Browsing archives for October, 2008

Add a Class to Parent Categories Using wp_list_categories in WordPress

Code, PHP, Snippet, Wordpress 27 October 2008 4 Comments

There was a quesiton in the WordPress IRC channel just a little while ago asking if there was a way to add a class to the li tag of parent categories generated by the wp_list_categories function.
The first idea that came to mind was using javascript, but a PHP solution will work without the requirement of[...]

Adding a Link to the WordPress 2.7 Favorites Dropdown

Code, PHP, Snippet, Wordpress 22 October 2008 0 Comments

There was some concern on the WP-Hackers list that the sidemenu action had been removed from WordPress 2.7. As the “sidemenu” (Settings, Plugins, Users) links no longer exist in 2.7 this action was removed. There is, however a suitable replacement which is the favorites dropdown.
This code snippet will show you what is required[...]

Better Howdy WordPress Plugin

Plugins, Wordpress 7 October 2008 0 Comments

Extended information for this plugin has been moved to [plugin homepage_url]. This post has been kept for legacy purposes and has been updated to reflect an original release notice.
The [plugin name] WordPress plugin has been released.
[plugin description]
Read more about this plugin at [plugin homepage_url].

Separating Pings from Comments in WordPress 2.7

HowTo, PHP, Plugins, Wordpress 6 October 2008 61 Comments

WordPress 2.7 has introduced many new features surrounding comments. Of these is AJAX commenting and threaded comments. To take advantage of the later, you must use a function wp_list_comments instead of the old way of looping through the comments array with a foreach. Weblog Tools Collection has a good how to on[...]