One problem with the WYSIWYG editor in WordPress is that if you are trying to manually add in a block of HTML, the editor may try to translate that block into paragraph format, inserting

tags where you didn’t intend, possibly (and most likely) ruining what you were intending to do with your HTML code block.

How do I display code in a non-executable format in WordPress?
Good question! What’s even better is that you are about to discover the answer.

With WordPress 2.7 came the post_class function. This gives a set of CSS classes to a post, depending on what’s in the post (e.g. based on what category it is in).

Recently, one site we were working on needed a sidebar that would show the 4 most recent posts on the site. But here’s the catch: they wanted only one post per author. And, each author had to have the role of “author” as opposed to contributor or admin.

I hate editing my WordPress theme files—and I’m a theme developer! It makes it a pain to update the theme when a new, better version comes out. And if you ever change your theme you’re either going to forget about some crucial edit you’ve made, or spend wasted hours hunting down all your customizations. Didn’t we decide to use WordPress because it was so simple to use?

If you know anything about bounce rate, you are probably already showing related posts in WordPress. Bounce rate essentially represents the percentage of initial visitors to a site who “bounce” away to a different site, rather than continue on to other pages within the same site. This can have a significant impact on your adsense earning.

Word of Mouth advertising is one of the techniques that provide very good results. We have seen twitter to help brands get more exposure. But one of the ways you can encourage your users to recommend your articles is by adding an Email This option to your WordPress Posts. WordPress has a plugin called WP-Email that gives your user an ability to share the post with their friends via an email.

I make a lot of sites that use WordPress as a content management system (CMS) but not with the blog as the front page. For these, I use posts and categories to make various sections of the site using custom templates. My latest example of that is the Blog, Q&A and Latest News sections of the site Hear Florida. For this, I wanted to make an archive page which lists all the categories, subcategories, and posts in what is technically the blog.

This post will give you a quick run down of how to easily add a simple and easily customizable carousel with WordPress posts from a specified category.

We all know what the WordPress Loop is right? If not, there are many great tutorials around the web that explain the WordPress Loop.