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How to Add Custom Fields Automatically on Post Publish in WordPress

Auto Custom Field

When creating our WPBeginner Gallery Site, we needed to generate custom branded short urls automatically for each site submitted to the gallery, and then store them as a custom field as soon as the post was published. Now while we will leave the auto-generating Bit.ly… Read More »

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Jan 31, 2011
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How to Hide the WordPress Upgrade Message in the Dashboard

Remove that Update Nag

There was a huge debate on Digging into WordPress blog whether developers should let their client’s upgrade or not. We believe to educate our clients and encourage them to be self-sufficient therefore we have created an infographic that shows you a step by step guide… Read More »

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Jan 28, 2011
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WPBundle has a SALE Going ON that You Should Not Miss!

WPBundle

About 48 hours ago, we sent out a newsletter update to our followers regarding a WPBundle Deal that is going on at Mighty Deals. It was limited time only and would have ended last night, but due to Popular Demand, the deal has been extended… Read More »

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Jan 28, 2011
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Adding a Post Rating System in WordPress with WP-PostRatings

WP-Post Ratings

We were recently looking to incorporate a simple post rating system in our project and had to deal with numerous plugins. After going through several, we found the one that works best for adding a post rating system in WordPress was “WP-PostRatings” by Lester ‘GaMerZ’… Read More »

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Jan 26, 2011
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Lucky Winners of Our Catalyst WordPress Theme Giveaway

Catalyst Giveaway

This past week, we had a pleasure of running our first giveaway of 2011 thanks @sethmerrick and @EricHamm from Catalyst Theme. In our giveaway we were giving away 10 copies of their powerful Catalyst Theme which comes with the Dynamik Child theme and 22 skins.… Read More »

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Jan 26, 2011
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How to Display Ads Only to Search Engine Visitors in WordPress

WP Search

From our experience and research of many industry experts, it seems that Search Engine visitors are more likely to click on targeted advertisements then your regular readers. In this article, we will share a technique that will let you make more money from your blogs by simply displaying ads to your Search Engine Visitors ONLY. Whereas your regular visitors do not see these ads. This works very well with targeted Pay-Per-Click (PPC) ad units such as Google Adsense.

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Jan 24, 2011
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Giveaway – Get Your Free Copy of Catalyst Theme for WordPress

Catalyst Giveaway

WPBeginner is proud to announce our first giveaway of 2011 thanks to @sethmerrick and @EricHamm from Catalyst Theme. Seth is an old friend of WPBeginner and have created awesome products like Impact Page Builder in the past. Catalyst is a re-branded and much more powerful… Read More »

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Jan 19, 2011
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How to Style WordPress Navigation Menus

Style Menus

In WordPress 3.0, there was a milestone feature added known as WordPress Menus. In this article, we will discuss different classes that are added by default within the WordPress menus that we can use to style each individual menu.

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Jan 18, 2011
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How to Sell Your WordPress Blog at Flippa (Interview with Matt Mickiewicz)

Buy or Sell Blogs

Last day of the event, I met my old time friend Matt Mickiewicz (@sitepointmatt), co-founder of Sitepoint.com, 99designs.com, and Flippa.com. I decided to interview him as he runs one of the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites/blogs, so he is the best person to… Read More »

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Jan 12, 2011
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HomeDecor Free WordPress Theme

Home Decor

HomeDecor Theme is a magazine/blog hybrid theme that showcases featured content with both an featured image slider and a featured post section above the fold. Below the fold you will find a standard reverse chronological blog design with space for advertisements, a subscription box, and a recommended post section. With an elegant yellow color scheme, HomeDecor is a great theme to showcase your fantastic content.

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Jan 11, 2011
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