Posts Tagged ‘wordpress’

WordPress Editor Behaves Strangely in Internet Explorer

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If WordPress Editor in your Administration Panels behaves strangely and not as you expect it, then continue reading, this post might be your solution.

Problems With the WordPress Editor

A little background: This blog is a self-hosted WordPress blog. Since its creation, about 14 months ago from this post date, I was using IE7, and then IE8 to access the WordPress Dashboard. Continue Reading »

WordPress 3.1.1 is Available

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Two days ago, WordPress 3.1.1 has been released. This is a maintenance and security release that fixes almost thirty issues from the 3.1 version.

Whether you have already upgraded to WordPress 3.1 or not, this is the best time to download and update to the latest version of WordPress 3.1.1, or you can automatically update via your WordPress admin panel. Continue Reading »

How To Find Tag ID, Page ID, Post ID, Link ID & Category ID in WordPress

This simple tutorial shows you the easiest and the most convenient way to find the ID of your tags, pages, posts, links and Categories in WordPress without the need of a plugin. Prior to WordPress 2.5 these IDs were listed as an additional column in your administration panel. However; this is not the case anymore with the newer versions of WordPress. Continue Reading »

How To Customize WordPress Tag Cloud Without a Plugin

For a WordPress blog, a Tag cloud displays a list of tags. Tags are usually single words, and the importance of each Tag is shown with different font size. The size of each Tag is determined by how many times that particular Tag has been assigned to posts. Tags are links that lead to a list of posts associated with each Tag. Continue Reading »

How To Add Custom WordPress Pagination Without a Plugin

For a WordPress blog, pagination is used to display a limited number of posts per page. Compared to the default WordPress page navigation, numbered pagination allows users the ability to navigate much easier and deeper into the archives, like numbered pages of a book. Pagination is used in almost every Web application to display returned data on multiple pages. Continue Reading »

Complete Backup of Your WordPress Website in 2 Simple Steps

In this tutorial I will show you a 2 step process for a full backup of your WordPress Website. This is an important task as discussed in Tip3 of my previous tutorial about WordPress Security. This tutorial mainly focuses on manual backups of self-hosted WordPress Websites.

Why Backups are important? Because you cannot depend on your Web host to keep a current backup of your Website. Continue Reading »

Change Your WordPress Table Prefix in Few Simple Steps

In this tutorial I will show you a step by step process how to change the default WordPress database table name prefix long after your WordPress Website has been online. This is known as "security through obscurity", in which by no means is, on its own, enough to secure your WordPress Website, but it is a one piece of an overall security strategy, as I discussed in my previous tutorial. Continue Reading »

12 Practical Tips to Improve WordPress Security

Securing your WordPress Website is critical in growing your online presence. As your Website becomes more popular it becomes more attractive for Crackers. Keeping WordPress Website secure is not something many administrators take seriously.

WordPress security starts by using a reputable hosting company. If by default, your server´s setup is not secure, then no added security measures is going to keep Crackers, Spammers, Black hat Hackers, and Script Kiddies out. Continue Reading »

How To Add WordPress Breadcrumbs Without a Plugin

Breadcrumbs or breadcrumb trail is a navigation aid used in a Website. It gives users a way to keep track of their locations within the Website. Breadcrumbs typically appear horizontally at the top of a Web page. Breadcrumbs provide a trail for the user to follow back to the starting or entry point.

Breadcrumb trail is an important supplementary element of a Website´s navigation, especially for complex Websites. Continue Reading »