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. : July 20, 2015 : .

Moving WordPress to New URL Cookies Error

I’ve recently been making some updates to a WordPress site I maintain. I wanted to make an exact copy of it, to test things out on before I released them into the wild. I set out on the right track. I read through the relevant parts of the Moving WordPress page of the WordPress Codex, carefully followed the…

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. : April 25, 2015 : .

Making a template with a meta box for a WordPress theme

When customizing a WordPress theme, it’s important to allow your theme’s users to override the defaults. For example, you might be making a template for a contact page. You want to allow people to customize the placeholder text in the inputs, text areas and confirmation/error messages. You’ll need to display the default text to them in the admin screen,…

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. : April 21, 2015 : .

How to display the categories of a post in WordPress

Let’s say you write about a variety of topics. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to organize your content by topic? For example, you might have a cooking blog. Your site’s visitors might expect to see your content organized in categories like so: Salads Soups Pastas Appetizers Desserts This would make it easier for your site’s visitors…

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