Blog
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How to create manual orders in WooCommerce
The obvious way to create a manual order in WooCommerce is to navigate to the orders page in the admin panel. Just click ‘Add New’ at the top and enter the details. But sometimes there’s specific functionality that only shows up on the front-end and is not included on the orders page.
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Displaying WordPress authors sorted by recent activity
A few weeks ago I ran into someone on the WordPress StackExchange wanting to sort his list of authors by recent activity – the author with the most recently published article first, etc. This type of sorting isn’t currently possible using the get_users() function(codex), nor the WP_User_Query class (codex), but it can be done –…
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Add columns, rows and tabs to your WordPress posts and pages
Do you enjoy using WordPress, but sometimes wish you could use more flexible layouts for your posts and pages, making use of columns, rows, and tabs? If this sounds like something you could put to good use on your site in order to create more attractive and interactive content, then the free Shortcodes Ultimate plugin…
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Identify which theme and plugins are used on a WordPress site
Have you ever browsed a WordPress site and wondered what theme or plugins are being used? You can always view the page source to try and piece it together but it’s much easier using the online tools BuiltWith and WPThemeDetector.
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How to add email and telephone links in WordPress
A question we get asked quite often is how to create a link to an email address. There’s a small trick to it, but once you know it, it’s quite easy to do. As a bonus, we’ll also talk about how to create a link to a phone number.
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Contributing Five for the Future of WordPress
In a recent blog post, Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, outlined his thoughts on how companies can give back to WordPress:
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How to disable comments on WordPress Pages
The discussion features of WordPress are great but comments may not be appropriate on all sections of your site. For example, you might want to allow comments for blog posts but disable them on your About Us page. In some cases, you might want to disable comments throughout the site.
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Using the Favorites Feature in the WordPress Plugin Repository
I feel like I spend most of my waking moments searching for the perfect plugin. Whether I need to create opt-in forms, set up a Coming Soon page, or clone a site on a Multisite network, the process is always the same: research plugins on WordPress.org, identify a few potentials, test them on a staging…
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Adding Media in WordPress
WordPress makes adding media to your site unbelievably easy (it certainly does for a rookie like myself). Let’s take a look at how to add the most common types of media files:
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How to disable the expanding editor in WordPress 4.0
WordPress 4.0 introduced an improved writing experience with an editor window that expands as content is added. The formatting tools and meta boxes are pinned in place as the window grows and the redundant scroll bars have been removed. It’s pretty slick and I’m a fan.
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Switch between WordPress accounts with the User Switching plugin
Have you ever needed to switch back and forth between WordPress user accounts repeatedly? We recently ran into this with one of our enterprise customers. They have a large site with over 700 pages that are broken into dozens of departments.
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Add custom slideshows to your WordPress site with Meta Slider
Meta Slider is a free, easy to use plugin that allows WordPress users to add custom slides to widgets, posts, and pages.
