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Hello! This is Pavel. And first, I’d like to apologize for not posting as often as I’d like. Unfortunately (or maybe not), I’ve been very busy with work lately and don’t have time to write new articles. But as long as WordPress remains popular — articles will keep coming, at least once a week.

So, I decided to publish a series of articles dedicated to shortcodes. It’s a well-worn topic, and I’m sure you can find similar posts in almost any WP blog. But it wouldn’t be right to start with “advanced” stuff without explaining the basics. That’s why this first post is focused on the foundations and simple examples. In future articles, we’ll try to combine shortcodes with a module from one of the previous topics.

2015-03-09 Pavel WordPress CommentsNo Comments

How to write a simple plugin for WordPress

Hello! Although I don’t have much experience creating plugins, in this article I’d like to share an example of building a simple plugin that will:

Store data in the database via the admin panel.
Display that data on the front end for site visitors.

First — create a folder in /wp-content/plugins/ for the plugin. Let’s name it my-plugin.

Second — inside that folder, add a PHP file that handles the plugin logic. I usually name it the same as the folder — in this case, my-plugin.php.

2015-03-02 Pavel WordPress CommentsNo Comments

The Easy Way to Connect FeedBurner to WordPress

Hello, this is Pavel! In this article, I want to describe a non-standard but very simple way to connect the FeedBurner service to the WordPress engine. By the way, I use this exact method on my own site.

“If you're lazy — build your own bike.” That’s been my motto while working with WP lately. I didn’t bother searching for a suitable plugin again — instead, I went to the documentation to see how to override the default feed. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything useful. So I had to go another route — disable the current feed and hook in the new one using wp_head.

2015-02-23 Pavel WordPress CommentsNo Comments

How I Switched to Linux lUbuntu and Loved It

Of course, I would have liked to tell you how I painlessly and willingly switched to lUbuntu. But unfortunately, my case was quite different. But more on that later — let me start with a bit of history.

I first learned about Linux back in 1998 or 1999. I was still in school when my older brother brought home a couple of Linux discs (I believe it was Linux Mandrake). He split the hard drive that had Windows 98 into two parts and installed the OS. At the time, I was mostly interested in games, but I was still curious to see what a new OS looked like.

2015-02-20 Pavel Notes CommentsNo Comments

Easy way to hide dates (css version) in wordpress

Hello! In this article, I’d like to introduce my own implementation of the “Hide My Dates” plugin — one that is much simpler and faster. The development of this plugin, as expected, was inspired by the shortcomings of the original “Hide My Dates” plugin. Specifically — loading an extra CSS file, fetching data from the database, and the leftover garbage after plugin deletion.

2015-02-17 Pavel WordPress CommentsNo Comments