What’s a widget anyway?
Last week we discussed WordPress sidebars and include files. This week we’ll explore how we can prepare our sidebars (or any other area of our theme) to accept widgets. In case you haven’t done your homework, the WordPress Codex defines a widget as being:
…like a plugin, but designed to provide a simple […]

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As part of the Affiliate Challenge prize, Kyle Eslick asked me to review his quickly growing WordPress site, HackWordpress.com.

I’ve actually been following the site since it’s inception in October of last year. I must say, it’s going to be a bit difficult for me to come up with criticism because I enjoy the site thoroughly. […]

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Editor’s Note: This is the second week of WordPress Wednesdays and the last of the pre-submitted questions. From here on out if you have a question ask it either through the contact form or the comments and we’ll be selecting the best question(s) to answer each week. Enjoy!
When I edit my posts, I lose paragraph […]

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Welcome to the first ever WordPress Wednesday! Each week we’ll be answering as many of your questions about the blogging platform WordPress as possible. If you have questions you’d like answered that aren’t covered here, feel free to drop them in the comment form below. With that out of the way, let’s jump right in!
I’d […]

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As many of you may already know, WordPress 2.3.3 has been released and includes an “urgent security” upgrade. According to WordPress “A flaw was found in our XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow any valid user to edit posts of any other user on that blog.” For many of you, this […]

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