Scroll Back to Top is a WordPress plugin to add a button that appears only when users scroll down the page allowing them to scroll to the top of the page. The plugin comes pre-configured and is fully functional on activation. The plugin offers a number of webmaster-friendly features to completely customize the look, position, and animation. more…
The WordPress Scroll Back to Top plugin is extremely flexible and can accommodate nearly any design to match an existing website. By adjusting a few simple configuration options you can easily adapt the plugin to your site in minutes. To give you some inspiration for different scroll to top button ideas and to illustrate how simple it is to change the design I have a few screenshots of the button in action along with the settings needed to execute the design. more…
The WordPress permissions system is pretty straight forward, each task a user performs on a WordPress installation requires the capability to perform that task. These capabilities are how a WordPress installation can allow authors to write articles but not edit plugins, or allow editors to manipulate content but not change a theme. more…
I ran into an issue the other day where I had custom post types showing up in WordPress search results. If you are manually registering your post types simply add the ‘exclude_from_search’ argument before registering. more…
Custom post types in WordPress are a great way to add and structure content to a website. Unlike a page however, custom post types cannot have a parent page assigned to them, at least not directly. This could be a major drawback if you want to have a custom post type nest under a specific page in menus and in the URL. more…
By default WordPress does not require strong or complex passwords but it is easy to add the functionality. Here is a great article explaining why strong passwords are so important. more…
When a user registers on your WordPress site or you create a user manually in wp-admin an email is sent automatically. In many cases this email will not be adequate; you may want to add a link, customize some of the copy, or create an HTML email with images. more…
Creating a custom widget in WordPress is pretty easy and is a great way to allow users to modify their sidebar content. In this example we’ll create a widget that displays some copy and then renders a link to another page on the site. If you’re unfamiliar with WordPress widgets, the Widgets API Codex Reference is very helpful. more…
I came across a situation today where a plugin had registered a custom post type and I needed to change some of that configuration, namely I wanted to exclude the post type from search results. The solution is pretty simple. more…
URL rewriting is the process of creating a URL that is friendly for users to look at, type, and share and is usually referred to as a pretty URL. URL rewriting allows you to take query parameters and add them to the URL instead of after the ? in the URL. more…