There are lots of ways you can contribute to WordPress. Many people that use it contribute in some way, even if it’s simply reporting a bug. I’ve contributed by reporting bugs, editing and improving documentation on the Codex, helping out in the support forums, fighting for what I think is right on Trac, giving away … Continue reading→

Recently I needed to restrict access to specific features in the WordPress admin. There are lots of ways to do this, but I needed a specific combination of restrictions that isn’t very common. I needed something akin to a site manager role, without full administration rights. My requirements were: Access to all the features under … Continue reading→

The WordPress SEO plugin by Joost de Valk, a.k.a Yoast, is undoubtedly a great plugin. But, one thing that bothers me about it is the amount of stuff it adds to the WordPress admin interface. For me that’s not really a problem. I can easily ignore, remove, or hide the features I don’t need, but … Continue reading→

The other day I was reading the discussions taking place in the comments on a relatively interesting blog post. I didn’t want to subscribe to comments via email because I hate littering my inbox with that stuff, so every now and then I’d flip over to that tab in my browser, refresh the page, and … Continue reading→

Some days after upgrading to bbPress 2.3, it was brought to my attention that certain users could not access the forums on my site. They were receiving a 404 Not Found message. I didn’t notice this because it wasn’t happening to me. It wasn’t even happening to anonymous users that aren’t logged in. In my … Continue reading→

Update: The new UI was pulled before the release of 3.6 and its development will continue in a plugin until it’s ready for core. WordPress 3.6 is currently in beta, and is set to come with a new post formats interface that’s right in our faces. But sometimes we don’t need post formats. Luckily we … Continue reading→

Sometimes it’s handy to hide pages in the WordPress admin from certain users. For example, when using WordPress as a CMS, where you define a static front page and a Posts page for all the posts, you might not want users trying to edit the Posts page since their edits won’t show up on the … Continue reading→