This tutorial demonstrates how to display a list of recent custom post type entries in any widgetized sidebar in less than 5 minutes. The widget is provided by my plugin called Better Recent Posts Widget Pro, and it is exceptionally powerful, yet very easy to use. The widget will allow us to list entries from [...]
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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, usersThe Farbtastic Color Picker is a fantastic tool for developers and designers to utilize as a way to give their plugin (or theme) users an extra level of control. With Farbtastic, we can allow our users to change the colors of certain elements, such as the background color of our widget, by using an elegant [...]
View Post color picker, farbtastic, jquery, widget, widgetsCreating WordPress widgets, from simple to advanced, is not a very difficult task, though it can be hard to get into developing them if you do not have the right tools. This tutorial, written at WP Roots, will give you everything you need, including an example, to begin writing advanced WordPress Widgets. This entry is [...]
View Post widget, widgetsThis next part in our Working with Widgets Series is going to show you how to create a simple recent posts widget, much like my Better Recent Posts Widget plugin, though it will be even simpler. The goal of this tutorial will be to demonstrate a very useful technique that you can use in countless [...]
View Post get_posts, recent posts, widget, widgetsIn this tutorial I’m going to walk you through how to create a simple widget to list categories, and custom taxonomies, in your sidebar. The final result will be a complete plugin that you can drop into your wp-plugins folder and activate like any other plugin. The code for this widget will be based entirely [...]
View Post categories, taxonomies, taxonomy, widget, widgetsWidgets are utilized by tons of WordPress themes and plugins as a way to display customized content in various locations, and they’re relatively easy to create, as long as you have the appropriate resources. The code below will give you everything you need to make extensive and advanced widgets that can do anything you want. [...]
View Post widgetsRelated Posts Plugins are very popular as a method for WordPress users to display related content at the end of their posts, providing the reader with additional relevant content. Typically, related posts plugins use Post Tags to compare posts and find those that are related to the currently displayed post.
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