and Redirecting Issue
by WP Beginner
In this article we will show you how to fix the WordPress login page refreshing and redirecting issue.
Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think
by Jonathan Wold
In this guide, we’ll outline the migration process and work through the steps with a sample project. We’ll also cover some of the challenges you might encounter and review the solutions.
Tips And Tricks For Testing WordPress Themes
by Daniel Pataki
The aim of this article is to share some of the tricks I use personally during and after development to achieve a bug-free product.
Making Conditional Tags Work Magic in Your WordPress Site
by Al Davis
Conditional Tags are one of those things that you can leverage on your WordPress site whether you are an ace in coding or just have enough knowledge to install a plugin. It’s amazing what a simple piece of PHP can do for your WordPress site.
Is Your WordPress 404 Page Killing Traffic & Drinking Your SEO Juice?
by Joe Foley
A 404 page is the error page that users see when the page they’re looking for is not at the URL they’ve landed on. “Not Found” pages are more than just a nuisance, however, they may be losing you both visitors and SEO juice as well.
When You Need WordPress Comments to Really, Completely, Totally Stop
by Patty J. Ayers
WordPress comments can be almost as hard to kill off, but I’m going to tell you exactly how.
The Complete Custom WordPress Theme Design Guide
by Jay Adrianna
There are 20 important parts one needs to take into account when designing a custom WordPress theme. This guide will introduce you to different areas of theme development. Let’s get started.
How to Identify WordPress Vulnerabilities
by Dejan Lukan
We all know that WordPress is the primary and most popular CMS system used on the internet. We also know that security in WordPress is not always taken for granted. The WordPress CMS system can have different vulnerabilities in older versions, so it’s vital keep it up-to-date.
So in this article, we’ll describe basic principles of identifying vulnerabilities on WordPress.
14 key WordPress functions to jump-start theme development
by Joe Nyaggah
There are about 13 key functions that I like to start out with and will add to them as needed
How These 11 WordPress Scripts Will Stop North Korea And Improve Your Blog
by James Richman
In this post you will get 11 WordPress scripts that will help improve your blog’s performance and that may or may not stop North Korea from terrorizing us.
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