Using Woo Canvas and probably all woo themes with their custom framework, you will run into strange things from time to time.. If you try to use pre_get_posts to filter the query of posts in the blog homepage, you find that it doesnt work. So here is a way I found to...

when migrating a blog from blogspot to wordpress, and you want to have the incoming links work without making a 301 redirect for each post, you will need to change the way incoming links are handled after being redirected from blogspot Generally, blogspot/blogger urls...

Quick Simple example of add_filter – sticking something in the bottom of the_content(). // filter to add stuff to the end of content in posts function add_stuff_to_content($content) { global $post; if ( 'post' != get_post_type() ) { // limit this to only the...

Standard Code for Footer credits. This one is for author websites. For Business ones, use Umstattdmedia.com instead for the link: <p> © <?php echo date('Y'); ?> <?php bloginfo(); ?> | Site Built by <a target="_blank"...

This goes in the functions if you need to allow other file types to upload to the library. The example adds two e-book formats. // add types to allowed uploads add_filter('upload_mimes', 'custom_upload_mimes'); function custom_upload_mimes ( $existing_mimes=array() )...

Here is cool little functionto stick in functions to help you see which template you are viewing when looking at a page in the browser. It simply shows the template file name in the footer. It is based on a plugin called “What Template” but has the...

Hides meta boxes in admin forms as needed. 1. This is great for when a plugin adds a metabox to your post or page form and you want to hide it. 2. the tricky part is finding the name of the box – as with the magicmembersdiv box in example below. You can usually...

wp_redirect() is a cool way to redir someone based on certain circumstances, like user permissions. So far I have seen this help in two applications. 1. use just the at the top of template file to redirect a page to another page if user is logged in. I.E. – if...

From: http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Favicon Installing a Favicon in WordPress If there is already an old favicon.ico file in your current theme’s main folder, delete it using FTP Clients. With an FTP Client, upload the new favicon.ico file into your current...