•

WordPress Hacks

Of course I don't mean "hack" in the bad sense. This page is about the plugins, modifications, and tricks I've found to improve the operation of WordPress. In some cases, it's stuff that they didn't think about. In some cases, they made decisions about program behavior that I don't agree with. In either case, I've found that when I need a fix, but can't find it online already, there's plenty of other people who need it to. So here you go; enjoy!

Advanced search capability with the Geek Professor's very own Jsearch plugin.
Get File Path to WordPress Theme.
Just because you aren't using pretty permalinks doesn't mean you don't want to be able to set a post slug anyway.
If you're a coder, you may at times need to manually add wordpress posts. Here's how.

Loading...

If you want to learn more about my professional background, click here to learn more.

Check out one of my guides/tutorials:

passwords Tutorial
|INDEX|next: Password Tips and Tricks

Making Good Passwords

To understand what makes a good password, let's talk about what makes a bad one first.
Making good passwords can be complex, but here are some tips and tricks that will make it easier.

Password Protection

Once you've taken the trouble to make a good password, the next step is to keep it safe!
Now that you've done all this work, you have to learn the most important rule of all: DON'T GIVE THEM AWAY!

... or check out any of my other guides and tutorials by clicking here!

Get File Path to Wordpress Theme

Here's a tip to get the file path to your current Wordpress theme.

[Click for full description]

Hack Wordpress to Make Postnames Always Editable

When using ordinary permalinks, you're blocked from editing the postname when doing posts and pages. This is senseless and must be stopped!

[Click for full description]

Manually Insert Page/Post Into Wordpress Via PHP

If you're a coder, you may at times need to manually add wordpress posts. Here's how.

[Click for full description]

Bad Passwords

To understand what makes good passwords, first check out some of the worst passwords out there and what makes them so bad.

[Click for full description]

Password Tips and Tricks

It's impossible to expect someone to make good passwords by just giving them some rules. There are tricks that make your passwords secure and easy for you all at the same time.

[Click for full description]

Password Protection

It's really a skill to come up with secure passwords that you can remember. Once you've learned how, remember that it doesn't matter how good you are if you don't protect your password properly.

[Click for full description]

Password Mugging

A disturbing new practice among websites and services is where they ask you for your user name and password to other sites. I call this "Password Mugging"

[Click for full description]