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Redesigning the WordPress Post Editor

Ghost is a project born from frustration with WordPress. Ironically it seems to be mostly WordPress power users who want to use it. The Ghost ...
My First Website

My first website was terrible. Not intentionally I hasten to add - but because I was told to make it bad... I started university in ...
WordPress Query: Exclude Posts With No Featured Image

So - I make WordPress themes - lots of them Something that's bugged me for a while is that I can't easily use the WP_Query ...
Automatic WordPress Updates on Nearlyfreespeech.net With ManageWP

My main websites (Binary Moon, and Pro Theme Design) are hosted with Liquidweb on a VPS, but I have many smaller sites and I like ...
Designing Perfection – A Waste of Time?

I know it's a little bit old but I read an article on Dustin Curtis blog recently about how perfection is a make or break ...

Improved Guidelines for Clients

I’ve changed gears to focus on freelance design and development this past year and I’m happy to say that in terms of client relations, there ...
An Unobtrusive ‘Edit’ Link

For WordPress projects, I prefer to keep admin views totally separate from public views, which is why some users dislike the admin toolbar. I usually ...
Wireframing in Google Docs

Some great templates for making quick sketches and wireframes with standard UI elements. Via Happy Cog.
Mimbo Pro Now Available from WordPress.com

Mimbo Pro was released way back in March of 2008 and I’m still proud to look back on it as one of the very first ...
Introducing Mimbo Pro 3.0

It's been almost 4 years since Mimbo Pro first hit the WordPress themes market. Since then we've made numerous enhancements to keep up with ...

On Yahoo-Tumblr

It now looks pretty certain that Yahoo has pulled off a deal to buy Tumblr for 1.1B. The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr has always ...
Houston: Modern American Boomtown

The Wall Street Journal interviews Annise Parker on Houston and calls it “The Modern American Boomtown”. I think Houston is the most under-appreciated city in ...
The Physical Graph

Wired has a great cover story on Audrey portfolio company SmartThings: In the Programmable World, All Our Objects Will Act as One.
Saudi Arabia Surveillance

A Saudi Arabia Telecom pitched Moxie Marlinspike on how to intercept Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber…
Four Little Numbers

Four Little Numbers, Joen Asmussen talks about working on this year’s new default theme for WordPress, which also just launched on WordPress.com.

I am taking my leave of Weblog Tools Collection, and thanks for everything!

Not many of the present readers might know me very well, and that in part, is the reason that I have made the decision to ...
Where to Find WordPress News

The landscape of news has changed so much over the last few years that news about a particular topic or platform is readily available to ...
WordPress Plugin Releases for 3/30

New plugins GC Message Box allows you to highlight your key message(s) in smart ways within articles and blog posts. Simple Social Icons allows you ...
WordPress Theme Releases for 3/28

AirTime is a subtle and simple theme. FirmaSite is a responsive theme with BuddyPress and bbPress support. Stark Lite is a minimalist and simple theme.
WordPress Plugin Releases for 3/25

New plugins Easy Watermark automatically adds watermark to images when they are uploaded. Internet Defense League Cat Signal automatically loads either the modal or the ...

Post Format Archives Widget

Custom Post Formats enable you to customize your asides, images, and other types of posts. Doing so is a great way to bring character and ...
Spring SALE!

To celebrate the Spring season, we’re holding a Spring Sale on Print & PDF copies of Digging into WordPress! Save $15 on the Print version ...
Find the Perfect Theme with “There is a Theme for That”

I’ve been working with WordPress for about 2 years now. I’ve set up dozens of websites for both myself and clients and finding the perfect ...
55 Resources for WordPress Beginners

Thanks to Devesh over at WPKube for putting together this super-useful list of resources for those first getting into WordPress. From books to blogs and ...
WebHostingBuzz Winners!

Congratulations to the three lucky winners of our recent WebHostingBuzz Giveaway! John David Hunt, Rodney Weis, and Ji each will receive an entire year of ...

Five Minutes with Philip Arthur Moore

Did you know we have a Premium Theme Team at WordPress.com? They’re the folks who audit all of the premium themes available on WordPress.com — ...
Ryu is now available for WP.org sites

Ryu is now available in the official WordPress Themes Directory! It’s a clutter-free theme that is perfect for personal bloggers.
Online Resources to Help You Learn All The Things

The web industry is always changing. Just when you get settled into a routine, the flow of technological innovations force you start a new one. ...
Validation and Sanitization in the Customizer

At Automattic, we exclusively use the Customizer for theme options instead of theme option pages. We believe that themes should only alter the display of ...
5 Common Theme Development Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Review is a key part of Theme Wrangling, so we spend a lot of time looking “under the hood” at themes. Here are some of ...

Automatically spam comments with a very long url

Spam is definitely a problem for bloggers and most of you probably receive more than 100 spam comments per hour. Here is a simple recipe ...
Deal of the week: SpyBar (3 licences to win!!)

Today, I'm glad to introduce a new giveaway on WPRecipes, sponsored by our partners Mighty Deals. At the same time, I'm going to introduce ...
How to make translatable JavaScript strings on your WordPress theme

Do you know that WordPress have a function called wp_localize_script(), which allow you to localize JavaScript strings? Here's a practical example on how to use ...
How to add SVG upload support to your WordPress blog

By default, WordPress uploader do not support the SVG format. As this file format is becoming quite popular theses days, here is a simple recipe ...
How to create a directory within the uploads folder

When developing a plugin or theme, it can be useful to be able to programmatically create a directory within the wp-content/uploads folder. Here is a ...

Bulletproof WordPress Pages-based Navigation

How to code up a navigation menu with a home tab and be ready for a static page set as the front page. Direct Link ...
The Pico WordPress Theme by WPLover

Another gorgeous magazine-style Theme. Direct Link →
Creating Custom WordPress Widgets

An easy to follow tutorial from Darren Hoyt and Ben Gillbanks on creating your own custom widgets. Direct Link →
Add Categories to Menu Plugin

This is a great plugin if you’re using WordPress as a CMS with ‘Blog’ as one of your menu links. It adds your list of ...
Creating Theme Options with the WordPress Settings API

This tutorial shows you how to create an options page for your theme users that they can access from the Appearance menu in their WordPress ...

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