One of the most frequently asked questions for new WordPress users is how to remove the “Powered by WordPress” link. Of course, it’s a nice thing to do to leave it in there, but WordPress is licensed under the GPL, so there’s no need to worry if you want to remove it. Perhaps you don’t [...]
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A new WordPress Stack Exchange is now in beta. This is a resource that covers the exact same material as WordPress.org’s existing forums. Not familiar with Stack Exchange? It’s a programming Q&A website that synthesizes aspects of wikis, blogs, forums, and Digg/Reddit. You can ask and answer questions for free. Whether you’re a WordPress beginner [...]
Ever wanted to remove a member from a group who isn’t really doing anything objectionable? Perhaps he’s just sitting around taking up space? A few users have asked for this in the past on the BuddyPress forums. R-a-y was inspired to create a core patch for this option and you can pick it up and [...]
Want to make sure that your users get logged out after a period of inactivity on your site? Install the new Inactivity Auto Sign Out Plugin. It works with both WordPress and BuddyPress and is composed of a single PHP file. You can easily edit it to change the inactivity time period to suit the [...]
A new plugin is on the scene that will be of great interest to any WordPress Multisite owner: Google XML Sitemaps with Multisite Support. It is a modified version of Google XML Sitemaps, written by the same developer. Basically, this plugin creates a sitemap for each of your sites and links it in robots.txt. Why [...]
Oftentimes users will ask in the forums about how to show BuddyPress sitewide activity in the sidebar of the site. This is handy for showing activity as it’s happening without the user having to return to the activity tab. Brajesh Singh created a BuddyPress Sitewide Activity Widget for this purpose and has recently updated it [...]
Today I’ll be featuring PayPal plugins that have been recently updated for WordPress. These plugins will allow you to easily take donations, implement a simple shopping cart, sell downloadable content, or work with foreign currencies. There are times when you don’t need a fully robust shopping cart and are only interested in selling a few [...]
Email subscriptions are now enabled for individual topics on the WordPress.org support forums. Just look to the right of the topic and you’ll see “Subscribe to Topic.” You must be logged in for the subscription link to appear. The updates will automatically be sent to the address you have registered with WordPress. Now you can [...]
A customized WordPress login is a nice touch to any site, especially if you’re making it for someone other than yourself. There should be no need to install a plugin to do this for you. In order to keep your site lean, you’ll want to avoid adding loads of plugins that do little things like [...]
Anton Koekemoer is a professional blogger, developer, web technology consultant and a marketing strategist with an emphasis on Web 2.0 technologies. We recently noticed My Chatbox, a newly-created micro-blogging community that Anton built on the WordPress and BuddyPress platforms, and asked for the opportunity to interview him about the service. Please tell us a little [...]
