Now that we’ve removed a few widgets, perhaps it’s time we add our own simple info box to the WordPress Dashboard. For example, we could provide a direct link to our support services. It’s handy for clients to know help is just a click away. Here’s how to add a simple box like that: //Add … Read more
The Jetpack admin menu is visible to everybody, including subscribers. This may not be what you want. You may even want to hide it from other admins, perhaps once you’ve given a site over o a client and you don’t want him to switch off vital functionality by accident. Here’s how you can hide the … Read more
I’ve just released Version 1.3 of ZEN DASH and thought a quick video demonstration is in order – and here it is: In this podcast I will show you how to use ZEN DASH for WordPress and explain how you can easily hide menu options, dashboard widgets, admin footer links and suppress Update Notifications (for … Read more
I’ve just finished writing a new WordPress Plugin to help you create Child Themes with a single click, and no need for any external tools. The Child Theme Wizard is a super slim assistant which can be accessed under Tools – Child Theme Wizard. Pick a Parent Theme, enter additional information, click Create Child Theme … Read more
You may need to know which of your themes are child themes, or in fact if the current theme you’re using is a parent or a child theme. Here’s how you can test both options. The following code snippet will iterate through all themes that are currently installed and displays the title and if it … Read more
In this video I will show you the two ways of installing WordPress in Plesk 11.5: the “one-click” way and the “custom installer” way. Both options have their advantages: the first offers extremely fast deployment, and the other offers very fine grained control, all courtesy of the WordPress APS package. This screencast was inspired by … Read more
Installing WordPress Multisite isn’t the hard part – it’s getting your head around how to use it, especially if you’ve mostly been using single installs. In this quick tour I want to give you some pointers on how to use your new installation, and how it differs from single WordPress installations. New Role: The Super … Read more
Installing WordPress Multisite can give your site the benefit of being part of a network. I use this feature to spawn multiple installations that live on the same domain. It makes my life so much easier to update several WordPress instances at once. It’s also a great way of being logged into several individual sites … Read more
