Displaying Widgets By Language

If you’re building a multilingual WordPress site, then WPML is a great plugin that makes translation easy; you can modify articles, categories and text widgets with ease depending on language. But what if you want to display a complex widget differently for each language? Read on and we’ll show you how.

Using contextual controls in the WordPress theme customizer

WordPress 4.0 brought many improvements with it, but for developers the most important addition was probably the ability to use contextual controls for settings in the theme customizer, that allows direct control of when and where a given option appears in the customizer, depending on other option settings and the location of the preview window. Read on and learn how to turn this control to your advantage in your themes and plugins.

Controlling Facebook Link Previews and Getting to know Open Graph

Links shared as a content of Facebook status often don’t meet our predictions. Fortunately Facebook prepared a special protocol called Open Graph, which was prepared for solving issues with sharing content on our statuses. Open Graph is a best solution when you need to adjust title, description and the image for your needs.

10 WordPress dashboard features you need to know about

The WordPress Dashboard. We stare at it everyday, and use it to diligently review comments, create posts and generally manage our site. Sometimes though, the awesome features that are included in the dashboard and WordPress in general are forgotten; in this article, we aim to highlight some of those lesser-known options that can make your WordPress experience that little bit better.

WordPress Gallery Plugin Reviews: Part 2

In part 2 of our Gallery Plugin tests, our beginner tries out some of the less well-known plugins available via the repository and see whether their options and flexibility can match up to the larger plugins that the big boys put out, and waxes lyrical on just how much premium locked content and self-promotion is reasonable.

What’s new in WordPress 4.1?

WordPress 4.0 was released last month, but with development ever-ongoing we’re already looking forward to the next update, due around the beginning of December 2014. Read on as we look at some of the new featured being introduced that you might be interested in trying out.

WordPress TinyMCE Editor Tips | How to Add Custom Buttons, Styles, Dropdowns & Pop-ups

WordPress 3.9 came with a special gift; an updated TinyMCE editor. Now at version 4.0, there are lots of possibilities available for using the editor’s API to extend your functionality for yourself and your clients. In this guide, we’ll talk you through adding your own buttons, adding form validation to a popup and more.

The WordPress White Screen of Death

You might panic the first time you see the White Screen of Death on your WordPress site, but don’t worry; there are ways to figure out where the problem lies without losing your site. In this article, we’ll look at some of the more common causes of the White Screen, and how to get around them.

Explore oEmbed

If you’ve embedded content on your WordPress site, you’ve probably used oEmbed, though you may not have noticed at the time! In this article, we discuss what oEmbed is, how it works, and talk about the latest improvements to its functionality introduced in WordPress 4.0.