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How to localize a Hebrew website’s Dashboard with WordPress Multisite

| November 15, 2011 | 2 Comments

Many of our clients request English and Hebrew websites and ever since WordPress 3.0 made WordPress Multisite a breeze to install, we've been using it so that clients can manage all their sites from one Dashboard.

Logically, our clients want the Hebrew website to have a Hebrew Dashboard. However, out of the box, WordPress Multisite defaults

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How to Re-enable and Allow Comments in Older Posts in WordPress

| November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

We had a client come to us and ask how to re-enable comments on older posts. I started searching around and found 2 ways of allowing comments on many posts at once.

1. Use the built-in WordPress Bulk Edit feature.

This feature was introduced back in version 2.7 but only now did I fall in

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How to embed a .wmv file in WordPress

| November 7, 2011 | 8 Comments

A client recently asked us how they could embed .wmv files in their WordPress site so that it plays in a video player. Interestingly, we're so used to working with video websites like YouTube and Vimeo which allow easy embedding by just pasting

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What happened to the “search engines blocked” notification in WordPress 3.2?

| July 8, 2011 | 8 Comments
WordPress site owners have an option under Settings > Privacy to keep their site open to visitors, but block search engines. Very handy when developing a site, or managing a private site that you don’t want the world to see, but you don’t want to have to deal with logins either. We often use that ... View Post

How to link author image to their previous posts in WordPress

| May 31, 2011 | 3 Comments

It seemed so simple and straightforward to link an author's image to their page of previous posts like http://wpgarage.com/author/Rebecca/. But for some reason I couldn't find the solution easily with the default WordPress template tags. Template tags that I had used last time I needed this functionality were deprecated.

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How to share a draft with a private URL in WordPress

| May 30, 2011 | 4 Comments
It's been a while since I've been so excited about a plugin. Enough that it inspired me to write a post about it. I've always wanted to share drafts of posts with people before I publish them but didn't want to bother them with "can you log in, look at the post and let me ... View Post

Allow Editor access level to add users in WordPress

| May 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
Recently, a client asked us to allow editors to add users on their WordPress site. They wanted this feature so that the site managers wouldn't be tempted to click on any of the settings, and possibly mess something up. I know this is super specific but it did come up for us so maybe ... View Post

Why I don’t like WordPress child themes and frameworks. Don’t be angry.

| May 26, 2011 | 32 Comments
I know that child themes and frameworks are all the rage. Especially since the release of TwentyTen. It's hard to find even one negative post about child themes on the web. I do understand that there are advantages to working with child themes, and they are very tempting. But. Not tempting enough. ... View Post

How to add images and styles to the WordPress custom menu

| May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
There are lots of good plugins out there for displaying social media profiles on your site, but what if you want to use your own icons? And you want your client to be able to easily manage the links to these social profiles? The solution is to create a custom menu in WordPress with ... View Post

QuickTip: Show More Pages in your WordPress Dashboard

| May 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
I am totally in love with the Screen Options pull down tab in WordPress. I know it's been there for a few versions, but I never fully appreciated it until I started using the Show on Screen feature that lets you fill in how many pages you want to show in your list of ... View Post
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