Using custom taxonomy when getting posts with WordPress
Using custom taxonomy in custom post types means that you can add categories, or tags to your custom posts. This can be achieved with code like the following – added Read More »
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Getting a list of blog posts in WordPress
Quite often recently when building WordPress themes for smaller sites (ones that have a brochure feel, but have a blog section), the design has included an area on the frontpage, Read More »
Using shortcodes in a template file in WordPress
I’m using Contact Form 7 on a website I’m building. Currently, Contact Form 7 uses shortcodes, meaning you can drop forms into posts. Something like
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[contact-form 1 "Sign up form"] |
You can’t use shortcodes Read More »
Geolocation with Google Maps
A while back I wrote a proof of concept for a site which, at its core, allowed people to pick a location on a map. It used the long/lat for Read More »
Controlling layout with Featured Image sizes in WordPress
Recently, I was working with a WordPress theme that includes a “featured image” (added recently to WordPress). Instead of just displaying it on the frontend, I wanted to know how Read More »
Using post items in Smarty from dynamic variable names
I’m building a site at the moment that uses the Smarty templating engine and I came across a snag today. The global “Smarty” variable includes a nice $Smarty.post reference where Read More »
NoFollow links in comments within WordPress
I’ve recently added comments back into my blog. I know that Askimet will do the majority of the work in protecting me from SPAM, but I wanted to make sure Read More »
Only display add a comment if the post is recent in WordPress
I’ve always got quite a lot of comment spam on the blog, and this is mostly for older posts that I assume are already dead and wouldn’t be commented on. Read More »
How to get a Twitter feed into your WordPress theme
Since Twitter changed things, you’re probably better off looking at A WordPress Twitter stream, without the RSS… WordPress comes with a version of Magpie RSS as part of Read More »
Tags for custom post types
Custom post types can share tags with normal posts. To do this, add the following line into your custom post declaration.
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register_taxonomy_for_object_type('post_tag', 'portfolio'); |
Custom post types can actually also have their Read More »
Accessing WordPress features outside of your WordPress template
This problem has come up once before, but I found another way of dealing with the issue. However, this time, it seems that I’m going to need to find a Read More »