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How can I easily reduce the size of WordPress installation from development to production?
Sometimes it happens that cheap but fast/reliable hosting plan has the drawback to have only 50MB/100 MB of local space, for files and database.
Now, before going to production, I delete manually ...
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Do deactivated plugins slow down a WordPress site?
Most people are aware that minimizing the number of plugins used is a good way to help keep a WordPress site running fast. However, does that general rule include deactivated plugins?
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what the best way to include images from the template's images folder?
what the best way to include images from the template's images folder? is it by using get_bloginfo('template_url')? I understood that its better to hard code the path to the images folder since this ...
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Getting Started with Subversion, Git, or similar Version Control System to keep a History of my Files? [closed]
I realize this may be a broad question on the surface, but I'm looking for specific examples of setups/workflows that people use to keep a version history of edited files on a WordPress site. For ...
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WordPress 3.0.1 Auto Update Problem
My WordPress now is at version 2.7. I want to upgrade it to 3.0.1 using Auto update function. I'm using FTPS connection type.
The upgrade should be straight forward, however, I keep on encountering ...
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Local copy of WordPress Codex?
Sometimes I want to develop WordPress themes when I have no internet connection. I need the Function Reference and Template Tags to be productive.
I searched for a downloadable or SVN copy of the ...
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Plugin for event management? [closed]
I have a client who wants to put on an event. She wants to manage it on her site. The requirements:
Display information about the event
Sell tickets and correlate with name and email address
Payment ...
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Test to see if jQuery or Prototype is queued by another plugin?
In my plugin, I want to test to see if jQuery or Prototype (or both) are going to be loaded by another plugin. So, have wp_enqueue_script('jquery') or wp_enqueue_script('prototype') has already been ...
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Steps to optimize WordPress in regard to server load and website speed?
Besides installing W3 Total Cache or another caching plugin what steps can I take to make sure that my theme and site run as fast as possible.
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Why do Trackbacks/Pingbacks not appear below my posts/pages?
My wordpress required me to check some Trackbacks and I checked and accepted them. They are listed in the comment administration and I activated "allow Trackbacks/Pingbacks on this page" on the ...
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How to show a single post on the front page but have normal paging?
I would like to have a single post on my front page (always the latest), but let normal paging work. So the front page has post 1, the next page should have post 2-11 (1-10 is fine too), then 12-21 or ...
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Searching for a better Twitter widget
I'm using the "FriendFeed Activity" widget to show the latest 7 enties of my friend feed. However, FriendFeed just aggregates my Twitter, Blog (via RSS) and YouTube activities. That are things Twitter ...
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Updating WordPress overwriting customization tweaks - strategies?
Twice now I've updated wordpress, only to realise that (facepalm) it overwrites some changes I've made to the custom template - to sidebar or something similar.
Obviously I don't HAVE to update, ...
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An issue with SEO Ultimate
I'm using SEO Ultimate.
The 404 monitor module is reporting several 404 errors. The errors are reported for urls that do not exist; 3 of them did exist as drafts but were never published.
I ...
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Marking future dated post as published
Use case:
I have a post type that relates to a music show. The 'show time' is grabbed through the post publish date which is set to some time in the future. I've found a function that takes future ...
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Alternate post_class on each post
I need to have an alternating (even, odd...) class on posts to provide alternate highlights on a column. The best thing would be to attach this to the post_class() so that it's on every instance of ...
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WordPress stats API key
Everytime WordPress stats updates, I need to provide the API key. Is there some way to automate this?
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HTML and links via Quick press
Is there any way I can add an HTML link from the quick press on the /wp-admin Dashboard? Does it accept HTML? If only I could do that, I wouldn't have to go to create new post every time I wanted to ...
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Do you have any effective strategies for launching a v2 of a WP site?
My team and I are working with a client who has an existing WordPress site with a fair bit of content and a custom theme they built. It is a group blog, meaning it has several bloggers all around the ...
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Plugin upgrade issue
I'm updating plugins installed on my wordpress site. However, for almost an hour, it's still doing maintenance mode. When I accidentally hit reload, I got BIG white screen of death saying: "Briefly ...
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Configuring WordPress for Amazon CloudFront Caching?
Amazon CloudFront is a content distribution network (CDN) that can help you survive a huge amount of load in a short amount of time. What's the easiest way to configure WordPress to host its files (...
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How do you debug plugins?
I am pretty new to plugin authoring and was having a hard time debuging.
I used lots of echo and it is sloppy and ugly.
I am sure there is a better way to do this, maybe an IDE with a debugger that ...
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How to create a new theme from scratch?
I'm new to WordPress.
Which steps would I need to do, to get my new design implemented as a WordPress theme?
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Can I disable the auto complete?
I've recently upgraded to WordPress 3.0, and am having a lot of problems with the autocomplete function when editing posts via 'quick edit' (e.g. /wp-admin/edit.php) - for example, editing tags. The ...
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How can I version the main CSS file?
How can I instruct wordpress to use a filename other than 'styles.css' for my main stylesheet - for example, styles-1.css? I'd like to do this for versioning and caching purposes.
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Is there a way to force ssl on certain pages
I want to force a secure connection on some of my pages (ones with forms), but I don't want the whole site to work with ssl (slows it down)
Is there a way to configure specific pages to require ssl?
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Tips for using WordPress as a CMS? [closed]
I want to use WordPress as a CMS for a reasonably basic site rather than a blog. I have several pages and at the moment, I don't intend to have a "news" page.
While there are ways to make this work, ...
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Use union/intersection query_posts variables in uri request parameter form?
Usually when I create some form of query, I use an array for my arguments like this:
$postslistArgs = array(
'child_of' => 320,
'parent' => 320
);
$postslist = ...
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How do I create my own admin button and theme settings page?
I have some options I want my client to be able to change, and so I need an options page for my theme that I can show for those with "editor" status. How can I do this and utilise the options in my ...
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How to: Easily Move a WordPress Install from Development to Production?
I do development on one box and use a second for production. Right now I just dump the database and then do a find a replace for the URL changes; then copy over the files and import the new SQL.
Are ...
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How and where can we request new WordPress hooks to be added?
I use the great Changelogger plugin, which adds plugin version history to the plugins page when there is an update. Although I would like it to, it doesn't work from the updates page where you can ...
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Can I rename the wp-admin folder?
Is it possible to rename the wp-admin folder?
I know I could just rename it, but unless it's supported by the code lots of things would break.
If I use a custom folder name, it will make it slightly ...
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What is the ideal setup to address security concerns?
I'm aware of the requirements WP has for certain directories and files to be writable. I'm also aware that making permissions too loose can open security holes. Finally, I know that the user that (...
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Should a SEO plugin be necessary? [closed]
I'm using the All in One SEO plugin for my site. The extra fields and options it supplies seem like they could be handled via a theme, possibly negating the use for a plugin.
Should SEO ...
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How can you use custom types/taxonomies? [closed]
The custom types/taxonomies feature of WP 3.0 is a neat one. I can think of a few ways to use the duo: to display projects, a portfolio, or a gallery. What else can custom types and taxonomies be ...
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How to to secure WordPress file and folder permissions
I've read articles about protecting wp-config.php using .htaccess as well as setting the correct file permissions but I want it all in one place. What should my .htaccess file look like and what ...
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how to reduce the number of spam comments
I've got the Akismet plugin on my WordPress site but I've been getting more and more spammy comments (that get caught). I'm amazed at the number as the site isn't that popular and doesn't have much ...
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How do I make my blog iPad / iPhone / Android friendly?
How do I make sure my blog is iPad / iPhone / Android / touch-device friendly?
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Permissions to get autoupdate to work
I'm at version 3.0 and want to move to 3.0.1 without having to download>unzip>delete>upload but I get this error when trying to update:
Could not create directory.: /public/wp-content/upgrade/...
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How can I create an affiliate program in WordPress? [closed]
Suggestions for plugins, best practices, etc. welcome.
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Contact Form on WordPress Sites?
How does one go about building a page in wordpress that contains a contact form full of custom fields, boxes, inputs, etc. completely determined by the author of the site. It seems odd that wordpress ...
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How do I export my WordPress blog as a book? [closed]
I want to export some or all of the posts of a blog into a format that makes sense to a publisher (traditional or self-publisher(e.g.: Lulu.com)) (MS Word, RTF, PDF, epub, something else).
What tools ...
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Posting Photos and Other Attachments in a BuddyPress Forum?
I recently built a WordPress site based and am using BuddyPress for some interactive community functionality. Members are using the forums built into BuddyPress, but are looking for a way to attach ...
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How can I import users into WordPress?
I have a spreadsheet (XLS) of names, email addresses, and passwords from another content management system. Is there a way to import these folks as users (I think subscriber level, but some may be ...
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Secure WordPress paid plugin
I want to create a WordPress plug-in but also want to ensure that the plugin can only be used after it has been activated with a serial key that should be unique for each domain.
What is the best way ...
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I want to have my custom field use HTML, how do I do that?
I want to have my custom field use HTML, how do I do that in such a way that I can use a rich text editor to view the content?
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wp-admin seems to be redirecting
I'm having a strange problem with my w-admin login. This has only started since I upgraded to 3.0
When I go to wp-admin, the login form appears as normal, but when I enter my username and pass, I am ...
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Where can I learn to create my own theme?
I want to learn how to create a theme for WordPress.
Where can I find information and resources on how to do it?
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How can I stop WordPress from prompting me to enter FTP information when doing updates?
How can I stop WordPress from prompting me to enter FTP information when doing updates?
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What are all the available parameters for query_posts?
The WordPress codex page for query_posts states that it does not cover all the parameters which query_posts takes:
Parameters
This is not an exhaustive list yet. It is meant to show some of the more ...
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