Feb28
How to Get All Users With a Specific Role
by John Kolbert | Posted in: WordPress
Sometimes as a WordPress plugin developer you want to get all of the users with a specific role. For example, maybe you want to create a plugin that emails all the “Editors” of your blog. To easily get all users of a role, use the function below.
function getUsersWithRole($role) {
//gets all [...]
Feb18
Tell Me What WP Plugins You Want
by John Kolbert | Posted in: Site News
Have a great plugin idea for WordPress? I’d love to hear your suggestion! Use this forum for telling me about your great idea.
Here are some guidelines for leaving plugin suggestions:
Do a Google search for duplicates before posting a suggestion
Create a new topic for each plugin suggestion
Leave as many details as [...]
Feb16
How Many Previous Versions of WordPress Should New Plugins Support?
by John Kolbert | Posted in: Tech Musings, WordPress
It’s no secret that I enjoy writing WordPress plugins. I’ve got a few that I’ve released freely, some I keep to myself, and many are contract work. Most of my work goes undisclosed. However, when I release free plugins, the question that invariably arises is “what versions of WordPress will [...]
Feb8
New WP Plugin: Absolute Privacy
by John Kolbert | Posted in: WordPress
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a WordPress plugin that my wife requested. Today I’m happy to announce the release of my latest WordPress plugin called Absolute Privacy.
What does it do?
Absolute Privacy turns your blog into the ultimate private blog. Here’s a quick list of its features:
Force [...]
Feb3
Portfolio: Visually Remove Pages From Navigation
by John Kolbert | Posted in: Portfolio
Mike needed a plugin to quickly solve a problem he was having: stop pages from being listed in navigation areas without having to adjust his theme files. This one was a quick plugin that saved him a lot of time.
The Problem
Theme developers like to use WordPress’ built in wp_list_pages() function [...]




