Best WordPress Themes Tutorials

Post formats is one of the exciting features that are coming in WordPress 3.1. But most beginners have no idea what are post formats, why should they matter to you, and how you can take advantage of this awesome feature.

Do you want to learn how to truncate post titles with PHP? Truncating, or shortening, lets you control the length of your blog post titles across your website. Depending on your WordPress theme, you may want to display shorter titles than what your theme supports.… Read More »

Majority of the top themes have the quick edit button included, but there are still theme designers that fail to include this simple feature in a theme. In this article, we will show you how you can add a quick edit button in your WordPress posts and comments.

WordPress 3.0 introduces a new feature called custom backgrounds for WordPress themes. This feature will give the user an ability to add custom backgrounds to their site which will give their blogs/sites a unique touch. Even though this feature is added to the core, it will only be activated if your theme supports it. In this article, we will show you how you can enable Custom Background in WordPress themes for WordPress 3.0.

When we help users set up their WordPress blogs, we often get asked about customizing the layout, especially how to make the latest post really stand out. Sometimes, you don’t want that newest post to just blend in with the rest of the blog feed.… Read More »

One of the things we’ve learned about running a WordPress blog is that customizing different parts of your site can really improve the user experience. A great way to do this is by showing different sidebars on various pages and posts. Sidebars are useful parts… Read More »

Custom WordPress dashboard widgets can completely change how you manage your site. We’ve seen how users can leverage them to add their shortcuts and improve the admin workflow. WordPress comes with basic dashboard widgets by default, but you can go beyond that. With custom widgets,… Read More »

Do you want to display a list of related posts on your WordPress website and prefer to use code rather than a plugin? When visitors to your blog have finished reading an article they are interested in, offering a list of related posts will keep… Read More »

In this article we will show you how you can utilize the new feature added in WordPress 2.9 to add post thumbnails easier than before.

Excerpts give a brief preview of your content, allowing visitors to quickly understand what each post is about and encouraging them to click through for more. This is especially useful for blog listings, archives, and search results pages. By showing post excerpts, you can make… Read More »