Wptuts+: A Better Forum List Widget for bbPress
When I moved back over to bbPress I had to create a custom widget to improve on the default Forum List widget. I wrote a tutorial about the whole process…
Tag: Widget
Magazine Premium is Ready and I Want to Give Away 5 Copies
I’m almost finished Magazine Premium and I thought it would be a good idea to open up a discussion to see what features people would like to see available. Now…
How to Widgetize your WordPress sidebar
WordPress widgets are great. They have tons of amazing functions and are extremely easy to use. The only problem is that not all themes support them. But that is a…
Checking if a Widget has Been Activated in WordPress
Sometimes, it is extremely difficult to find out if a function already exists in WordPress or if you need to create one yourself to get it to function how you…
How to Create a WordPress Widget
While I was developing my Magazine Basic 2.0 backend interface, I decided to include a few widgets that I thought would be useful. The only problem was I had no…
Using WP_Query to Fetch Posts in WordPress
I was just putting together a WordPress widget for a client and I came across a small road block. I was using <?php query_post(); ?> to set the loop to…
Modifying the WordPress Tag Cloud Widget Font Size
Using WordPress widgets for your sidebar really makes things easy on programmers and especially on users. The only problem I have come across is customizing the widgets so that they…