Automating the copyright notice on a web site with a dynamic date is easy to do with PHP. We do this on every site that we develop, including WordPress sites. (more…)

The image upload and insert feature has been around since WordPress 2.5, but remains very confusing for many users. In this tutorial we show you how to use this feature to upload and insert images directly into your Pages and Posts. (more…)

We recently noticed an issue where Yahoo indexed several pages from one of our WordPress sites using the WordPress shortlink, rather than the permalink. Here is the method for resolving this issue. (more…)

If you have started working with the new WordPress Twenty Eleven theme that comes with WordPress 3.2.x, you probably noticed that the menu sidebar is missing from the default page and post pages. (more…)

Moving a WordPress blog to a new hosting company is not difficult if you follow these steps. The WXR method requires minimal technical skills. You just need basic skills using an FTP utility to download and upload files and directories. (more…)

No matter how meticulous you are, error 404s (page not found) will occur with almost every web site. This is a simple method for producing a more useful error 404 page for your WordPress blog. (more…)

Spam comments have always been a big problem with WordPress. A busy blog frequently sees well over a hundred spam comments each day. If you have a WordPress blog, here is how we recommend that you deal with the issue. (more…)

Many WordPress blog owners do not use RSS feeds themselves and are not aware that the RSS feeds in WordPress are enabled by default. While an RSS feed can be a good way to allow loyal followers to monitor new posts in your blog, an RSS feed can also be a double-edged sword. (more…)

If you run one or more WordPress blogs, you might be tempted to use some of the thousands of free WordPress themes available on the web. Be aware that some may contain malicious code or links embedded in encoded sections of PHP code that may be detrimental to your web site. (more…)

With open source software it is fairly easy for knowledgeable hackers to find vulnerabilities in code. Although vulnerabilities are quickly patched with WordPress due to a very pro-active development team, there are steps that should be taken to secure WordPress against hack attacks.
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