The Correct Size for a WordPress Theme Screenshot is 1200×900 Pixels

This is something I regularly have to look up and it has changed over time to a much larger resolution. I believe this was to accommodate updates in the WordPress.org theme library. As of Summer 2017, the screenshot.png file that goes along with your theme should be 1200 x 900 pixels. However, "The screenshot will only … Continue reading The Correct Size for a WordPress Theme Screenshot is 1200×900 Pixels →

Loving the WordTwit Pro Plugin for Sending Auto-Tweets

My last blog with regular weekly posts, interactb.in, ran on Tumblr, which has a great Twitter integration where you could post custom tweets to send out when a post was published. In looking for similar functionality I settled on the premium plugin, WordTwit Pro from BraveNewCode. What this plugin had that a lot of other … Continue reading Loving the WordTwit Pro Plugin for Sending Auto-Tweets →

WordPress Goes Colorful, Creative, and Blogger Focused with the new 2013 Theme

WordPress recently announced the demo version of their upcoming 2013 theme. The site is super colorful and gives a lot of attention to post format types. The WordPress theme team explained that they wanted to do something creative and fun and for bloggers. They wanted something that invoked a reaction from viewers. I think they got it! While … Continue reading WordPress Goes Colorful, Creative, and Blogger Focused with the new 2013 Theme →

How to Add the Site URL to the wp-config.php File

I find that adding the URL to the wp-config.php file helps when transferring a site from local to live production. define('WP_HOME', 'http://www.example.com'); // no trailing slash define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://www.example.com'); // no trailing slash

Digging the Editorial Calendar WordPress Plugin

In the past when scheduling blog posts, I would often have to go through a cumbersome process to figure out the date of the last article I wrote and schedule this one after it. That was in Tumblr. When I started this blog off in WordPress, I wanted to have an easy Calendar view for … Continue reading Digging the Editorial Calendar WordPress Plugin →

List of Available Tags for WordPress Themes on WordPress.org

Ever wonder what your options are for listing tags for your theme in the style.css file? Here they are: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tag-filter/ Colors black blue brown gray green orange pink purple red silver tan white yellow dark light Columns one-column two-columns three-columns four-columns left-sidebar right-sidebar Width fixed-width flexible-width Features blavatar buddypress custom-background custom-colors custom-header custom-menu editor-style featured-image-header … Continue reading List of Available Tags for WordPress Themes on WordPress.org →

style.css Comment Code for Twenty Twelve Theme

/* Theme Name: Twenty Twelve Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentytwelve Author: the WordPress team Author URI: http://wordpress.org/ Description: The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single … Continue reading style.css Comment Code for Twenty Twelve Theme →

Search the WordPress Codex from the Chrome Address Bar

Chrome has a setting that lets you use a shortcode in the address bar to search a site. If you go into Settings > Search > Manage search engines and scroll down to "Other search engines" you will likely see a list of sites setup with shortcodes. I use the shortcode wpcodex to search the … Continue reading Search the WordPress Codex from the Chrome Address Bar →

WORDPRESS FUNCTIONS.PHP SNIPPETS

http://www.wpfunction.me/ lets you easily and quickly create a functions.php file by checking off what functions you want.

How to display one random post with WP_Query

<?php $args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'orderby' => 'random' ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>