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  Attach PDF files to post with custom metabox file selection

  8724 readers ( example screenshot )PHP add_action("admin_init", "pdf_init"); add_action('save_post', 'save_pdf_link'); function pdf_init(){ add_meta_box("my-pdf", "PDF Document", "pdf_link", "post", "normal", "low"); } function pdf_link(){ global $post; $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); $link = $custom["link"][0]; $count = 0; echo ''; $query_pdf_args = array( 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' =>'application/pdf', 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'posts_per_page' => -1, ); $query_pdf = new WP_Query( $query_pdf_args ); $pdf = array(); echo ''; echo 'SELECT pdf FILE'; foreach ( $query_pdf->posts as $file) {

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  How to show a different number of posts for a WordPress category

  5969 readersWordPress allows you to vary how many blog posts you show on your blog, but it's a single setting, and affects how many blog posts show over the whole website. This tip allows you to have a different number of posts for a particular category.Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at

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  How to create a side blog with WordPress 3.0

  3268 readersFinally! WordPress 3.0 was released last week. Among other exiting features, custom post types are bringing lots of new possibilities to bloggers. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a side blog listing products using the WordPress 3.0 custom post type feature.Like CatsWhoCode? If yes, don't hesitate to check my other blog CatsWhoBlog:

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  Prefix Everything

  4158 readersAndrew Nacin: Anything you create in the global namespace has the potential to conflict with a theme, another plugin (including one you wrote), and WordPress core itself. Thus, prefix everything with a unique-enough character set. For example, all functions I write always start with “nacin_”, and I make sure that my functions are unique across all

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  WordPress tip: How to make term edition easier

  3564 readersWordPress have lots of useful built-in function, unfortunely there's no function to allow the quick edition of a term (category, tag, or custom term). Nevermind, we can still built our own.Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can try it for free!WordPress tip: How to make term edition

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  Custom Query Shortcode: Run a Loop inside Any Post/Page

  4126 readersI had the occasion yesterday to have a page with a section on it where it would output a very specific set of other pages, which would need to change dynamically. What I could have done is built a special page template for this page, and inside that template run a query_posts() to get these

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  Display Separate Counts for Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks

  5601 readersIn WordPress, there are three ways to respond to a post: you can leave a comment, leave a trackback, or just link to the post to create a pingback. When displaying all of the responses to your posts, it’s a good idea to separate the comments from the pingbacks and trackbacks. Uninterrupted comment threads are

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  List Posts by Category In Navigation

  734 readersWordPress is primarily a blog platform. Not infrequently it is used as a CMS. But not just static pages play a role, but also posts, because they are giving more opportunities, having better performance and be published in feeds. Therefore, I prefer to use, in the context of WP as a CMS, posts more than

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  Call a Widget with a Shortcode

  2820 readersWe covered how to run a shortcode in a widget. But what about inserting a widget with a shortcode? I recently had this situation come up. I had a single page where I just wanted to be able to chuck in a widget without the whole rigmarole of creating a special widgetized area and probably