Post formats were introduced in WordPress 3.1 to offer micro-blogging functionality in WordPress. Despite it being there, most beginners have no clue on how to use it. Reason: Because it is not as prominent as it is in on Tumblr. WordPress has a user interface… Read More »
How to Change the Default Media Upload Location in WordPress 3.5
The new Media Uploader in WordPress 3.5 is probably the most important change of this release. Another important but less talked about change is the disappearance of the option to change the upload directory path from Settings. The reason for removing this option from the… Read More »
How to Set oEmbed Max Width in WordPress 3.5 with $content_width
Today, we saw the release of WordPress 3.5 which came with tons of amazing features. As we upgraded one site after another, we noticed an issue on one of the sites we manage. The embedded video size were changed, and the embedded videos were a… Read More »
WordPress 3.5 – “Elvin” is Released
Just a few moments ago, WordPress 3.5 was released. The version is named Elvin in honor of drummer Elvin Jones who played with John Coltrane in addition to many others. WordPress 3.4 was downloaded over 28 million times. In WordPress 3.5, we saw some major… Read More »
How to Disable XML-RPC in WordPress
XML-RPC service was disabled by default for the longest time mainly due to security reasons. In WordPress 3.5, this is about to change. XML-RPC will be enabled by default, and the ability to turn it off from your WordPress dashboard is going away. In this… Read More »
What’s Coming in WordPress 3.5 (Features & Screenshots)
WordPress 3.5 is less than a month away. This will be the second major release for 2012 (last one being WordPress 3.4 on June 13, 2012). Expected to be released on December 5th, 2012, WordPress 3.5 is already in the third beta release. This means… Read More »
Link Manager aka Blogrolls to be “Sort of” Removed in WordPress 3.5
About a year ago, we wrote an opinion post here at WPBeginner with the title “Should Blogroll ‘Links’ be removed in favor of WordPress menus?“. We got a decent feedback in the comments and our social media channels (twitter and facebook). Recently while browsing through… Read More »