Working with my latest theme I needed a way to modify excerpts under specific conditions.
Notably when using the “Link” post format, I wanted excerpts not to have their tags stripped. Secondarily, I wanted a nicer ellipsis and a permalink after it. WordPress supports doing this natively, and luckily adding support to your theme is trivial.
First you … Read full article »
Great shortcode plugin for WordPress
I’ve been working on a project for a client where PHP executable plugins just plain aren’t an option (things like Exec-PHP, for example).
I ran across this GREAT shortcode plugin that uses WP_Query to help you build all sorts of dynamic features into your posts and pages: cpt_list from Blackbird Interactive
I’ve found it necessary to hack … Read full article »
Getting the Twitter JS profile widget to play nice with Twenty Eleven
If you haven’t already used it, the excellent Twitter profile widget gives you a slick drop-in-place twitter feed for use just about anywhere; in my case, a Text widget here on WordPress.
However, Twenty Eleven’s default CSS sets clear:both on all heading tags (1 through 6).
In order to get the twitter header to stop dropping below … Read full article »