Finally after loads of development, bug testing and feature implementation, I am glad to release my second WordPress Plugin, WP Category Post List. What the Plugin does is, gives you a fully configurable widget to show posts filtered by categories on your sidebar, footer (widgetized area). So, how it differs from other plugins of the same family? Well, just to start here are the complete feature list… #0: Feature:A total of 21...

So, you have got a cool new plugin with a dashing settings page. You have your very own HTML structure and CSS as well to style them… But, you are confused how to tell WordPress to include the StyleSheet in the admin page head? Well, this happened with me also. The primary solution I thought of was either include the CSS inside <style> tag or use admin_head hook to output (echo to be precise) the <link> to the CSS file. It...

Previously we have discussed about how to activate and set custom post featured image sizes using two WordPress APIs, add_theme_support and add_image_size. After this, the tutorial on how to actually use the generated thumbnails, was really pending. And I am really sorry that I could not bring this tutorial the day after I published the previous tutorial. I really became busy with the WordPress Plugin and my collage’s website...

Well, we are almost done with our second WordPress Plugin development. A sneak peek can be viewed from here. (Hey! If the version is alpha then Don’t install!). Anyways, the thing which interested me most while developing the plugin was, the built in WordPress thumbnail API. So, I thought of sharing it. To tell you the truth, I first started the tutorial to explain how to use post thumbnail. But then, I decided to write about how to...

While developing my plugin, I came across many API of new WordPress 3. WordPress 3 really gives a new set of APIs for developers to work with. Okay, so coming straight to the point, there are many occasions where, you need to take input of comma separated values of IDs from the user for the backend of your plugin. While, we can use PHP’s simple explode method to convert the CSV into an array, but it relies extensively on the users...

As we know, HTTP POST and HTTP GET are two great means of passing user data to servers. Previously, we have discussed about how to create different pages via a single script using URL variables, ie using GET method. Now, there can be occasions where, you need to have HTTP POST forms to get data from users. The question is, can you use GET and POST method together to create different dynamic pages from a single script? The answer is...

The idea of this post originated from the topic, using PHP GET and POST method simultaneously via a single form. While writing about the tutorial, I felt that, one need to know the basics of HTML forms and PHP suparglobal POST and GET variables to understand how HTTP interaction takes place in between user and the Server. The most useful feature of any server side scripting language is the interactive capability of receiving and processing...