In order to be kind to our friends that do not speak the language we have written our plugin in, it is always a good idea to fully localize your WordPress plugin. This means make it “ready for translation”. If you are one of those that is blessed with the fluency of more than one [...]
View Post international, localization, localize, translating, translationThis tutorial explains the process behind writing a Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress such as the one I released a few days ago: CGC Maintenance Mode. The final result of this tutorial will give you an advanced plugin capable of putting your site into maintenance mode, while allowing authorized users to view the site normally, [...]
View Post IP, maintenance, restrictIn part four of Writing Your First WordPress Plugin, I demonstrate how to load style sheets with your plugin. I also walk you through some best practices in terms of efficiency in regards to when you should, and should not, load styles/scripts with your plugin. This entry is part 4 of 7 in the Writing [...]
View Post add_action, CSS, wp_enqueue_script, wp_enqueue_styleIn part 3 of this tutorial series, I describe a couple of fundamental techniques for beginner WordPress plugin developers. This section details a very important function for WordPress plugins: how to add any kind of content to the end of a post. I show how it is done, and then also demonstrate some real world [...]
View Post the_contentKnowing how to best structure your plugin is very, very important to the success and quality of your plugin. You should spend several minutes laying out the structure of your plugin before you ever begin writing it. This part of the Writing Your First WordPress Plugin series will walk you through the process of laying [...]
View Post plugin, pluginsThe world of plugins can seem a scary place to venture if you’ve never been there before. I remember when I first started, it was because I wrote a tutorial over at Pro Blog Design about how to create a custom Font Uploader for your WordPress theme, and readers asked that I make it into [...]
View Post plugin, pluginsPlugin Action links are the links, such as Deactivate, that are displayed on the plugin entry in the WordPress plugins page. These links are extremely useful for helping your users find their way around the admin section of your plugin, as well as for providing helpful links such as Contact or Support.
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This tutorial will demonstrate the methods used to write a simple Posts By Author Widget plugin. The idea of this plugin is to provide a widget that can be used to displays posts from a specific author. The plugin this tutorial is about is a much simplified version of the [highlight_green]Posts By Author Widget Pro [...]
View Post authors, usersBeing able to display a list of posts within a page (or other post) is very useful. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to write a simple post query short code that will allow you to display a list of posts from any category, tag, or custom taxonomy.
View Post query_posts, short code, shortcodeThis video will give you a quick demonstration of how to modify the Contextual Help tab on any WordPress admin page. This trick is particularly useful for users wishing to add extra information to an already-existing help tab, such as the one on the Themes or Plugins page.
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