How to Work With WordPress Post Metadata

In the first post in this series, I gave an overview of all of the various types of metadata offered by WordPress, where it’s kept, and what we’re going to be covering throughout this series.  Further, I defined what metadata is; its role within WordPress, and how it’s relevant to us as developers. But the… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Post Metadata

How To Create And Customize A WordPress Child Theme

The WordPress platform is a magnet for those who want to take matters into their own hands, who want complete control over their websites and want to be independent in running them. WordPress does make it really easily to completely customize a website. If you have a bit of knowledge of HTMl, CSS and/or PHP,… Continue reading How To Create And Customize A WordPress Child Theme

WordPress Actions and Filters: What’s the Difference?

Action and filter hooks are a fundamental part of the various WordPress APIs. Without them you’re limited as to what you can do in your themes and (especially) your plugins. But sometimes it can be easy to confuse the two, especially in the cases when WordPress has both an action hook and a filter hook… Continue reading WordPress Actions and Filters: What’s the Difference?

What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

In this tutorial, let’s talk about the header.php file, an essential file for any WordPress theme. I’ll show you a  header file example and give tips about what needs to go in it and what doesn’t. Introduction It’s important for you to know what exactly the header.php file should contain in a WordPress theme. We… Continue reading What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

In this tutorial we will see how to add a new column to the WordPress Posts management screen and in this column we will show the Featured Image of each Post. This new column will also be added in the management screen of any active Custom Post Type. Step 1. Activate Featured Images In this… Continue reading Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template