The recent release of WordPress 2.9 brought a great new feature: the trash. Now users have a way to recover deleted posts and comments. By default, WordPress empties the trash every 30 days. If you’d like to change how often the trashed information is removed, simply open up wp-config.php and [...]

I’m very excited to announce the official launch of MammothApps, a development studio specializing in advanced web applications and large-scale plugins built on the WordPress content management system (CMS). The former “John Kolbert WordPress Consulting” has lost its self-indulgent name and split to a completely separate entity. All of my [...]

I just released v1.2 of my Absolute Privacy WordPress plugin. Absolute Privacy is a plugin which makes your blog only accessible to logged in users. It also lets users register themselves, choose a password, but have to be approved before being able to log in.
This update was mainly to fix [...]

While working on the redesign of my website I realized I was using a very inefficient method of displaying my latest Twitter post (“Tweet”). Currently I’m using a script I found online that uses two functions that are just over 20 lines of code total. Here I’ll show you how [...]

Last night I updated Smart Ads to version 2.2. This fixes an issue where posts that had ads disabled would randomly have ads become re-enabled. It also includes a changelog in the readme so automatic upraders can view the changes right from their dashboard.
What’s Smart Ads, you ask? Smart Ads [...]

A little over a year ago I released a WordPress plugin called Smart Ads. I had been looking for a plugin that would assist me in adding advertisements to Simply-Basic.com, my technology blog (now defunct), but  I couldn’t find one that I felt did everything I needed it to. After [...]

I’ve released an update to the Absolute Privacy WordPress plugin. This release fixes a bug where some Internet Explorer users were unable to login. It also tweaks a few things to provide for WordPress 2.8 compatibility. This is a recommended update for all users.
What is Absolute Privacy, you ask? It [...]