Okay, before you get your panties in a bunch I’m not talking about the software but more to those that run it and the decisions and actions they have been making lately. It has long been understood by WordPress theme designers that the WordPress leadership has some control issues. These issues come down to their desire to restrain competition from all but a chosen few. So what brought this up? Today @andrea_r...

I’ve been asked to help with installs and upgrades oftenly. To that end I’ve decide to set up a service doing just that. So if you need help or just don’t care to learn all the pesky info needed to do it yourself take a look at the services I’m offering. WordPress install, upgrade and fixing WordPress issues. If you have questions or comments feel free to contact me or leave a comment.

Updated 5-28-08 New version, fixed all known bugs: Download Entrecard Popper What is it? It’s a WordPress Plugin that pops your Entrecard up to the top middle of the page when a user comes from a an Entrecard surfing site, other wise it stays where you put it. How does it work? After you place it in your WordPress plugin folder, activate in you WordPress dashboard. Go to Settings->Entrecard Popper...

I spent most of my free time yesterday upgrading Twitter Blaster. I have added a moderation panel so that twitts can be checked before they get posted. I also added the ability to automaticly post to your blog as well. This is an option you can turn off though. Go ahead an try the new version Twitter Blaster

Twitter Blaster is a plugin that will allow your visitors to post to your Twitter account. Download Twitter Blasster You can see it in action here: OnlineBarterClub I have added the ability to moderate outgoing twitters and have the twitt posted as a post as well. You can also edit the twitt as well. Just go to dashboard->manage->Twitter Blaster. It’s very simple to use. simply upload Twitter_Blaster.php...

Ok so lets get started. create a file with your text editor. Add the following text to the very top of the file. <?php /* Plugin Name: Author Plug Plugin URI: http://MyBlogIt.net/plugins Description: Displays a short bio and image for each author above or below each post. Version: 0.5 Author: David Span Author URI: http://davidspan.com/ */ ?> Plugin Header What we have just done is add our plugin’s...

Before starting any new project it’s a very good ideal to do a little planning first. Building a WordPress plugin should be no different. There are many ways to to plan out your project. I’ll outline a few for you here. Flow chart: Using a flow chart program or just drawing one up on a white board is a great way to outline the decision processes your plugin will follow. It’s a great way of...

I have really been digging into WordPress for the last few weeks. I have had more than a few request for custom WordPress themes, but I’ve never really bothered to do it. The top plugin request I get is for an guest blogger header plugin. I had written a little how to using WordPress templates, but a plugin would be much better. So the plan.. I’m going to build the plugin, documenting it as I go....