Wordpress Tips

HowTo – Excluding A Category From Your WordPress RSS Feeds

Providing content to our viewers in the way they want to consume it is the best way to attract visitors. There are a variety of ways to intercept the visitors browser type and send them content that is formatted specifically for their device. We have just started working with some settings that allow our mobile […]

HowTo – Automated Backups Of Your WordPress Website

Backups are the most important part of developing and deploying any website. Automation of backups means that you can set a time interval at which your site is backed up without having to manually execute the backup. There are a few different ways of automating your WordPress Backups. Each one has its own good and […]

HowTo – Creating A Custom Login Page For Your WordPress Site

Everyone that runs a professional site on top of WordPress has one main problem.. How do you let your users login without exposing them to the WordPress Login page which.. face it.. looks kinda ugly and unprofessional. Well there are ways to do this with plugins that will login your user from a sidebar widget […]

HowTo – Taking A Peek At Your WordPress Options Table

Sometimes when you are debugging a problem with your WordPress Website you want to take a look at all of the settings in your Options Table without launching a database editor. The WordPress Options table is a place where plugins and WordPress store setting about your install. Not every option that may be needed is […]

HowTo – Reviewing Your Backup Policies For WordPress Websites

Todays versions of WordPress are getting increasingly complex as people move from simple blogs to full content management for their websites. Because of this it is important to define your backup policies. When and what you should backup and then decide on the easiest way to accomplish this. If your methods for backup and restore […]

WordPress 3.1.3 Security Update Is Available

A new version of WordPress came out this weekend. This is primarily a Security Update so it is suggested for all users. As normal some users are saying they are having problems updating. For this reason you definitely want to do a full backup of all your files and database. I strongly suggest that you […]

HowTo – Working With Large WordPress Databases

Recently I started a project that I knew would be a rather large one but about half way through it I found that the site would be unmanageable because of the resources that it placed on my server. The Site was a Church Directory that included over 200,000 churches located throughout the USA. It was […]

WordPress 3.1.2 Security Release Is Available

If you haven’t upgraded your version of WordPress you may want to take a few minutes and perform an auto update especially if you have users on your website. This new version is a Security Update that improves security for the contributor User Level. This level of access is usually provided to allow members to […]

WordPress 3.1.1 Security Update Available

WordPress just released a Security Update for its .org owner operated software. The release is primarily a security update for media uploads that puts in checks during the upload process and verifies the users credentials. There are also some functionality updates in the Taxonomy code. Fixes to both searches and use of permalinks or url […]

HowTo – WordPress Autoupdate, Theme Or Plugin Install Fails With FTP Login Request

When attempting to install a Plugin, Theme or use the WordPress Autoupdate feature the process may fail or request that you provide your FTP credentials in order to complete the install. This is a common error and one most likely to happen for users that have not configured their webserver’s root directory correctly. Basic Overview […]