Display Time Since Published in WordPress
This is just a little snippet I discovered in the WordPress codex that allows your to display the time since your post was published. I wrote it into a little…
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Post to a URL Using cURL and PHP
A client needed me to write a script that would collect information from their database and post it to a specific URL, just like it was being submitted by a…
Shorten Your Post Titles in WordPress
This is not a function that you would need to use often, but I came across a reason to use it recently and I thought it might be a good…
Excluding Pages from WordPress Search
When people visit my site and do a search, I assume they’re looking for results within my posts and not in any of my static pages. Too bad WordPress automatically…
Quick Function to Shorten the Post Title in WordPress
For some reason, a lot of people seem to be using extremely long post titles. I am a firm believer in making a title as precise as possible to make…
Check if a Page is a Child of Another Page in WordPress
This post has been updated in “is_child() Conditional Function for WordPress”. WordPress has some default conditional tags that are really helpful when developing themes and plugins that need specific functions…
Display a List of Upcoming Posts in WordPress
When you have completed a post in WordPress, you have the ability to save it as a draft, publish it immediately or schedule a future date when it will be…
Using jQuery to make an Expandable Code Box for WP-Syntax
You may have noticed that I’m using a new syntax highlighter for my code snippets. I installed Ryan McGeary‘s WordPress plugin WP-Syntax which uses GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter), a simple…
Display Random Posts in WordPress
I am working on a new WordPress site and I wanted to display a selection of random posts at the bottom of every page. It is pretty simple to do,…
Win a One-Year Subscription to Layers Magazine
October is here and that means it’s time for another contest. This month I will be giving away a one-year subscription to Layers Magazine. For those who have never heard…