Aaron Jorbin

Polyhistoric Man Of The Web

Category: Programming

  • WordPress External Cron Plugin

    There are plenty of scripts out there that require you to request a page on a daily basis to perform certain tasks. Normally you can accomplish this by setting up a simple cron. And on a good host, that’s easy. But what if your host doesn’t have cron? Well if you run WordPress, you now […]

  • WordPress Widget – Exclude some categories

    I’ve often found a need for a simple replacement to the WordPress category widget that allows me to remove some of the categories. I whipped this up real quick for a client and thought others might find it handy. You can copy and paste it or download it from Google Code. Comment with any questions […]

  • WordPress Shortcodes: A how to by example

    I love the WordPress shortcode api. I’m willing to stand on a roof and scream it. It makes so many aspects of developing a WordPress site so much easier. It allows you to add dynamic information to any post, page, and with a single line text widget. How easy you ask? Let’s look at some […]

  • You Better Know the Basics

    When you first start working with WordPress, you need to know that there are five languages you could be interacting with. You don’t need to be an expert at any of them (and in fact can want make amazing sites knowing none of them), but when you want to make a change to your theme or add […]

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