Tag Archives: Wordpress

PHP open_basedir Error Updating WordPress Plugins

I’ve been religiously using the recently introduced Plugin Update within WordPress to keep all my installed WordPress plugins up to date, a recent change in my server environment broke this and every time I attempted to update a plugin a stream of PHP would come up!

Syntax Highlighter Plus for WordPress

The WordPress plugin Syntax Highlighter Plus allows web developers to easily publish higlighted syntax within WordPress posts and pages without without the risk of the visual editor re-formatting the displayed code.

Hide Pages Plugin for Wordpress

There is an easier way to hide Pages in Wordpress than hard-coding your hidden Pages within the wp_list_pages function as an exclude or dodging the issue completely by setting Pages as private or draft.

WP-Forum PHP Date function bug fix

Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given in /htdocs/michaelvisser/wp-content/plugins/wp-forum/forum-functions.php on line 668
Look familiar? There is a bug in the current release of WP-Forum which exists in the plugin’s PHP function ul() hidden away in cookies.php of the plugin root directory. To fix this issue open cookies.php with your favourite text editor and [...]

Donations Cloud Minimum Donation Bug Fix

Alex from Zirona has released a Wordpress plugin that allows visitors to donate money in return for a back-link of their choice. The process has been automated and no interactions are required making this a great revenue generator for power-bloggers and niche hobbyists who can now be rewarded for their efforts.
The donations cloud is something [...]

Wordpress as a workplace Intranet system

Over the past month I’ve been stretching a vanilla installation of Wordpress (now 2.5.1) into a secure Intranet site for distributing news updates as well as an enabling technology for performing electronic tasks across the workplace.
To date it’s been a complete hit with staff placing high and frequent demand on the system from a staff [...]

Integrating Reinvigorate into Wordpress

Why the Reinvigorate for Wordpress plugin - available from Reinvigorate - doesn’t work is beyond me! Making a hard-coded fix isn’t, and as an added bonus it doesn’t distort your statistics by filtering out Administrators browsing the site.