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Empty P-tags Shortcode Fix

It’s pretty common for custom WordPress shortcode functions to end up with a bunch of empty or dangling <p> and </p> tags. Rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater (disabling wpautop), here’s a handy little function from AJ Clarke, WP Explorer Owner, that’ll clear your code right up. Clean Up WordPress Shortcode Functions …

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3 Cool Things You Can Do with wp-config.php

One of the most important files in your WordPress installation is the wp-config.php file, located in the root of your installation. WordPress users might think it’s just a place for database configuration stuff, but there are a LOT of options there. Here are three cool things you can do to modify some of the core …

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SMTP for WordPress Email Notifications

Many PHP websites and web applications, including WordPress, send notification email via PHP mail()–a function which creates server-generated emails. Unfortunately, that’s exactly how spammers do it too. Configure WordPress to use SMTP instead to take the strain off your web server and increase deliverability. A study last year found that 19% of all permission-based email …

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Pretty Permalinks using IIS

We never recommend clients use IIS hosting for WordPress since “pretty” permalinks require mod_rewrite, and IIS (common on Windows servers) does not support mod_rewrite. If you are using Apache 2.0.54, on Windows, mod_rewrite may work, provided it is enabled in apache\conf\httpd.conf.

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State of the Word(Press) 2013

In his State of the Word 2013 address, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg reveals WordPress is now powering 18.9 per cent of the web, up 2.2 per cent points since last year. That and more data from a survey conducted to help focus future development of the WordPress core.

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Login to WordPress with Email

Here’s an easy way to let your WordPress users login using their email address and password so they don’t have to remember their username. Just add this to your theme’s functions.php file.

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Migrate WordPress to New Hosting

Use BackupBuddy to easily move a WordPress site to another domain or web host. It will export the database and ALL your files, the WordPress core, images, users–everything into an encrypted ZIP file. You just upload the ZIP file to the new host along with a little migration script it gives you (called “importbuddy.php), navigate to your new domain (yournewsite.com/importbuddy.php) and follow the wizard.

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Failed to Open Stream

If you’ve ever seen something in WordPress like “Warning: require_once(/public_html/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory, don’t let it freak you out.

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WordPress Revisions

Don’t you wish you could go back in time? With WordPress, you can. Every update to a post or page is stored in the revision system with the user that edited it, what was changed, and when it was changed. Here’s how to work with WordPress’ revision system to go back in time.

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What’s a WordPress Plugin?

WordPress Plugins extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. There is a free, community-contributed plugin directory where you can find, download, rate, and receive support on almost 30,000 free plugins for WordPress. Besides the free WordPress plugin repository, there are also thousands of other premium (paid) plugins. Most cost just $10-$20 on a …

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Disable WordPress File Editor

The problem with the WordPress file editor is that it allows users to run PHP code on your site. Anytime a user is able to run their own code, this presents a security risk. If an insecure admin account is hacked, the WordPress file editor is the gateway through which a full-fledged attack can be …

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WordPress User Management

WordPress comes right out of the box with unlimited numbers of users and 5 user roles (permissions, essentially). To access, view or add users, go to Users >> All Users. Summary of capabilities for each of the 5 user roles: Administrator – can access to all the administration features within a single site. Editor – can publish …

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