November 10, 2009 – 4:25 pm
I’ve had a few patches committed to WordPress core in the last few versions, and have sadly neglected to do writeups about them so that others could take advantage of the new features. I hope to remedy that in the next few posts. First off, WordPress 2.9 has a new feature that allows you to [...]
Hackadelic has released a (beta) WordPress plugin designed to automate using Virtual Multiblog. This is still in development, but the initial test I did looks promising. Basically the plugin creates an interface in the WP admin for creating new virtual installs. If you’re interested in playing with unfinished software, go check out the Hackadelic Multiblog [...]
February 27, 2009 – 10:09 am
I’m working on an integrated core system for WordPress plugins — including common code and automatic “best version” detection of more than one plugin uses the same core.
September 10, 2008 – 12:54 pm
In recent changes to WordPress code, users are more than ever able to customize folder and file locations. [Edit: Refers to WordPress 2.6] The wp-config.php file can now be located one directory up from the one containing WordPress. The wp-content folder can be moved arbitrarily, as can (separately) the plugins folder. What’s a poor plugin [...]
August 27, 2008 – 10:58 am
One of the most common questions I get regarding the Virtual Multiblog system for WordPress comes from people wanting to have multiple blogs running on the same theme, but with a different header for each blog. It can be done, and it’s fairly easy to do. Once you have it set up, you could use [...]
August 22, 2008 – 11:54 pm
In the course of working on WordPress, and plugins and such for WordPress, I frequently find myself at a loss to remember the name of constants provided by the system. Hey, isn’t there a constant for such-and-such directory? I did a bit of grepping and parsing just now, and in the hopes that it might [...]
August 12, 2008 – 10:08 am
If you’ve been using WordPress for any amount of time, you’ve probably come across a plugin that asks you to add something to your template. The instructions will say something like: Insert the following into your theme files where you want the plugin’s widget to appear: <?php my_plugin_widget() ?> The slightly more intelligent instructions will [...]
Otto has released his Automatic Timezone Plugin as part of the current WordPress plugin competition. In addition to being a handy plugin, it comes with a significant bonus for plugin authors. In addition to its basic function, the code is designed to serve as a tutorial of sorts, showing authors how to use some very [...]
