So if you remember correctly, there was a security issue with the TimThumb script in August which was fixed. However still to our surprise, many sites are still using the old version. We have fixed three sites so far in the past month, one being yesterday. So it makes sense to simply write a step by step article, so our users can just follow it. All of the three users that we fix this issue for did not even know…
Continue Reading »Prevent Email Spam with WordPress AntiSpamBot Function
We recently wrote an article about about how to encrypt emails in WordPress with Cryptx. And as useful as this plugin is, there is actually another way to do this that doesn’t involve any plugin. One of our users pointed us to the WordPress Codex. Although most people don’t know, there is a function in WordPress called antispambot. This function essentially lets you hide your email address by converting every character to an HTML entity. All you have to do…
Continue Reading »How To Limit Search Results For Specific Post Types in WordPress
Have you ever wondered how you can limit your search results to specific post types? Its not very hard. We’ve already showed you how to disable the search feature in WordPress by modifying the functions.php file. Now we’re going to do the same thing except to filter our search results. Open your functions.php file and add the following codes: Notice the line that says You can filter the search results by changing the values in the array variable. Right now…
Continue Reading »How to Add Rotating Testimonials in WordPress
Recently, we had to create a rotating testimonials display in WordPress for one of our clients. We did a brief search on the web, but we did not find a plugin that did what we wanted. Rather than spending a lot of time finding the right plugin, we decided to create this from scratch. In this article, we will show you how you can create a rotating testimonials area in WordPress where testimonials fade in and out automatically. You can…
Continue Reading »How to Add Google Search in a WordPress Site
As you may have discovered, in spite of its phenomenal performance as a blogging platform/CMS, WordPress falls woefully short in the search engine department. There are of course certain plugins available that will improve your search results, but for those of you who don’t want to install 15 of them to just barely imitate the functionality of modern search engines, there is another option. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to replace WordPress built in search…
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