Tag: basics
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Create a Child Theme
One of the basic elements of WordPress best practices is to use a Child Theme. This allows you to make customizations to your theme without worrying about losing those changes when the theme author releases an update. It’s simple to set up and should be a standard practice when setting up a new site. This…
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What is the “more” tag?
What is the “more” tag? A significant amount of content regarding WP-Members setup involves something called the “more” tag. This tag, which has been around since the beginning of WordPress, essentially does the job of creating an excerpt out of the content. But what does it look like and how do you use it?
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Customizing WP-Members with pluggable functions
IMPORTANT: This article remains here for legacy purposes. There are many users who utilize pluggable functions in the plugin and have not updated these processes to utilize hooks and filters. There are also articles buried in this blog that have customizations that use a pluggable function (if you find one, let me know). HOWEVER, pluggable…
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The functions.php file
The functions.php file is an important element in customizing WordPress. It is also an important element in terms of customizing and integrating WP-Members into your site. While you are not required to do any customization to get WP-Members to work on your site (it is, after all, a plugin), to leverage the power of the…
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WordPress site management best practices
WordPress is a great tool and it has become an icon in the Internet world. But with success of distribution comes the vulnerability of becoming a target for hackers. Many of you have experienced what it is like to deal with hacking and malware. Hopefully most of you haven’t experienced this yet. This post will…