WordPress Tips and Tricks (DFW Meetup)

Tips and TricksStephanie Leary sillybean.net @sleary

Who am I?• sillybean.net• uwc.tamu.edu• @sleary• slideshare.net/ stephanieleary

Importing

I’ve imported from...• Blogger • Joomla• Movable Type • Drupal• Textpattern • Twitter• LiveJournal • Gallery2• WordPress.com • Delicious• CSV files • HTML files

Uncommon Importshttp://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content

HTML Import

Secrets ofHappy Importing

Preparation• Back up• Prepare to undo• Import on development server • Or turn on maintenance mode• Turn off crossposting plugins• Use absolute URLs for linked files

Plugins• DB Backup http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/• Mass Page Remover http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mass-page-remover/• WordPress Reset http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-reset/• Maintenance Mode http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/

WordPress export• Posts, pages, comments, authors• Uploads optional• No settings• No menus in 3.0 (fixed in 3.1)• Category slug issues (fixed in 3.1)• Skips users with no posts

Uncommon imports• Twitter http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-importer/• Delicious http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/delicious-xml-importer/• Gallery2 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gallery2-importer/• HTML http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/import-html-pages/

Uncommon imports• Joomla/Mambo • 1.0 to WP 2.7x: http://tinyurl.com/joom2wp • 1.5 to WP 3.0x: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ joomla-15-importer/• Drupal • 6.x to WP 2.7x: http://tinyurl.com/dru6wp2 • 5.x to WP 2.7x: http://tinyurl.com/dru5wp2• CSV http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/csv-importer/

After importing• Search & Replace http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/• Redirection http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/• Add Linked Images to Gallery http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-linked-images- to-gallery-v01/

Screen Options

Bulk Edit

Private Status

Short Links the_shortlink();

Good Permalinks• Include any numeric code• DON’T use: /%category%/%postname%/• Why? http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1431

Dashboard Feeds

Options.php

http://blog.tanist.co.uk/files/unserialize/

Hidden Feeds

Feed Default URL Clean URL /?feed=rss2 /feed Basic /?feed=atom /feed/atom /?feed=comments-rss2 /comments/feed Comments /?feed=comments-atom /comments/feed/atom Category /?feed=rss2&cat=1 /category/news/feed(ID: 1, slug: news) /?feed=atom&cat=1 /category/news/feed/atom Tag /?feed=rss2&tag=book /tag/book/feed (slug: book) /?feed=atom&tag=book /tag/book/feed/atom Tags /?feed=rss2&tag=book+dvd /tag/book+dvd/feed(slugs: book, dvd) /?feed=atom&tag=book+dvd /tag/book+dvd/feed/atom

Feed Default URL Clean URL Author /?feed=rss2&author=2 /author/joe/feed (ID: 2,nickname: Joe) /?feed=atom&author=2 /author/joe/feed/atomPost Type /?feed=rss2&post_type=page /feed/?post_type=page(page; course) /?feed=atom&post_type=course /feed/atom/?post_type=courseTaxonomy /?feed=rss2&genre=mystery /genre/mystery/feed (genre: mystery) /?feed=atom&genre=mystery /genre/mystery/feed/atom Search /?feed=rss2&s=wordpress /feed/?s=wordpress Term /?feed=atom&s=wordpress /feed/atom/?s=wordpress (wordpress)

Filters

Shortcodes in Widgets add_filter( widget_text, shortcode_unautop); add_filter( widget_text, do_shortcode); http://sillybean.net/?p=2719

List Child Pagesfunction append_child_pages( $content ) { $children = ; if ( is_page() && (empty( $content )) ) { global $post; $children = <ul class="childpages"> .wp_list_pages(echo=0&title_li=&child_of=.$post->ID) .</ul>; } return $content.$children;}add_filter( the_content , append_child_pages ); http://sillybean.net/?p=5246

User Contact Infofunction change_contactmethod( $contactmethods ) { // Add some fields $contactmethods[twitter] = Twitter Name (no @); $contactmethods[phone] = Phone Number; $contactmethods[title] = Title; // Remove AIM, Yahoo IM, Google Talk/Jabber unset($contactmethods[aim]); unset($contactmethods[yim]); unset($contactmethods[jabber]); // make it go! return $contactmethods;}add_filter(user_contactmethods,change_contactmethod,10,1); http://sillybean.net/?p=2714

http://sillybean.net/?p=2715

EvaluatingThemes & Plugins

Evilness• base64()• eval()• links you can’t remove• etc.• get things from wordpress.org!

Exploit Scannerhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/

New in 3.1• admin bar• internal links• network admin• sortable columns• better theme search

New in 3.1• post formats• custom post type archives• hidden meta boxes• advanced taxonomy queries http://otto42.com/81

For Developers• user_can• get_users• has_term• single_term_title

For Developers• get_ancestors• set_post_thumbnail• esc_textarea• submit_button

Thank you. Stephanie Leary sillybean.net @sleary

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