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How to Get All Post Attachments in WordPress Except for Featured Image

WordPress Attachments

Recently while working on a custom project for a client, we had to get all post attachments from a custom post type and display them at one place. Because we were creating a grid display, we had each post’s featured image serving the purpose of… Read More »

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Feb 6, 2012
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How to Show Comments on the Homepage of Your WordPress Theme

Comments in WordPress

Recently while working on a very secret project, we found a need to show comments on the homepage of the site. Normally, on single pages you can just call comments_template(); and it should display, but it wasn’t showing up. All we ended up getting was… Read More »

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Nov 15, 2011
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How to use Thumbnails with Previous and Next Post Links in WordPress

Post Navigation with Thumbnails

One of our users asked us on our Facebook page: How to use thumbnails for previous/next post navigation in WordPress. The next_post_link and previous_post_link functions doesn’t have a simple enough thumbnail parameter which a new developer can simply turn on and off. In this article,… Read More »

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Nov 14, 2011
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Default WordPress Generated CSS Cheat Sheet for Beginners

CSS

Have you ever wondered how you could style different elements of the WordPress theme? Well it varies from theme to theme, but there are certain CSS classes and IDs that are generated by WordPress. If you are someone who is trying to style a theme,… Read More »

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Oct 26, 2011
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How to Create a Grid Display of Post Thumbnails in WordPress Themes

Grid Loop Display

When creating WordPress site designs, have you ever had the urge to create a grid display of posts? The grid layout works great for media centric sites such as our WordPress gallery or another showcase type site. Theme frameworks like Genesis already has a pre-built… Read More »

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Sep 13, 2011
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How to Customize the Display of WordPress Archives in Your Sidebar

Custom Archives Display

Recently, we were working on a client’s site design that required us to display monthly archives arranged by year in the sidebar. It probably was really easy for their designer to mock it up in Photoshop, but it was a bit complicated to achieve in… Read More »

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Aug 11, 2011
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How to Display the Facebook Comment Count in WordPress Theme

Facebook Comment Count

Recently, we showed you how to setup facebook comments for WordPress. One of the downside of using that plugin is that it overtakes all WordPress comment_count functions, and it outputs a facebook branded version of the comment count. This may cause issues to your WordPress… Read More »

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Aug 5, 2011
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Fixing the Read More Tag Problem in WordPress Static Pages

Read More Tag

WordPress has two ways of showing excerpts in a blog. One is by using the_excerpt() tag in your themes, and the other method is by using the more tag. The more tag allows you to specify where the cut off point is in a post… Read More »

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Jul 29, 2011
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