How To Create A Custom Dashboard Widgets In WordPress

Earlier this hour I was surfing thru WordPress' official codex website and I found something very interesting to write about. Okay! I know you guys are so exited about this great trick. The Dashboard Widgets API (added in WP 2.7) makes it very simple to add new widgets to the administration dashboard. It only takes a few minutes to create a simple dashboard widget for your blogger. It can be a...

How To Add Extra Fields To WordPress User Profile Page

Yesterday I post an article about removing some extra fields (AIM, Yahoo IM, and Jabber) from WordPress' user profile page area. It's time to dig even more deeper into this trick. It's time for us to learn about adding some extra fields to user profile page. The code below will show you how to add additional Twitter and Facebook fields, but you can use it to add any other field that you like. Add...

How To Stop Users With AdBlock In Blogger/WordPress

Don't you hate it when a crappy extension is blocking you from getting the payoff of your hard work that you put on your blog? Not sure about you, but I really really hate that. More than AJ Styles-Dixie Carter's TNA Promo that I'm watching right now, it's good. Okay, it was a creative way to end the show. Back to topic. Antiblock.org found a great script to stop users with AdBlock from viewing...

How To Remove User Contact Info From WordPress Profile Page

After writing bunch of articles about WordPress' wp-config.php file, it's time for me to write some articles about the powerful functions.php file. And I'll start from the start. In this post, I'm sharing a very simple and useful trick for WordPressers (WordPressers :p). Most of us never ever used three fields on the WordPress profile page and so we want to remove those fields. They are the fields...

How To Change The Default WordPress Media Uploads Folder

I'm really loving all the wp-config.php tricks. We can do so much amazing stuff with just some little codes. Before WordPress 3.5 you used to be able to change the upload directory path from the Settings menu in the dashboard. However, now you can't do anything like that from the settings option, but it’s still possible. How to Change The Default WordPress Media Uploads Folder: Open wp-config.php...

3 Ways To Disable WordPress AutoSave

This is my second post of the day here on BWidgets, and it's also about Daniel Bryan wp-config.php file and WordPress AutoPost. This time I'll show you one three ways to disable WordPress AutoSave feature. When editing a post, the changes you make are automatically saved every 2 minutes. You can also use our last trick to Modify AutoSave Interval. By Editing wp-config.php File: This is the easiest...

Modify WordPress AutoSave Interval

Here we're again! Another post about my favorite Pokemon WordPress core file. YES! YES! YES, this post is also about Daniel Bryan wp-config.php file. When editing a post, the changes you make are automatically saved every 2 minutes. It seems bit weird, but you can actually change the setting for longer delays in between auto-saves, or decrease the setting to make sure you never lose changes. And...

How To Disable Or Limit WordPress Post Revisions

Post Revisions are a feature introduced in WordPress 2.6. A revision is automatically stored in your database, whenever you save or draft a post or a page. Earlier this year, I posted an article about Deleting Old WordPress Post Revisions at this link. Today we're going to learn a very simple tweak to disable or limit WordPress post revisions without installing any crappy plugin, which saves a...

Editing WordPress wp-config.php File

Editing WordPress core files is a very risky and hard job, especially for WordPress beginners like me. Yea, I'm using WordPress only from last four months, but I have learned a lot from it. The wp-config.php file is one of the most important files in WordPress. It contains the login information for WordPress to connect to your database as well as table prefix, secret keys, e.t.c. Editing wp-config.php...

How To Embed Facebook Posts To Your Blog

Update (7/9/13): Facebook recently announced their official plugin to embed public statuses, photos and more. It has more feature than the outdated article version. You can easily get your embed code by visiting this page. Getting The Embed Code From A Post: You can also get the embed code directly from the post itself.  Only public posts from Facebook Pages and profiles can be embedded....

5 Tips For Promoting Your Blog With Facebook

Facebook can help you gain a loyal following for your blog. However, you can’t just put your blog posts on Facebook and expect people to click on your links. You need to use some strategies in order to get lots of clicks. Have a Good Image: Facebook relies heavily on images. If your blog post doesn’t have a good image, it will likely get lost in the shuffle. Pick an image that will stand out....

How To Remove WordPress Admin Bar Without Plugin

A blogger friend asked me about removing WordPress' admin bar without any plugin because he wanted to get rid of all small plugins from his directory. So I found this amazing php code on dfactory.eu. Put any of the following codes in your Theme's function.php file: Disable Admin Bar For Everyone: // Disable Admin Bar for everyone if (!function_exists('df_disable_admin_bar')) {    ...