In a previous article (WiPeD: A Useful WordPress Debugger Plugin), I discussed the WiPeD WordPress Debugger, written by Sterling Camden, which you can read more about on the Chiptips Blog.
I’ve been educating myself about the structure of WordPress, and recently I found it useful to add some backtrace capability to WiPeD.
What is Backtrace?
Backtrace is the [...]

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I like the WiPeD (WordPress Printf Debugging) Plugin for four reasons:

It does what I want
It is easy to install
It is easy to use
It is easy to customize

As a bonus, I should say, I talked to the author (Sterling “Chip” Camden)  on the phone today, and he’s very helpful.
Problems with echo
PHP programmers typically use the echo keyword [...]

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Are you learning how do make code modifications in WordPress?
Sometimes you just want to experiment.
But it is messy and risky to make changes in the standard template pages such as index.php, page.php, archive.php, etc. So the best thing to do is make yourself a code sandbox.
A sandbox template should pull in all the infrastructure [...]

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Wordpress uses a standard directory structure for storing themes.
Starting from your wordpress installation home directtor, all themes are stored in /wp-content/themes.
Each theme is stored in it’s own directory. The two themes that come with a standard WordPress installation are “WordPress Classic” and “WordPress Default”.  Their folders are located relative to the WordPress home directory as [...]

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It was difficult to think of an interesting title for this article. Maybe I should have called it “Save Time and Money — Keep Your Meta Tags Portable”, because eventually, if your Meta Tags are not portable, you’re going to invest time/money moving them.
Problem
The latest WordPress documentation says:
To add meta tags to your site, simply [...]

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In a previous article (Sitemaps and Google Webmaster — Like Milk and Cookies) I explained why it is important to register your Sitemap with Google. This article tells you how to create a Sitemap for your Wordpress site and register it with Google.
Sitemap Plugin Eases the Job
Google accepts Sitemaps in several formats, but it’s [...]

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