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Building Secure WordPress Sites

Talk on Securing WordPress site at WordCamp Nepal 2012. This slide covers Top 10 Myths That We Live By and Building Secure WordPress Sites in Simple 10 Steps.

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Part I: Internationalizing and Localizing WordPress Theme

If you are into WordPress theme development and want your theme to have a more users around it, Internationalizing and Localizing your theme can add a plus point in doing so. In this article, I will be talking about how to make the WordPress Theme translation ready.

So, What is Internationalization and Localization?

Let’s define these two terms one by one.

Internationalization and Localization

Internationalization and Localization


Internationalization

Commonly abbreviated as i18n as there are 18 letters between the letter i and n, Internationalization is the process of making WordPress theme translation ready so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without technical changes.

Localization

Commonly abbreviated as l10n as there are 10 letters between the letter l and n, Localization is the process of adapting internationalized WordPress theme for a specific language by translating text.
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Adding theme to the WordPress.org | WordPress Theme Development

Are you thinking of adding your theme to the WordPress.org repository? Are you aware that all the Theme are reviewed by WordPress Theme Review Team (WPTRT) before adding it to the WordPress.org repository? WPTRT checks your WordPress Theme mainly in the area of the License, Code Quality, Security and Layout issues.

This article is useful for the developers who is preparing to submit theme to WordPress.org. This article will help you to get your theme approved by WordPress Theme Review Team.
WordPress Theme Development | Adding Theme To WordPress.org
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Flexible Header Image in WordPress 3.4 and Above

In this article, I am going the talk about the custom header feature of WordPress and focusing about one cool feature which I like very much, the custom header images with flexible heights, widths or both. This feature was just introduced from WordPress 3.4.
With this cool feature, now users don’t have to just use header image of fixed size determined by the designer.

Let’s start from the beginning, When WordPress 3.4 was released, the old implementation method for Custom Image Header via add_custom_image_header() was also deprecated, in favor of a much simpler – and much more powerful – implementation method, using add_theme_support(). Here’s how to update your existing Themes to use the new implementation. This coding should be in functions.php file.
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How To Become A Top WordPress Developer

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First, let’s set a few things straight: becoming a top WordPress developer is hard work — very hard work. It’s going to take a lot of time, energy and determination. If you’re looking for an easy checklist or some “fast pass” to ... Continue Reading

When to use pre_get_posts in WordPress

Many of us are unaware about pre_get_posts hook that is very handy when it comes to alter the main loop. It was sometime before, I got to know about this handy filter by WordPress review team while submitting a theme to WordPress.org. So I will try to explain as simply as I could about its uses, benefits and when to use it.
Actually pre_get_posts hook is executed after the query variable object is created but before the main query runs. While using pre_get_posts hook, $query hook is passed by reference this means any changes we make to the object inside our function are made directly to original object. Continue reading »

Expandable Mobile Search Form

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Previously I wrote a tutorial on mobile navigation, today I’m going to share a CSS tutorial on how to make an expandable search form that is suitable for mobile and responsive designs. This trick uses native CSS properties — no Javascript or ... Continue Reading

Be More Efficient With Layer Styles

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In this episode we are going to learn some new things about Layer Styles that will save you a lot of time and make you work much more efficiently. Let’s get started!