8 Simple WordPress Security Measures For The Beginning User

by James Dunn July 27^th, 2012 2 Responses

No matter how new or experienced you are with WordPress, it’s never too early or too late to get serious about WordPress security. Not taking care of WordPress security is like having a lock on something and leaving the key in the lock. Today we’ll discuss ten things that everyone – even new users – can do to increase WordPress security on their websites. While this is not everything that can be done to secure a WordPress website, all of this can be done by the newest user.

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How to Find Your WordPress Database Name

by Joe Foley July 26^th, 2012 2 Responses

If you’ve ever had the need to find the name of your WordPress database, then there’s an easy way to do that – simply look for it in your wp-config.php file located in the root folder of your WordPress install.
Accessing Your WP-Config.php File
If you are doing something where you need the name of your database, then I’m assuming you have access to your server.

Simply go to the main folder of your WordPress install and locate the file called wp-config.php.

Open that file by clicking “View” or “Edit” or however your system lets you see the file.

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How to Filter Comments in the WordPress Admin for Quicker Moderation

by Sarah Gooding July 26^th, 2012 3 Responses

When you have an active multi-author blog, it’s important for authors to be able to quickly moderate comments on the blogs they are publishing. You don’t want to build up a backlog of hundreds of unmoderated comments, because it can stall activity and discussion on your site.

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How to Build a Facebook-Style Members-Only WordPress-BuddyPress Site

by Patrick Cohen July 25^th, 2012 150 Responses

The WordPress-Buddypress-Lockdown challenge
I often read about folks wanting to lockdown their WordPress-Buddypress site, and make it so that content is accessible to logged-in members only. Even more, many want to know how to redirect site visitors to a landing page like Facebook – with login and registration on the page – while still having some select content available to them.
Look no further folks. Today, we’re gonna git ‘er done!
Once we’re finished with this project, and depending on your chosen theme of course, your landing page should look quite similar to the screenshot at right.

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Using Subversion with the WordPress Plugin Directory

by Paul Kaiser July 24^th, 2012 1 Response

Follow these step-by-step instructions to add and update plugins in the public WordPress Plugin Directory.

Essential steps from the video follow
Getting started with your plugin
Whether you just have an idea or are nearly finished with version 0.1, you need a name and description for your plugin. Make the name short and descriptive, giving some idea what the plugin does. “Wax on Wax off Plugin” is not a good name. “Drop Shadow Maker” is much better. You don’t need to add “Plugin” to the actual title.

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How to Display Post and Page IDs in the WordPress Admin

by Sarah Gooding July 23^rd, 2012 1 Response

Each WordPress post and a page has its own unique ID. Easy access to these ID numbers can come in handy when using plugins, widgets or theme options that require you to input specific IDs. For example, sometimes when specifying the featured slides in a theme’s slider, you’ll need to input a string of post and/or page IDs. Here’s how you can add a new column to the post listing page to show their IDs.

Add this snippet to your theme’s function.php file or create a little plugin for it, if you prefer:

{code type=php}
add_filter(‘manage_posts_columns’, ‘posts_columns_id’, 5);
add_action(‘manage_posts_custom_column’, ‘posts_custom_id_columns’, 5, 2);

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How to Setup a Sponsors/Clients Page Using the Link Library

by CP July 23^rd, 2012 Leave a comment

If you are hosting an event with sponsors or even a service provider who wants to showcase clients, I would recommend using the Links Library. It is a native content type to WordPress and for the non-bloggers out there it’s rarely put to use. Using this method allows you to template the Links Page as logos with perfect spacing and consistency. If you try to do it with a bucket of images within a page or post, it gets rather cumbersome to edit and aligning things can get messy.

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How to Remove WordPress Comment Tags Message with CSS for a Clean Look

by Joe Foley July 19^th, 2012 1 Response

Although some people like them, some people don’t. They are the notices that tells users which HTML tags are permissible in a comments box. Whether they appear or not on your site depends on your theme. Here’s an example of a theme using one of these notices.

Removing the Tags Allowed Message
If you’re in the camp that thinks this message is either unnecessary, messy, or both, then this little CSS trick should help you remove it and keep your comments area a little cleaner.

Step 1 – Inspect the Element

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Schedule Functions in Your Plugins with WordPress Cron

by Paul Kaiser July 19^th, 2012 Leave a comment

Sometimes you need your website to perform certain tasks at a later time. Scheduling a post in WordPress is a perfect example:

You write the most excellent post in the universe.
You do not want to unleash this post to the public until 10a Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning you have a hot date with your dentist you just don’t want to miss.
You edit the “Publish” date and time accordingly, click “Schedule,” and stop worrying about it.
The first time someone hits your website after Tuesday, 10a, WordPress sets your post to “Published.”

Pretty snazzy.

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