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Simple WordPress Twitter follower count snippet

Following on the idea from this post, sometimes a full blown Twitter plugin is too much. Luckily Twitter has a rich API that is ripe for the taking of information. The API console is of great use to find how … Continue reading

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Simple WordPress Twitter feed code snippet

Sometimes a Twitter plugin is just the right fit for a site, other times it just might be overkill. If all that’s need is a simple list of recent Twitter posts this solution might be the best. The code below … Continue reading

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WordPress 3.4 wp_get_theme – new function for retrieving theme data

Another new addition to 3.4 is the deprecation of the get_theme_data function, this function was used pull data from the header of a theme’s stylesheet. This function was useful for outputting theme data in a repeatable way. The new function … Continue reading

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Solving 403 errors with CloudFlare

Recently I’ve switched over to using CloudFlare, for those unfamiliar it’s a proxy caching service. It caches resources from your site in several data centers. When looking over Google Webmaster Tools, I noticed every page it crawled was a 403 … Continue reading

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WordPress Custom Headers Update for 3.4

With the upcoming release of WordPress 3.4 the theme UI has had an overhaul, including some great enhancements for custom headers. Continue reading

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