How to trigger the WP post page to save a post automagically

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

There may be a time as a plugin developer when you wrote a plugin that effects the post-editing or page-editing interface for WordPress. In this case, you may also need to somehow trigger the content to auto save, like WordPress will do automatically from time to time. The best and easiest ...

Reader Question: Is hosting a domain the same thing as maintaining it once it is set up?

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

We recently got this question from a reader Carol: Is hosting a domain the same thing as maintaining it once it is set up? Matt responded with an analogy that describes the difference between a domain, hosting, and maintaining a website. That is a really good question. A domain is like an address to ...

Widgets: Editing a Widget

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Editing a Widget To edit a widget, all you have to do is click the arrow on the right side of the widgets you have already added to your sidebar.  The widget edit interface will fly out and some options will appear. You can change any of the options, press the ...

Widgets: Removing a Widget

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Removing a Widget You can remove a widget by opening the "edit" interface for the widget and then clicking "delete". You can also drag the widget out of the sidebar box and drop it somewhere else.

Can you disable WordPress new user notifications?

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The question we received through our contact form was: Hey guys. I'm trying to figure out how to disable admin email notifications when a new user signs up without using a plugin. Any thoughts? So I did some research into the code and found out that the answer is No, with the ...

The Basics of Writing Posts and Pages in WordPress

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Putting content into WordPress is very intuitive.  You login, and navigate to the Write tab, type out what you want and press publish.  However, there are tons of options that you can use to push the limits of WordPress to your benefits. The difference between posts and pages A post and page ...

Installing WordPress to Your Server

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Preface This article assumes that you already have a domain name, DNS settings, and host set up to house your website. If you do not have these things, try: Bust A Name - for finding your ideal domain name (this is what you would type in to get to your site) 1and1 for registering ...