Javascript in Wordpress Posts
I did some searching and finally found a plugin that lets you use Javascript directly in your posts. The plugin is called Scriptenabler - this link directly downloads the plugin’s zip file (there is no page on plugin page for this plugin on the author’s site). Thanks very much to Life After [...]

Javascript in Wordpress Posts

I did some searching and finally found a plugin that lets you use Javascript directly in your posts. The plugin is called Scriptenabler - this link directly downloads the plugin’s zip file (there is no page on plugin page for this plugin on the author’s site). Thanks very much to Life After Coffee for posting about the plugin, and of course to Otto, the developer of the plugin.

Belle needed a plugin to run her CJ Ebay links, and this was her solution.

Tips for Protecting Wordpress

Take the “stats” line out of the head area; WordPress needs stats less than you need not to tell anyone what version you’re running.
Password-protect the wp-admin directory (this means you’ll have to log in twice to get to the Dashboard)

Some basic and not-so-basic tips.

Tips for Protecting Wordpress

• Take the “stats” line out of the head area; WordPress needs stats less than you need not to tell anyone what version you’re running.
• Password-protect the wp-admin directory (this means you’ll have to log in twice to get to the Dashboard)

Some basic and not-so-basic tips.

WordPress Upgrade Preparation Checklist
The more you prepare your blog in advance for the upgrade, the easier it will be to make the transition without complications.
I just uploaded the files overtop of my old files, but Lorelle’s nine tips for making sure your upgrade goes well are closer to the right way to do it.

WordPress Upgrade Preparation Checklist

The more you prepare your blog in advance for the upgrade, the easier it will be to make the transition without complications.

I just uploaded the files overtop of my old files, but Lorelle’s nine tips for making sure your upgrade goes well are closer to the right way to do it.

Plugin: AntiLeech Prevents Content Scrapper
AntiLeech can detect a splogger bot using its User-Agent string, or by IP address. You can enter a User-Agent or an IP address into the Options panel of your WordPress blog. In addition to all of that, AntiLeech will produce a robots.txt output from the User-Agents that you’ve specified in the [...]

Plugin: AntiLeech Prevents Content Scrapper

AntiLeech can detect a splogger bot using its User-Agent string, or by IP address. You can enter a User-Agent or an IP address into the Options panel of your WordPress blog. In addition to all of that, AntiLeech will produce a robots.txt output from the User-Agents that you’ve specified in the options page, assuming you don’t already have one. Download the plugin now and prevent RSS or content scrapper.

Something to add to your Wordpress arsenal.

Excluding Posts from Your Wordpress Feed
That will keep category with ID 5 out of the feed. You can get the IDs by looking in the wp_terms table in your database. With wordpress 2.1, these terms are tags and categories, and while I haven’t tested it with tags, I have seen that it does work with [...]

Excluding Posts from Your Wordpress Feed

That will keep category with ID 5 out of the feed. You can get the IDs by looking in the wp_terms table in your database. With wordpress 2.1, these terms are tags and categories, and while I haven’t tested it with tags, I have seen that it does work with Categories.

Click over for complete instructions. I’ve always wondered how to do this! You may want to check out the original post - some commenters aren’t having much luck with this method.

My solution in the past has always been to set up a new blog in a subfolder - it’s more trouble, but it works flawlessly.

The easiest way to find an SEO WordPress theme for your blog
Based on the response from Wendy Piersall’s Problogger post, I realized that many bloggers want to use a search engine optimized theme but don’t know how to evaluate the code. I also got many requests to review specific themes. Instead of writing “Best themes for [...]

The easiest way to find an SEO WordPress theme for your blog

Based on the response from Wendy Piersall’s Problogger post, I realized that many bloggers want to use a search engine optimized theme but don’t know how to evaluate the code. I also got many requests to review specific themes. Instead of writing “Best themes for SEO” posts forever, it seemed like a better idea to create a site for this, and that’s the basis of WordPress Theme Review.

This will be an awesome resource for many bloggers. There are some great guides to evaluating the theme, but they’re not for people who have never seen php code before.