WordPress blog posts to live by.

Seeing as how my de facto web framework of choice is WordPress, I thought I would share some blog posts detailing configuration, usability, and hacks. I even plan to implement many of these tips in my own site.

How to use WordPress as a Truly Customized CMS – A short tutorial on making WordPress less of a blog and more of a CMS.

How to Use WordPress Revisions to Go Back in Time – A handy usage guide on how to manage posts with multiple authors or edits.

5 Useful And Creative Ways To Use WordPress Widgets – Take a step further to bring widgets into the forefront of your WordPress blog with this nifty guide.

10 Killer WordPress Hacks – Anybody who seriously wants some custom options utilizing the power of PHP without actually knowing PHP can benefit from this post.

10 Steps To Protect The Admin Area In WordPress – Don’t take any chances with your admin panel’s security being compromised – follow these steps!!

Mastering WordPress Shortcodes – A handy way to embed simple or complex functions into your posts and pages, thus controlling exactly where they appear in your site without having to hardcode them into your themes.

10 Exceptional WordPress Hacks – More like X hacks. I find that the first hack for TinyURLs is useless to somebody like me who thinks that the URL should be transparent to the average end user. Why bother with something like this when it’s more work for the same end result in the viewport? Other than that, there are a lot of useful hacks here, especially #2, #6, and #9.

Custom Fields Hacks For WordPress – Ever wonder what those Custom Fields are for in WordPress when you create a new post? Well, wonder no more! More hackerisms exclusively using Custom Fields to control post behavior individually.

10 Useful WordPress Loop Hacks -While I would only use a couple of these hacks, they pertain to the Loop and are very useful for those who want to hardcode hacks into the template itself, as opposed to the Custom Fields hacks.

Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers – Some general tips on how to achieve common WordPress CMS functionality that isn’t built into the system, but can be unlocked with a bit of hacking.

Wordpress Theme Development Frameworks – Even with all the versatility that most users see as unique, designers mostly do repetitive work to obtain that individual look on each of their projects. Why repeat all the boring stuff when you can get a theme framework instead?