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 is an intelligent advertising…

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 creating what I felt was…

I have  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 is a WordPress…

I just updated the Smart Ads WordPress plugin to version 2.1. It fixes a PHP error that users were getting before they input any ad code into the settings page. Turns out it was a dumb coding mistake on my part. I fixed the code logic on one line and now it works as intended….

WordPress 2.8 is set to be released in the near future and promises to add quite a few new features. Among them, and one that fellow nerds like me will appreciate, is the addition of syntax highlighting and line numbering to WordPress’ built-in theme and plugin editors. Although I rarely use the built-in editors, it’s…

Many plugins use custom fields to store data about individual posts. When a plugin adds a custom fields, its key and value (or name and value) are listed in the Custom Fields meta box. For instance, a syntax hilighting plugin may set a custom field syntax_enabled on posts that use the syntax highlighting CSS. Often…

Those who follow me on Twitter know that I’ve stared a new project called WordPress Hire. After quite a few requests I’ve decided to elaborate on exactly what the project is. My goal for the WPHire project is to create an estimate/invoicing web application (think along the lines of Zoho or or Freshbooks) that runs…

Sometimes you only want to show posts that you’ve added a specific custom field to. For instance, lets say you write book and movie reviews and for each you give them a custom field “review_type” with the value set to either “book” or “movie”. So how would you show posts that are only movie reviews?…

My first-ever bug reported to the WordPress Trac website has officially been patched! About two months ago while developing the Absolute Privacy WordPress plugin I noticed that trying to add new roles (ie subscriber, administrator, etc) often ended in frustrating PHP warnings. I found the problem and suggested a fix in the Trac ticket. A…

Here I’m featuring a forum post from the official WordPress forums along with my response to it. It is a simple question for beginners to the WordPress world. “How do you change the blog title after installing WordPress?” (link). When installing WordPress for the first time your are prompted to enter the blog title, tagline, and…