33 Best WordPress Tutorials of December 2012

by Barış Ünver
In this post, we’re going to go through a roadmap to get ready and publish WordPress themes on ThemeForest, one of the biggest marketplaces available.

0 to Blog in 15 Minutes

by Marc Thomas
Recently, a friend of mine gave me a call asking if I could build him a blog in next to no time. Challenged, I accepted and worked out a way to have him a functional blog so that he could write pages and posts. And, even better for him, do it in just 15 minutes. Here’s how you can do the same.

Creating Customized Comment Emails: Understanding the API

by Tom McFarlin
In the first part of the series, we’re going to review the function responsible for sending the email and the hooks it provides. We’re going to review the capabilities of the hook, and then we’re going to survey how the entire process works.

Creating Customized Comment Emails: Building a Plugin

by Tom McFarlin
In the first post in this series, we took a look at the variety of emails that WordPress sends depending on how it’s used. So in this article, we’re going to be building a plugin that will allow us to completely customize the look and feel of comment-specific emails.

Practical Tips for Improving Your Code

by Tom McFarlin
So rather than focus on how to build something or review any particular code, let’s review a few practical tips for writing quality WordPress code.

Give Your WordPress Site Wings With Jetpack

by Will Wilson
Recently I gave Jetpack by WordPress.com a go and was super impressed. A great collection of super useful plugins, widgets and cloud services essential to any site. This is my new plugin toolbox!
Let’s have a look through some of its core features and how it can help give your site wings!

How to Fix the Custom Menu Items Limit in WordPress

by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to fix the custom menu items limit in WordPress.

How To Efficiently Manage Post Series in WordPress

by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to efficiently manage post series in WordPress without ever having to mess with code.

Inserting Widgets With Shortcodes

by Daniel Pataki
This tutorial is for experienced WordPress users; we will be looking at the widgets object and shortcodes without delving into too much detail about how and why they work.

How To Become A Top WordPress Professional

by Siobhan McKeown
In this article, I’m going to take a look at how you can be a top WordPress professional — this advice could apply to developers, but equally to bloggers, support reps, designers and everyone in between.

WordPress tip: How to get the first link in posts

by WP Snippets
Sometimes you may want a post to link to somewhere else instead of providing a content, like the “link” type from the post formats do. To do so, here is a useful code snippet to get the first link from a post.

WordPress tip: Add a custom field to all posts

by Abhishek
For some reason you sometimes need to add a custom field to all your existing posts. You can do it manually, but if you have lots of posts, the process will take a while. Here is a simple way to add a custom field to all posts quickly and easily.

How to Move/Migrate from All in One SEO to WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin

by Saqib Khan
So if you’ve made the decision to move away from All In One SEO Pack to WordPress SEO plugin, then you’ve come to the right place. It might seem to you that this process would require much time, but in reality, migrating is a piece of cake.

Customize Your WordPress Dashboard Welcome Message

by Remi
In this article, we’ll discuus on how to display a custom welcome message, we are going to create a small plugin. That way even when upgrading to a new version of WordPress the message shown will your message and not the default one.

Things To Do Before Updating WordPress to Latest Version

by Saqib Khan
Now that you know the consequences of not keeping WordPress installation up-to-date, let’s learn about things to take care of before hitting that ‘Update now’ button. These steps are very important and I strongly advise you perform these steps.

How to Get Awesome Search for Your WordPress Blog

by Tom Ewer
One of the biggest issues I have with WordPress is its search functionality on both the front and back end. With that in mind, in this post I want to introduce you to what I consider to be the best solution for dramatically improving WordPress’ search functionality.

Discover WordPress Conditional Tags

by Remi
We all use conditional statements in our developments under WordPress, right? But do you know all built-in WordPress conditional tags? They are simply great because thanks to these tags it’s very easy to create conditional statements.

Adding Distraction Free Reading to WordPress

by Slobodan Manic
Remember when WordPress introduced distraction free writing, way back in 3.2? It’s an amazing feature, one that allows you to forget about everything else and focus on writing. But how about the readers?

Adding Retina Display Support to WordPress Themes

by Chris Robinson
In this article I’ll go over the several different options you have to add retina support to your themes.

How To Create A WordPress Custom Dashboard Page

by Remi
A few days ago, i have been asked to create a custom WordPress dashboard to replace the orginial one. It wasn’t just displaying or hiding already custom metaboxes, it was replacing the whole dashboard. After a quick search in WordPress core files, i found really great stuff. And finally, i managed to create a whole custom dashboard in the WordPress style. To do so, once again i created a plugin.

Create A Widget Area For A Certain Category

by Paulund
In this tutorial we are going to learn how we can create a new WordPress sidebar widget area for a certain category page. This can then be extended to be used for all categories, certain posts, certain pages etc.

Data Validation With WordPress

by Paulund
When building any sort of web application you need to have a focus on security, one area of security that is a must is data validation.

Add Category RSS Feed Link

by Paulund
When you have a WordPress site you can assign different posts to categories, this allows you to group your posts together.

Get All Categories For Your WordPress Site

by Paulund
There are times when you want to get a list of all the categories of your WordPress site, this is commonly found on a archive page.

Twitter Stream WordPress Widget

by Pulund
In this tutorial we are going to look at how to create a Twitter stream widget in WordPress using the WP_Widget class.

Understanding and Using Hooks and Filters in WordPress

by Abbas Suterwala
In this article we are going to understand the Action hooks and filters of WordPress and how we can use it in our plugins and themes.

Slick Social “Side-Out” Buttons in WordPress

by Vladislav Davidzon
One of the best ways to integrate the pull of social media with the more traditional online blogging format is to use social media “share” buttons to encourage users to communicate with their friends about an article or page that they really enjoyed.

Turning Any Theme into a WordPress Theme: It’s Not as Hard as Many People Think!

by Vladislav Davidzon
There’s simply no need to overlook the internet’s vast collection of non-WordPress web templates for fear of the conversion process being too complex. These templates simply require some slice-and-dice routines to be turned into fully-functioning, unique presentations of site content. Here’s how:

Conditional Variables and Database Queries within WordPress

by Vladislav Davidzon
Indeed, the most common way of splitting content into unique template designs is one that requires a new file for each page, causing the server to slow down as the WordPress software taxes its resources. Luckily, the development team behind the world’s most popular content management solution has included a way to alter templates “on the fly” using database queries and conditional variables.

How to Create a Custom Options Page in WordPress

by Vladislav Davidzon
Here’s how to create a theme options page within the functions.php file.

How to Migrate from Joomla, Drupal, LiveJournal and Blogger to WordPress

by Terrance
Though WordPress is the top choice for many bloggers, those thinking about integrating should also review the major blogging services available to them and ensure that WordPress is the best option for their blog.

Beyond CMS: Non-Traditional and Creative Ways to Use WordPress

by Anna Ladoshkina
WordPress being the most popular CMS in the world gives users and developers considerable flexibility in terms of design and functionality.

How to Effectively Track WordPress Outbound Links Internally

by Terrance
Site owners who use WordPress platform for their sites and blogs may find the need to track outbound links for various reasons. If a site owner is enlisted in one or more affiliate programs, tracking these outbound links is important. Webmasters will want to ensure that they are receiving credit for each referral to the affiliate site from their WordPress site.

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