Using the WordPress post slug for SEO

WordPress makes it easy to have friendly URIs. Under the Options -> Permalinks tab you have several options. Of the options, I would suggest using one with %postname% as part of the URI. But why? If you read any web design blogs or forums you know that the words in the URI are important for [...]

Add a preview to your WordPress comment box

Yesterday I was browsing around the blog world and came across this posting on keeping a clean desk. I found the topic interesting enough to leave a comment, but that’s not really the point. What I saw as I typed was that below the comment box was a preview of what I was typing. This [...]

WordPress theme cheat sheet

Are you working on a theme for WordPress but spending too much time digging through the Codex for all the right calls? Take a look over at WordPress Candy for their WordPress Theme Cheat Sheet.

WordPress cross site scripting vulnerability

The WordPress development team has released a new version that patches a vulnerability which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts. The exploit is caused by an input validation error in the file ‘wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php’ when used with the posts_columns parameter. Versions of WordPress prior to 2.3.1 are all affected and the solution is to upgrade [...]

Just Simple WordPress theme

Just Simple is a minimal WordPress theme created using no graphics aside from the RSS icon.