1. Keeping It Simple
(but not stupid)
Stephanie Leary, @sleary
sillybean.net

2. Dashboard & Menus

4. Unclutter: Adminimize

7. Dashboard Commander

8. Prefer Code?
function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
global $wp_meta_boxes;
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
// unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
// unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']);
// unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
// WordPress Blog
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
// Other WordPress News
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets' );
http://gist.github.com/2722692

9. CMS Dashboard

11. Full Comments On
Dashboard

12. Dashboard Notepad

13. Widgets
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18334

14. Widgets
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18334

15. Organizing

16. Hierarchy

18. Simple Page Ordering

20. List Child Pages
// list child pages automatically on empty pages
function 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');

21. List Child Pages
// child page list shortcode: [children]
function child_pages_shortcode() {
global $post;
return '<ul class="childpages">'.
" " wp_list_pages('echo=0&depth=0&title_li=&child_of='.
" " $post->ID).'</ul>';
}
add_shortcode('children', 'child_pages_shortcode');

22. Writing

23. Shortcode Reference

24. Gallery Metabox

25. Post Container Warning

26. Post Container Warning
// Admin Notice on Posts Page
add_action('admin_head-post.php', 'postspage_error_notice');
function postspage_error_notice() {
$postspage = get_option('page_for_posts');
if (!empty($postspage))
add_action('admin_notices', 'postspage_print_notices');
}
function postspage_print_notices() {
$postspage = get_option('page_for_posts');
// show this only if we're editing the posts page
if (!empty($postspage) && isset($_GET['action']) &&
$_GET['action'] == 'edit' && $_GET['post'] == $postspage)
echo '<div class="error"><p>This page is a container for
the most recent posts. It should always be empty, and you should
never edit this page. To add a news item, go to <a href="post-
new.php">Posts -- Add New</a>.<p></div>';
}
http://gist.github.com/2515588

27. Removing Meta Boxes
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'my_remove_post_meta_boxes' );
function my_remove_post_meta_boxes() {
" /* Custom fields meta box. */
" remove_meta_box( 'postcustom', 'post', 'normal' );
}
justintadlock.com/?p=2898

28. Raw HTML Snippets

29. Notifications

30. Peter’s Collaboration
Emails

31. Notifly

32. Collateral Condolences

34. For Visitors

35. Better 404s
• apologetic, personal language
• search for words in the bad URL
• show search box and sitemap
http://gist.github.com/2723096

36. 404.php (1)
" <h2>I'm sorry. I couldn't find the page you requested.</h2>
" <?php
" $options = us2011_get_options();
" if (!empty($options['problem_report']))
" " $report = 'If you still can't find it, <a
href="'.get_permalink($options['problem_report']).'">please let us
know what you were looking for,</a> and maybe we can find it for
you!';
" if (!empty($options['sitemap']))
" " $sitemap = ' or looking for it in the <a href="/
sitemap">site map</a>';
" ?>
" <p>You can try searching for it<?php echo $sitemap; ?>.
" <?php echo $report; ?></p>
" <?php get_template_part( 'searchform' ); ?>

37. 404.php (2)
" <?php
" global $wp_query;
" $wp_query->query_vars['is_search'] = true;
" $s = str_replace("-"," ",$wp_query->query_vars['name']);
" $loop = new WP_Query('post_type=any&s='.$s);
" ?>
" <?php if ($loop->have_posts()) : ?>
" " <p>I'm searching for the name of the page you tried to
visit... was it one of these?</p>
" " <ol>
" " <?php while ($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
" " " <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php
the_title(); ?></a>
" " " " <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
" " " </li>
" " <?php endwhile; ?>
" " </ol>
"<?php endif; ?>

38. RSS?

40. “Report a problem”
• More likely to be used than “contact”
• Automatically fill in referring URL
• Link in theme footer

41. Gravity Forms example

42. How do you
keep it simple?

43. Thanks!
@sleary
sillybean.net