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Enable HTML code in WordPress Widget Titles
WordPress widgets don’t allow HTML code by default. With the snippet below, you’ll be able to use basic HTML styling tags (even span tags) in WordPress widget titles. Put it in your functions.php file....
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How to Add Links to the WordPress Admin Bar / Toolbar
If you’d like to add links to your Admin Toolbar (formerly called the Admin Bar), then there are two ways you can go about that: You can use a plugin, or you can use code in your functions file. We’ll...
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How to Add or Change FTP Details for Easy WordPress Upgrades
If your WordPress site has recently been moved or if you have changed your FTP password, you may be continually prompted for your details within the dashboard. This can be quite annoying if you’re...
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PSA: WPMU DEV will NOT support the Salutation Theme
Update: To clarify for future generations, this post is in regard to Salutation Theme versions up to 1.5. We’ll update again when/if this issue is resolved by the theme developers. Update #2: As of...
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Browse WordPress Source Code Online
Want to really dig deep into the inner workings of WordPress? Did you know that you can browse the source code online? Not only is it presented in a convenient web interface but it includes inline...
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How to Remove the Login Shake From WordPress
If you’ve ever forgotten your password on a WordPress site, then you know that the box with the login form shakes when you enter a wrong password. I personally find this UI experience to be a bit...
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Visually Test Your WordPress Rewrite URL Rules
With functions like add_rewrite_rule(), WordPress allows you to create your own URL rewrite rules via the WP Rewrite API, of the WP_Rewrite Class. If you’re not sick of the word “rewrite” yet and that...
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Insert WordPress Page Content Anywhere You Like in Your Site
If you need to insert content from a Page into other places in your site, such as in a sidebar or a category page, then that’s easily done with this little trick I discovered from Scott Nelle. As...
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How to Remove Menus From the WordPress Dashboard
The WordPress codex is full of fun little things that you can experiment with. Have you ever wanted to remove a menu page from the WordPress dashboard? Perhaps you’re building a site for a client who...
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How To Limit The WordPress Posts Screen To Only Show Authors Their Own Posts
When working on a multi-author WordPress blog, the post listing screen can get a little bit crowded. Sometimes you have to hunt through many posts that are not your own before locating a draft you’ve...
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Never forget your Featured Image Dimensions
Updated August 31, 2012: Thanks to one of the commenters and one of our own developers, the first 2 code snippets have been completely replaced with much-improved, completely different code compared to...
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How to Give Your WordPress Dashboard a Single Column Layout
(Note: This post has been updated. Previously it showed how to achieve a single column by inserting code in your functions.php file. I had forgotten that WordPress lets you easily control the number...
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Do you sometimes forget to set the featured image on your WordPress posts? Here’s a quick handy snippet that will automatically set the featured image by grabbing the first image of the post. If you...
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