Reader Vivien writes in: Is there a way to prevent WordPress from inserting the width and the height for images in the new 2.5 media manager? In short, yes, but it requires you to insert some code into your theme’s functions.php file. Fortunately, there is a WordPress filter we can use called image_downsize, which takes in three arguments (a boolean, an attachment ID, and a size string). add_filter('image_downsize', 'my_image_downsize',1,3); All I’m doing in the above filter is setting the filter name, the function to call (my_image_downsize), what priority I want the filter, and how many arguments the function takes. From there, I mimic the function image_downsize in the ‘wp-includes/media.php’ file, but do not return a width or a height. As a result, when the image is sent to the editor, no width or height is present. function my_image_downsize($value = false,$id = 0, $size = "medium") { if ( !wp_attachment_is_image($id) ) […]

One Column Theme WPTouch WPTouch is a complimentary theme installed as a plugin on your WordPress blog or website that will format your content with this Apple-inspired, full-featured theme when your visitors are using an iPhone or iPod touch. Two Column Themes Hanami Hanami is a two-column widget-ready theme, inspired by the WP Admin palette and the Seed Conference font-stack. Simple and clean, the theme displays content in clear and concise manner. Simple Blog Simple Blog is a simple theme, 2 columns, widget-ready with Gravatar support for comments. Lean and Clean Lean and Clean is a two column widget-ready theme. The size of the content area and the sidebar is almost same. K9 K9 is a two-column widget ready theme based upon the popular K2 theme. The theme works only on WordPress 2.5 and above only. Three Column Themes Midnite Midnite is a 3 column, widget-ready, cross-browser friendly theme compatible […]

Matt Mullenweg and surprise special guest, Andy Peatling of the BuddyPress project stopped by for a one hour live interview on the WordPress Weekly Podcast. Within this interview, a number of questions were answered in regards to WordPress Trademark and logo usage, status updates on Akismet, Bbpress, TalkPress, BuddyPress, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, Theme Repository, Gravatar, the role that Warwick will play within Automattic, an explanation as to how the 2.5 administration redesign became a reality, how much influence do the end users of WordPress have on the development of the project, and last but not least, we discussed the Google Gears implementation into WordPress 2.6. The interview was conducted by yours truly. I apologize up front for the first 15 minutes of the show. While the interview was taking place, a chord on the speaker phone device was accidentally pulled out, causing it to reboot. Matt later called in with his […]

Today is WordPress’ 5th birthday. Matt announced a WordPress Party along with others in the works around the world to celebrate the occassion. Oh, how our baby has grown! Many happy returns of the day to WordPress and all WordPressers. May this year be as fulfilling and productive as the last.

akWpLightbox akWpLightbox is a plugin that helps you create a simple lightbox to be used with the images on the post. You can add your images as you do now and the plugin will take care of rest of the things. Related Posts Related Posts is a plugin that provides multiple options to show the via tags related posts of a post. It contains a sidebar widget that is only visible when viewing a single post and displays a list of posts that are related with the current post via the tags. Better Tags Manager Better Tags Manager (BTM) allows you to edit tags from the manage post section without having to visit the post itself. You can add and edit tags for multiple post at once from within the admin manage panel itself without ever leaving the manage page. Disclaimer: This plugin has been written by me. Enhanced Links […]

One Column Themes WP Silver WP Silver is a one-column theme with three widget-ready sidebars in the footer. The theme makes use of CSS drop down menu and Social Bookmarking reloaded plugin. Two Column Themes Mystefied Mystefied is a two widget-ready theme column theme. The theme is simple and has a extended header where you can add content such as latest posts, popular posts, etc. Deserta Deserta is a fixed-width, widget-ready 2 column theme with a right hand sidebar. The comments are gravatar-enabled and will work whether you’re using WP2.5 or lower. There’s also separation of user comments from pingbacks/trackbacks. Structure Structure is a two column, widget-ready theme which includes built-in video and image features that easily allow you to customize your site. There are content blocks that you can place virtually anywhere on the page. Dark Room Dark Room is a dark 2 column theme suitable for personal and […]

If you cannot see, the video, please visit this link: Dashboard Widget Manager – Video Plugin Review Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Dashboard Widget Manager by Viper007. Video Summary: Dashboard Widget Manager is a great way to customize the WordPress 2.5 dashboard. The plugin is great for multi-author blogs where each author would like a customizable dashboard. Admin can also set a default dashboard setup. The ability to re-order and customize certain dashboard widgets is a very nice feature. If possible, I’d like to see some extra widgets in the future. Pros: Customizing the dashboard is very easy if you are familiar with widgets. Cons: Minor style issues. If you think your WordPress plugin will merit itself to a video review, please get in contact with me via e-mail (ronalfy+wltc @ gmail dot com). Please keep in mind I will not review premium plugins. For more videos, please […]

The folks over at PerfectSurf.de have published a tutorial which goes into detail on how you can create your own personal slideshow to appear on the frontpage of your WordPress powered site. This slideshow feature has been seen in numerous premium themes as of late and now you can create one for yourself via this tutorial. A slideshow is great for showcasing images within a gallery or showing off images related to top news items on your blog. The tutorial is not meant for beginners, but those of you who understand terms such as The Loop, excerpt and permalink, you should be fine. There are some caveats to this process which are outlined in the requirements: There are many ways of embedding slideshows to your website. This tutorial is based on a WordPress 2.5 installation (with some files customized and of course all files updated that were critical in WP2.5 […]