Tag Archives: plugin
WordPress Security Lockdown
This article is split into two parts for ez reference. First some information on the evil WordPress “Pharma Hack”, and then a recipe for protecting your site with a solid security lockdown. Choose your own adventure: Pharma Hacked Security Lockdown Pharmaceutical Apocalypse A few weeks ago, DigWP.com was hit with the so-called Pharma Hack. We [...]
WordPress JSON API Plugin
WordPress already kind of has an XML API. Basically, RSS feeds. WordPress creates feeds for all kinds of stuff: recent posts, comment threads on any Page or Post that has comments, category-specific, tag-specific, and more. The codex covers all this and we’ve also covered creating your own unique feeds that could literally be from any [...]
Nice Way to Encourage Plugin Upgrading
A while back we talked about upgrading plugins. Specifically the All-in-One SEO pack and the controversy surrounding how it turns it self off after (some) updates. This is what that plugin looks like when it needs an updating:
Normal look for a plugin that needs updating
But W3 Total Cache also needed an upgrading, and this is [...]
How to Add Your Plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory
Getting your plugins listed in the official WordPress Plugin Directory is considered a chore by many, but it’s nothing that should stop you from sharing your plugin with the community at large. Up until now, I haven’t really bothered with adding my plugin collection to the Directory, but after Herb Goodman helped to package my [...]
Why All-In-One SEO Deactivates
In the past I’ve been pretty pissy about the All-In-One SEO plugin from Michael Torbert automatically deactivating itself after updates. My reasoning:
If you update and forget to re-activate (somewhat hard to do since it reminds the shit out of you on every page of the admin), it could cause problems.
We are forced to see Michael’s [...]
How to Develop WordPress Themes Behind the Scenes
A reader recently asked about how to develop a theme on a live site such that:
All visitors will see the current theme
Only the designer will see the new theme
All site plugins will work with the new theme
Smooth transition between old and new theme at launch
These are the main concerns, but there are a few other [...]
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Feature/Bury Comments
In my WordPress Wishes post, I mentioned something I thought would be cool: the ability to “feature” or “bury” comments. This would be very simple, just a few extra links when viewing the comment moderation list in the Admin area. The result would just be extra CSS class names applied when the comments list is [...]