76 WordPress Tricks

Jeff Starr has an extensive list of WordPress code snippets:

1. WordPress Shortcodes
2. WordPress Permalinks Outside of the Loop
3. Custom Message to Returning Visitors
4. Recently Updated Posts and Pages
5. Custom Content to Search Engine Visitors
6. Last Modified Time and Date for Posts
7. Display Total Number of Trackbacks and Pingbacks
8. Display Recently Registered Users
9. List all of Your Site’s Posts
10. List WordPress User Information
11. Display List of Scheduled Posts
12. Display Private Posts to Logged-in Users
13. Display Posts from Exactly One Year Ago
14. Custom CSS Styles for Recent Posts
15. New WordPress-2.7 Comments Loop
16. Backwards-Compatible Comment Templates
17. Disable WordPress Post Revisions
18. Limit WordPress Post Revisions
19. Remove WordPress Post Revisions from the Database
20. Reduce Comment Spam by Blocking No-Referrer Requests
21. Prevent Google Analytics from Tracking Admin Pages
22. Meta Descriptions without a Plugin
23. Differentiate Between Posts Depending on Presence of Excerpt
24. Modify the wp_options Table via the WordPress Admin
25. Alternate Comment Styles
26. Automatically Remove Code Mistakes in Posts
27. Automatically Disable Comments and Trackbacks in Old Posts
28. Access Post Data Outside the Loop
29. Display Posts for a Specified Time Period
30. Unique Single Post Templates for Different Categories
31. Display Performance Statistics for WordPress Pages
32. Custom Post Thumbnails in Two Steps
33. Highlight Author Comments
34. Easy Random Posts
35. Display Dates for Groups of Posts
36. Display a Sticky Post in the Sidebar
37. Display Latest Comments without a Plugin
38. Display Most Commented Posts without a Plugin
39. Change Permalinks from Date-Based to Post-Date Only
40. Test for Sub-Pages
41. Multiple Widgetizable Sidebars
42. Remove Fancy Quotes from Comments
43. Display a List of All Untagged Posts
44. Easy Display of Custom Headers, Footers, and Sidebars
45. A Better Way for Users to Logout
46. Display a Custom Message on a Specific Date
47. Display Three Columns of Posts
48. Disable WordPress Search Functionality
49. Display Posts with Specific Custom Fields
50. How to Number Your Comments, Pingbacks, & Trackbacks in 2.7+
51. How to Number Your Comments Using the Classic Loop
52. Invite Readers to Comment via Feed
53. Display the Total Number of Users for Your Blog
54. Automatically Insert Content into Your WordPress Post Editor
55. How to Prevent Duplicate Content
56. Conditionally Display Full Posts or Excerpts
57. Display Related Posts without a Plugin
58. Drop-Dead Easy Styles for Author Comments
59. Display Posts Upcoming Scheduled Posts
60. Display Automatic TinyURLs for Your Posts
61. Implement a Site-Maintenance Page for Your Blog
62. Display the First Image from Each of Your Posts
63. Display Most Popular Posts without a Plugin
64. Automatically Highlight Search Terms
65. Automatically Disable Widgets
66. Display All Images from Your Post Content
67. Display Category List in Two Columns
68. Show Ads or Other Content Only in the First Three Posts
69. A Better Way to Display Recent Comments without a Plugin
70. Selectively Disable Automatic Post Formatting
71. Browser Detection via WordPress’ body_class Function
72. Get Post or Page Contents as a PHP Variable
73. Simple Example of How to Use WordPress Cron
74. Add More Default Avatar Choices to the WordPress Admin
75. Add a Private Page to Your Navigation Menu
76. How to Add Additional Links to wp_list_pages

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