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Save Coding Time by Creating Special-Case Categories in WordPress

December 29, 2009

in Web Development, WordPress

Get a list of WordPress categories to sort and exclude them...kind of like fruit!

When you would use excluded categories:

When using WordPress as more of a content management system (CMS) than a blogging platform, there are many things that you need control over. One of them is special-case categories.

  • Frequently asked questions
  • Testimonials
  • Case studies
  • Press releases

When you have a category of posts that you don’t want to have comments, publishing dates, post author, etc., you can define a list of excluded categories. In most cases, you should use Category Templates to achieve this functionality, but that is not always practical or the best option.  Read more&hellip

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Rich Text Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Descriptions for WordPress

August 19, 2009

in Plugins, WordPress

Rich Text Tags Plugin on WordPress.org

Taxonomies, baby!The Rich Text Tags plugin allows you to use the WYSIWYG TinyMCE text editor (the WordPress default editor) while editing Categories, Tags, and taxonomies (custom categorization created by the Yoast Simple Taxonomies plugin).  Read more&hellip

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How to Display a Random Testimonial or Post in WordPress

August 12, 2009

in Code

Set up a testimonials category — no need for a plugin.

There are a couple of plugins designed specifically for testimonials, but I didn’t want to use them; they use their own databases, and don’t keep with WordPress’ simplicity. If possible, the best way to work with WordPress is to use it’s built-in functionality.

I also wanted to have the testimonials as a category in WP, rather than as a separate plugin. This code will work for any type of category, not just a testimonial.

Here’s how to create a random post item in your sidebar:  Read more&hellip

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