Best WordPress Tutorials of December 2013
9th Jan 2014 | Posted by Eko S. | 1 CommentKeep practicing is the best method to sharpen your wordpress skills and no matter how talented a developer is, without practicing he will become outdated. Luckily for you, the wordpress community today is very active, each month you’ll see the developers share their wordpress knowledge with in depth tutorials or simple tips and tricks.
So to help you, in this post we are going to select the Best WordPress Tutorials that were released in December 2013. I believe one of the WordPress tutorials below will give you some inspiration in your next project or can help you in solving your wordpress problems. In the end, we hope that you enjoyed this post and it will be great for you to share the post with your friends!
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Creating a WordPress Theme From Static HTML: Creating Template Files
by Rachel McCollin
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to take your index.html file and split it up into a set of template files for use by WordPress.
Creating a WordPress Theme From Static HTML: Preparing the Markup
by Rachel McCollin
You’ll start with a single HTML file (with a separate stylesheet) and turn that into a WordPress theme with multiple template files and with a variety of hooks, functions, and template tags included to make use of loops, menus, widgets and more.
Components of a Quality Real Estate Theme
by Chris Robinson
In this case we’re talking about the real estate industry, and over the course of this article, I’ll cover key points and features that make up the perfect real estate WordPress theme.
How to Add Custom Shortcut Links to WordPress Toolbar
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to add custom shortcut links to WordPress toolbar.
How to Find and Remove Unused Shortcodes From WordPress Posts
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to find and remove unused shortcodes from your WordPress posts and pages.
How to Set Default Admin Color Scheme for New Users in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to set a default admin color scheme in WordPress for new users. We will also show you how to prevent users from changing the default WordPress admin color scheme.
How to Display Recently Registered Users in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this tutorial we will show you how to display recently registered users in WordPress.
How to Fix Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance Error in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to fix “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” error in WordPress.
How to Disable Directory Browsing in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to disable directory browsing in WordPress.
How to Fix “Are You Sure You Want to Do This” Error in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to investigate and fix “Are you sure you want to do this” error in WordPress.
How to Manually Update WordPress Using FTP
by WPBeginner
In this article we, will show you how to manually update WordPress using an FTP client.
How to Fix WordPress Post Pagination Hiding Content in RSS Feed
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to fix the WordPress post pagination hiding content in RSS feeds.
How to Fix Image Upload Issue in WordPress
by WPBeginner
In this article, we will show you how to fix image upload issue in WordPress.
The WPLift Guide to Github for WordPress Users
by Joe Fylan
You might’ve even heard of the term forking too. But what exactly is Github and why should casual WordPress users be interested in it? Read on to find out more in our beginners guide to Github for WordPress users.
How To Create a WordPress Development Site: Staging Options & Plugins
by Joe Fylan
A staging site or development version of your site can run in parallel to your live or production site and allows you to make changes and experiment without directly affecting the version which your readers, clients and customers see and interact with.
How to Add Popup Registration Form in WordPress
by by WPSpeak
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to show you how to customize your registration form, or to be exact, how to add popup registration form to your WordPress site.
How to Limit Comment to Registered Users Only
by by WPSpeak
Luckily, WordPress already has the option to limit comments to registered users only. However, if you’re new to WordPress, you might not notice this option. Go to Settings > Discussions and you’ll see an option as shown in the image below.
How to Add Tabs, Accordian or Toggle Widgets to WordPress Post and Sidebar
by WPSpeak
In this tutorial, we’ll show how easily to add a tabs, accordian or toggle widgets to your WordPress post, page or any widget location.
How to Embed Keek Videos in WordPress
by WPSpeak
In today’s tutorial, we’ll show you how to embed Keek videos to your WordPress site.
How to Embed Bing Maps in WordPress
by WPSpeak
In today’s tutorial, we’ll show you how to embed Bing maps in your WordPress site.
How to Enable Jetpack Development Mode
by WPSpeak
Jetpack plugin by the WordPress team is no doubt one of the most popular WordPress plugins. By installing just this one plugin, you’ll get lots of additional features for your WordPress site – tiled gallery, social sharing button, Custom CSS editor, Widget Visibility and more. However, one thing that annoys me is that Jetpack requires users to login with their WordPress.com in order to use most of the features.
How to Display “Featured Content” in WordPress
by Thoriq Firdaus
Jetpack consists of the features that we find in WordPress.com. At the time of the writing, it holds 30 features including WordPress.com Stats, Photon, Infinite Scroll, and our focus of the day, Featured Content. Let’s get to it.
Customize WordPress Admin Color Scheme
by Hongkiat
WordPress just got a new upgrade and 3.8 comes with a bunch of new things to be excited about. One that you will notice immediately, is that the WP-Admin UI now has a new look.
This new design, which actually has long been developed under a plugin called MP6, is responsive and it clearly embraces the current design trend, Flat Design.
Modular Procedural Programming The WordPress Theme Customizer
by Tom McFarlin
In this article, you’ll learn how to make sure that your wordpress theme customizer code that you’re writing is easy to follow, well-organized, and can be maintained over time either by ourselves, or by someone else that comes up after us – be it a team or a single developer.
Add a Custom Wrapper To The WordPress More Tag
by Tom McFarlin
In this article, you’ll learn that it’s easy to customize the more tag such that you can not only modify the text, but the anchor, as well.
How To Add a Class to a Single Post in WordPress
by Tom McFarlin
In this article, you’ll learn how to add a custom class name to a single post that will able to style your single post.
On Using Helper Files in WordPress
by Tom McFarlin
In this article, we will introduce what is Helper files and the advantage to use that on your wordpress theme.
An Easy Way To Check if a Post is Paginated
by Tom McFarlin
WordPress supports the ability to paginate individual posts. So, in this post you’ll learn the easy way to check that your theme supports paginated posts.
Update Your WordPress Projects on GitHub with the GitHub Updater
by Tom McFarlin
In this article, you’ll learn how to update your wordpress, on projects like the plugin your GitHub.
A Strategy To Separate Comments and Pingbacks in WordPress
by Tom McFarlin
Sometimes you want to separate the two from one another so not to clutter the discussion. But how to do that? In this article, you’ll learn how to separate comments and pingbacks with more cleaner code.
Improve Your WordPress Website Typography With Google Fonts
by Tom Ewer
With the creation of Google Fonts and the 600+ font families now available to you the process of choosing a good font is even more complex. In this post, you’ll learn how to implement Google Fonts to your wordpress website.
Create An RSS News Aggregation Portal With WordPress
by Tom Ewer
In this article, you’ll learn how to create a news aggregation site by using WP RSS Multi Importer Plugin.
My 25 Best WooCommerce Snippets For WordPress Part 2
by Remi
This is the second part of the best WooCommerce snippets, since many people ask for more so here they are:
Using Font Icons (Dashicons) For Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.8
by AJ Clarke
In this article, you’ll learn on how to make your custom post type icons look good in 3.8 and make use of the Dashicons, the good news is that you can and it’s very very easy!
Simple Advice For Finding And Hiring A WordPress Theme Developer
by Tom Ewer
Rather than getting caught up in the development aspect of WordPress, why not take the sensible approach and hire yourself a WordPress theme developer to build a custom theme for you? Here is the advice to get the best developers.
Bring Back Single-Column Dashboard in WP 3.8
by Jeff Starr
In this article, you’ll see a quick snippet on how to bring back single-column Dashboard layout for those who were using it and wish to continue doing so.
How to Upload a Local WordPress Site
by Tom Ewer
In this article, you’ll learn the manual way on how to upload your local wordpress website.
Help! What To Do When WordPress Has You Stumped
by Tom Ewer
We all know that wordpress is an amazing cms today and gives many benefits in our daily works. But sometimes you don’t know what happened and regardless of what you do, you just can’t seem to fix it. So this article will help you with step by step strategies.
Why and How You Should Use Custom Post Types in WordPress
by WPShout
In this article, you’ll learn how to use the power of custom content types to really make your WordPress site work for you.
How to Choose a WordPress Theme
by WPShout
Do you have a problem when choosing which is the best wordpress theme for my website? Check out this post, you’ll find the advice to choose based your budget and your priorities.
The Three Core Concepts of WordPress Themes
by WPShout
There are essentially three core concepts that I think one has to understand about WordPress themes to really comprehend what they’re doing. Those are: the template hierarchy, “The Loop”, and the basic dynamics of hooks. Learn these three core concepts in this post.
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