One of the reasons I LOVE WordPress is that it makes some mundane programming chores very easy, particularly working with the database. WP uses a modified version of the ezSQL to interact with the database, and provides a number of data cleansing functions, both of which are huge time savers. One other thing that WP […]
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WordPress: Fatal Memory Error when Upgrading to 3.1.1 or 3.2
[UPDATE] This also applies to 3.2. I’m finding that I have to deactivate more and more plugins as time goes on. I believe it is the UNZIP operation that is eating up so much memory. But something awesome should occur after you get 3.2 installed…future upgrades are only going to update the changed files. This […]
WordPress: Add Your Plugin’s Settings Link to Admin Plugins Page
Hello, WordPress plugin authors! I’ve been envious of that little “Settings” link on the Plugins page in the Admin on several of the plugins I use on my blogs. I wanted one for my own PhotoSmash plugin! My first stop, Google, yielded no fruit, but persistence paid off. So, thanks to GD-Star Ratings and Shadowbox-JS, […]
WordPress: Add Scripts to the Pages You Want
WordPress makes it very easy to load Scripts into your blog. The beauty of the method that WordPress provides is that it allows plugins and themes to use the same script at the same time by ensuring the script is loaded only once. The problem we often run into is that not everyone plays […]
WordPress – Can’t Automatically Upgrade to New Versions?
So, another security fix comes out for WordPress…2.8.6 this time. And I begin making the rounds to my sites upgrading. This is now a ritual for me since some kind hacker hacked me with the 2.7 hidden admin user exploit. Everything is going smooth…I’ve done 3 sites, when I get to a new site I’m […]
WordPress ReWrite – new Plugin Coming and a Hint
First of all, let me start by saying that Custom ReWriting in WordPress has consumed way more of my time than it ever should have. I have prayed and pleaded, even considered asking one of the WordPress Gurus on their message board, but I’ve not had much luck getting responses there (questions were probably so […]
WordPress: Get Category ID for a Category Page
It shouldn’t be this hard!! Here is a quick function for getting the Category ID for a WordPress Category Page. Once you get the Category ID, a world of possbilities opens up. You can get the category object and all the info you need related to that Cat. I can’t believe how hard it was […]
PhotoSmash Galleries Plugin turns 1,000
Even as I sit here trying to fix a thorny problem with PhotoSmash, I popped by the plugin’s page and noticed that it had turned 1,000 downloads on the nose. Let’s hope the next 1,000 downloads have it a bit easier. PhotoSmash is a WordPress photo gallery plugin lets you let your visitors upload images […]
Supple Forms – A WordPress CMS Plugin
I am pleased to announce the release of Supple Forms, a CMS plugin for WordPress. If you’ve been looking for content management on WordPress, Supple Forms may be part of your solution. It is easy, flexible, powerful, and lightweight. Supple Forms offers two significant functions for your blog: 1) building custom write panels for the […]
Hosting Your WP Plugin with Aptana and Subclipse – Video pt. 2
This is the 2nd part of this 3 part video series on hosting a plugin on WordPress.org. There are 3 easy steps to accomplish this, but you need to do them all and you have to do them in order. So if you haven’t already gotten your WordPress Subversion repository in an email, take a […]
