By default, WordPress blog automatically send a pingback to itself any time you link to one of your own internal old post. It would be nice if this self-pingback feature can be turned off in the dashboard.
Self-pings, or pings within your own blog, are found useful by some, annoying by others. Those who find them useful feel that self-pingbacks is a good approach to increase inter-linking between posts. Continue Reading »
In this tutorial, I will show you how to dynamically display an HTML Sitemap for Custom Post Types in WordPress without the need of a plugin. Dynamically means that the Sitemap updates automatically with every new Custom post added. Yes, there are plugins that add an HTML Sitemap to your blog. But I encourage you to read my previous post about unnecessarily adding plugins to your theme, and you don´t need a plugin for such a simple task. Continue Reading »
Do you want to show your Most Commented Posts on your Blog? In this tutorial, I will show you how to display your most popular posts (based on Comments) in WordPress Without a Plugin. Probably you already have seen Blogs displaying the Most Commented Posts and you wonder how it is done.
Yes, there are plugins that display the most popular posts on your blog, but they all tend to do a lot more than you need. Continue Reading »
Do you want to show your Most Viewed Posts on your Blog? In this tutorial, I will show you how to display your most popular posts (based on Views) in WordPress Without a Plugin. Probably you already have seen Blogs displaying the Most Viewed Posts and you wonder how it is done.
This tutorial is a natural progression from my previous tutorial: How To Track & Display Post Views Count in WordPress Without a Plugin. Continue Reading »
Do you want to know how many times a post has been viewed on your Blog? In this tutorial, I will show you how to count post views and display it on your WordPress Blog and also in the dashboard without the need of a plugin. Probably you already have seen some Blogs displaying a View Counter for each post and you wonder how it is done. Continue Reading »
For a WordPress blog, pagination refers to displaying a limited number of posts per page. Pagination allows users the ability to navigate much easier and deeper into the archives. In this post, I will show that my previous tutorial about adding Pagination without a plugin in WordPress, can also be used on Custom Post Types without any modifications. Continue Reading »
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add and style Paged Comments to your WordPress Blog without a plugin. For a WordPress blog, comment pagination is used to display a limited number of comments per page. Instead of using the default « Older Comments or Newer Comments » links, paginating comments display a full list of comment pages using numeric indexes. Continue Reading »
In this tutorial, I will show you how to transform comments in your WordPress blog from a Linear format into a threaded (or Nested) format without the need of a plugin. There are probably plugins that enhances commenting, but I don´t think you need any, since threaded comments feature in WordPress is not new and is available since version 2.7. Continue Reading »
Feb
2012
WordPress Tip: How To Separate Comments From Trackbacks & Pingbacks Using wp_list_comments Function
In this tutorial, I will show you how to separate pings (Trackbacks & Pingbacks) from comments when using the wp_list_comments() function in WordPress. The wp_list_comments() function is located in the comments.php file in your theme´s folder.
The wp_list_comments() purpose is to display all comments (including Trackbacks & Pingbacks) for posts based on a variety of parameters including ones set in the dashboard in Settings -> Discussion panel. Continue Reading »
Last Updated: March 20, 2014
Written by: Boutros AbiChedid
Tags: customization, How To, PHP, plugin killer, separate comments from pings, Tips and Tricks, wordpress, wordpress comments, wordpress pingbacks, wordpress trackbacks, wp_list_comments
Posted in Category(ies): WordPress