Categories: WordPress Tips


Remove Several Categories from the Loop in WordPress

Here is a little trick to to remove categories from the main loop. Yes, you can display these elsewhere; in pages (view custom template), the sidebar, the footer… wherever you want them and I’ll show you how.
Complete code

<?php
$themes = $wpdb->get_var(”SELECT term_id FROM wp_terms WHERE slug = ‘themes’”);
$plugins = $wpdb->get_var(”SELECT term_id FROM wp_terms WHERE slug = […]


5 Must Read Posts about Alexa Traffic Rank

Some of the following posts contain tips that are not honest in nature, I only follow the honest ones. You may do as you like though. I found these all to be very helpful and hope you enjoy the list and watch your Alexa Rank Drop (that’s good).

Dosh Dosh covers 20 Quick Ways to Increase […]


Comprehensive Guide to WordPress SEO - Part 2

Welcome back for Part 2 of this Comprehensive Guide to WordPress SEO, yesterday I covered the importance of permalink structure. Today I’ll be going over the importance of Dynamic Title tags as well as your common header tags.
Title Tags:
Title tags go inside your html -> head statement, and are generally used by indexes and search […]


Comprehensive Guide to WordPress SEO - Part 1

Over the course of the several days/weeks I will be revealing comprehensive and indepth findings for Search Engine Optimization(SEO) in regards to WordPress. This time I will be covering the importance of Permalink Structure.
Permalinks:
Permalinks: Permanent Links, links that SHOULD not change.
The first thing you should do when installing WordPress is to deny the option to […]


5 WordPress Plugins that Save You Time

Over my tenure as an avid WordPress user and blogger I’ve come across various plugins that deserve a bit of the limelight. A few of these I use on other blogs, including bloggercamp. I’m shocked at the community behind all the great WordPress Plugins.
So follow on and find out how to save some time with […]


Top 5 SEO Tips for WordPress 2.3

The following tips will increase your search enging rankings for keywords, articles, and your blog in general. In combination with obvious SEO techniques such as link baiting with clever post titles this is a no fail combination.
1. Permalink Structure:
The permalink structure is exactly that, a permanent link to your articles and pages. By default WordPress […]


How to Remove any Category from the Loop

My last post, Creating Asides in Wordpress 2.3, detailed how to make asides show up in the sidebar with WordPress’s new tagging scheme.
Now the next thing that’s necessary, at least seems to be necessary for me, is to remove the Category/Tag “Asides” from the loop, so they only show up in the sidebar.
Your main loop […]


How to Create Asides in WordPress 2.3 or up

A few themes I’ve been testing out have been failing when it comes to creating asides in the sidebar.
I wanted to put my asides in the sidebar in WordPress 2.3 and started doing some snooping through the new database structure… mainly the two tables wp_terms and wp_term_taxonomy.
You can copy and paste the following code into […]


How to update to WordPress 2.3 without (as many)headaches

Preparation
First this you need to do is follow this tutorial How to install WordPress on your local PC. Except at the end do not install WordPress at all… Instead ftp to your webhost and copy your entire WordPress base directory to your c:\www folder and change your wp-config.php file accordingly.
From your webhost, export your entire […]


Fixing The Morning After Featured Posts

A common problem with the fantastic “The Morning After” theme by Arun Kale is getting the Featured Area to work. I have one solution that might be what you are looking for!
Use the following as an easier implementation and FIX for featured posts!
Arun: if you want to incorporate these changes feel free!
In home.php copy the […]