In some occasion, you might need to add a same piece of codes to your blog posts over and over again, and when you need to make changes to them, you need to manually change all of them. This is very tedious. Not anymore, if you make a plugin that does the purpose.

Wordpress added a new major feature in version 2.9 – The Post Thumbnail. Now everyone can easily make your website looks more magazine-like and professional. I will show you how to add the feature to your theme within 5 minutes.

If you followed guides for the new post thumbnail feature before Wordpress 2.9 is out, they might tell you to paste this codes (or similar) into The Loop. However, the functions names actually changed when Wordpress 2.9 is out.

Explains the template tag functions for wordpress theme demo bar plugin. Currently there are:

• wptdb_output()
• wptdb_list_themes()

Since version 1.4, you can display theme info such as number of previews and theme preview URL in posts and pages using shortcode. To make the process easier, use Media Button (see screenshot for more info)

“We’ve detected ads as part of your theme. They need to be removed before your theme will be allowed into the theme directory.”
I got this message above when I submit my theme to wordpress Themes Directory. But the problem is, I do not have any advertisement or sponsored links in that theme. I can’t seems to find the solution after some time. Therefore, I..

Explains the template tag functions for wordpress extend download stat plugin. Currently there are:

• wpeds_output()
• wpeds_return_data_as_array()

This is part of The Complete Guide to Make your Own Wordpress Theme.
A basic wordpress theme should have a header, navigation menu, content, sidebar and footer. This is illustrated in the image..

I am going to write a complete guide to create your very own wordpress theme along with features or functions you would need to improve the theme. I’ve divided the guide into several parts…

I have been using get_categories() to display the featured categories in my theme option page. However, the function does not seems to work anymore after I’ve upgraded to Wordpress 2.8.

Now, I am pretty sure Wordpress 2.8.1 will be released very soon.