Take Out The New Year’s Trash
With the release of WordPress 2.9 comes one of the best additions to the core functionality, the TRASH function. Basically an “un-delete” option, the WordPress Trash function makes it almost impossible to accidentally delete a page, post or comment.
By default, anything ‘thrown’ into the trash will be deleted automatically after 30 days. You can also manually delete anything in the trash by clicking the ‘permanently delete’ link from inside the trash bin, so to speak.
Fortunately, WordPress has add the ability to change the number of days you want to store the trash before automatic deletion. This can be a very good thing for several reasons. (more…)
WordPress Murdered My Plugin
Yeah, I know – the title sounds like I hate WordPress. But quite the contrary – I actually LOVE WordPress. But, they MURDERED my “baby” – plugin that is!
Ok, so my plugin that was not quite born – but it was in the third trimester. Or at least it felt like it.
Several months ago I started development of a plugin that I had affectionately been calling “Embeddeo”. It was the perfect name with the perfect premise – (more…)
Plugin Overload!
There are many times in the course of a month that I am called upon to help “fix” an existing theme or plugin. Recently, in the course of doing just that, I logged into a clients WordPress Admin, and wandered over to the Active Plugins to see what was installed and make note for when I made adjustments. I also do this first to see if there are any plugins with “known” bugs or issues that can be fixed or replaced. To my surprise and sheer amazement, I saw that they had 113 active plugins – YES! You heard right, one-hundred-thirteen. 1-1-3!