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
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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 ); ?>
