Why a Database Restore Does not Completely Clean It Up
Before I try out a new plugin, I would always do an export from the database and backup the file system. That way, if I don’t like the plugin, I could restore the previous state of the website. But on...
View ArticleWPTouch Theme for Mobile Devices Worked Like a Charm
I installed WPTouch on my blog and had a test run, and I really like it – it worked like a charm for me. It even knows hide private posts. To get it to work nicely with WP Super Cache plugin, you need...
View ArticleA Few Plugins to Add Visual Pizzazz to Your WordPress Sites
I have sifted through many many pages of WordPress plugin directory. I have to say, the directory could work better that it is now. I cannot sort them by rating, or by download, or WP version...
View ArticleTop 20 Movers of WordPress Plugins Week of September 7, 2009
We know what the most popular, the most downloaded and the newest plugins are. But we also want to know those great plugins that have not existed long enough to accumulate a big download number. They...
View ArticleFinding a Way for Good WordPress Plugins to be Discovered
It’s easy to find the most downloaded plugins from WordPress’ plugin directory. The aim here is to find a way to discover the gems that are recently added to the plugins directory. The number of total...
View ArticleTop 20 Movers Among WordPress Plugins – Week of September 13, 2009
Here are top 20 movers of all WordPress plugins that have risen in their ranks based on their number of downloads in the week starting September 13, 2009. The list excluded a few that are not listed as...
View ArticleMedia File Upload Does Not Work for Administrators under Maintenance Mode
When the plugin Maintenance Mode 4.3 by Michael Wohrer was activated, as a site administrator, I had access to the administration backend, but when I tried to use the upload feature under Media...
View ArticleWordPress Plugins for Multilingual Support – WPML vs qTranslate
I decided to play with the two popular WordPress plugins to see how they meet my needs. Here are some facts at the time of this writing: WPML Multilingual CMS: downloads: 199,894 qTranslate: downloads:...
View ArticleThemes and Widgets Menus Disappear from Appearence
If anybody is wondering why their themes and widgets menu disappear from under the Appearance admin area even if you are logged in as an administrator, this happened to me yesterday. To save you some...
View ArticleWordPress Plugin: Maintenance Mode versus WP Maintenance Mode
Without a close look, the two plugins can be easily confused with each other due to the name. WP Maintenance Mode has much nicer looking themes, a higher rating and a lot bigger number of downloads....
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