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  Remove/Replace Content from the WordPress Database

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  WordPress trick: Change theme programatically

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  Protect your WordPress blog using .htaccess

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  Get most commented posts with thumbnails

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  Automatically replace content in PRE tags by HTML Entities

  1683 readersIf like me, you often display some code on your blog, there's a strong chance that you'll enjoy today's recipe: This handy piece of code will automatically replace all content within <pre> and </pre> tags by html entities.Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can try it for

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  How to display custom post types on your WordPress blog homepage

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  WordPress tip: Insert custom content after each post

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