The theme customizer was introduced in WordPress version 3.4. It allows for an editing environment where theme options can be tried by the administrator before being applied to the live site. In this tutorial, we will look at exactly how this feature can be added to a theme. The WordPress theme we will use for […]
The tag cloud is not new to WordPress but definitely something you should consider using on your website or blog, especially if you use tags in your publications. The tag cloud gives a rough overview of what your content is all about, what you blog about the most. Tag clouds aren’t generally clicked on by […]
Putting ads on your WordPress site is quite a personal choice: for some it will be one of the first things you do, while others will resist it for a while. This seemed like a simple idea, but there was more to it. The standard call for displaying your WordPress content (the_content) is just a […]
First thing we need to do is create a function that will detect post views count and store it as a custom field for each post. To do this, paste the following codes in your theme’s functions.php file or better in a site-specific plugin: function wpb_set_post_views($postID) { $count_key = ‘wpb_post_views_count’; $count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true); […]
By default WordPress excerpts are set to 55 words and there is an excerpt_length filter which allows you to change this default value to your length of choice. But what if you wanted a different excerpt length on your portfolio then those on your blog archives? Well, I recently stumbled across a really great function […]
WordPress was started in 2003 with a few number of users as an open source blogging tool and CMS or content management system. What initially started as a blogging system to enhance the typography of regular writing, has now become a full fledged online content management system. Built on the core systems of PHP and […]
WordPress was started in 2003 with a few number of users as an open source blogging tool and CMS or content management system. What initially started as a blogging system to enhance the typography of regular writing, has now become a full fledged online content management system. Built on the core systems of PHP and […]
The 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake),which killed more than 7,000 people and injured more than twice as many, occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April, with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8Mw or 8.1Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was the village of Barpak, Gorkha district, […]