Category Archives: WordPress News

Display the total number of your Twitter followers on your WordPress blog

I never thought about completely implementing a Twitter follower counter within your WordPress themes’ files, but Jean-Baptiste Jung. from WPRecipes.com has come up with an excellent way of achieving such a task. Okay, so first off, copy and paste the following code, and add it to your current themes function.php file: function string_getInsertedString($long_string,$short_string,$is_html=false){ if($short_string>=strlen($long_string))return… Read More »

WordPress Themes for April 20, 2009

AffiliatePress by GorillaThemes AffiliatePress is intended to assist you in starting your own affiliate website. Features include sociable plugin, ad banner management, widget/RSS ready. This theme is very easy to use and requires no custom fields to use. The Buffet Framework by zy.sg The Buffet Framework is a theme framework designed not only for the theme… Read More »

How to Get the Word Count in a Post

Thanks to WPRecipes, I have found an amazingly helpful tutorial how to get the word count in a post to show up on your index, or on your single page if you prefer. Here’s how we go about doing this. Okay, first, open up your functions.php file in your themes directory, and paste the following… Read More »

Latest Theme Releases 4/03 – 4/06

Here are all the latest and greatest in theme releases from April 3rd, to April 6th. If there are any that I have missed, or there is a theme that you would like featured on the site that you created, hit me up with an email at kdogg290@yahoo.com. Enjoy! 😉 Life Collage The Integrity Theme… Read More »

How to Number Your Comments

Lets say you have a fairly popular blog, but you want to follow the discussions that go on in the comments section. Instead of depending on that small avatar to find where you posted, here is an easy way to number all of the comments made on a post. I have included this on my… Read More »

Create a simple site map of all of your pages

Okay, if you run a blog that spans across many different pages, there is a simple but affective way to organize that page. First off, you can create your own site map page template if you want using this tutorial, then put the following code in there to produce all of your categories and sub-categories… Read More »

How to Find Your WordPress Category ID

I get probably 10+ email a week asking me how to find your WordPress category ID, because a lot of template hacks and other WordPress hacks require the use of them. Well, I’m going to post an image, and tell you how to find the ID of your WordPress blog categories. Okay, log into your… Read More »

One Theme Version 2 for WordPress Released

The much anticipated version 2 has been released for the popular One-Theme. One Theme is perfect for magazine type or portal type websites which needs to display contents in a clean layout. One Theme is a WordPress theme powered by a plugin named One Panel. We help people to get the best out of… Read More »

CherryTruffle WordPress Theme by ElegantThemes

Another great theme from ElegantThemes.com. They just release a new theme called CherryTruffle that is perfect for a personal blog, business blog or any blog that needs some “pizzazz.” It has a fresh and unique appearance. CherryTruffle comes in 3 unique color schemes (Brown, Blue and Purple), Automated thumbnail resizing, advertising management and in-depth theme… Read More »

How to Add the Author’s Gravatar in Posts

There are tons of sites out there that will use avatars along with usernames when displaying posts. On a WordPress blog, the easiest way to do that is by using gravatars. This is a site that is run by Automattic, and you can upload an avatar, that is then attached to your email address. This… Read More »

WordPress Themes – QuickRise and Convergence

Two very nice WordPress Themes for any portal, magazine, informational or resources type website. QuickRise is a sleek magazine layout that can be versatile for almost any type of websites. It comes in four well thoughout colors (blue, orange, green, grey). Convergence has that slick tutorial layout similar to PSDTUT that you will definitely like.… Read More »

How to Make Header Images Random

So you want to make the header images on your blog random huh? Well, you can do this extremely easy. Here are the steps to achieve this simple task. 1) Get the Images Okay, get 4 images that you want to use on your blog. Here’s what I’ll be using: header1.jpg header2.jpg header3.jpg header4.jpg Put… Read More »

Tubular Video Theme by StudioPress

Brian Gardner of StudioPress just released a new theme, called Tubular. Tubular theme is specifically designed for WordPress powered video sites in mind. It comes in sleek black design with a big featured video and threaded comments. Tubular Video Theme includes the following features Large featured video on the front page Enable full width for… Read More »

How to add an “edit” link to all of your WordPress Posts

Sometimes you look at a post that you or a fellow author has published, and you see a little typo. Well, while you could go from there, to the admin dashboard, and then to the edit page, and then find the page, well, that’s just not much fun now is it? Well, here is a… Read More »

WordPress Themes for March 18, 2009 – Titan, Simple Paper, Imprezz, Simple Paper

Some awesome new WordPress themes to talk about. Smashing Magazine just release yet another beautiful WordPress theme, Imprezz, created by Gopal Raju. It is very sleek and bold. On a different spectrum, Jai from BlogohBlog, release a new theme called, Simple Paper. A clean and minimalistic two column design. Finally, talented designer, Jestro, released his… Read More »

2 WordPress Security Plugins You Absolutely Need

Has your WordPress powered site ever been hacked? If so, you definitely need these two plugins to protect your site. While no method is 100% hack proof, installing these 2 simple plugins eliminates many of amateur hackers hacking your site. Even if your site never has been hacked, you should look into installing them for… Read More »

Welcome to WPThemes.com Relaunch

WPThemes.com is a site dedicated on WordPress. We will blog about new WordPress themes release, WordPress tutorials on WP Themes and Plugins. We will regularly post WordPress useful tips and hacks to improve WordPress. In the meantime, sign up for the RSS feed and stay tune.

Newsport WordPress Theme

Newsport is a stylish magazine theme aimed at those who want a more professional feel to their site. It includes a well laid out front page that showcases all your news with images, and also a cool category news feed on the side so that all content of your site gets to shine. Newsport WordPress… Read More »

Irrestistible WordPress Theme

Irresistible is a visually-rich personal blog, with a little bit of a multimedia focus. Incorporating some nifty video-options and widgets, Irresistible should meet all of your personal blogging needs. Irrestistible Premium WordPress has the following features: Use as a standard blog or use the customized homepage layout, as shown in our demo, that you can… Read More »

Corporate WordPress Theme

Corporate WordPress theme is a theme built for corporate websites and mini-sites. It is a clean and simple website perfect for a small business. Corporate WordPress theme comes in 2 different colors; blue and gray. Corporate WordPress theme has the following features: Several page layouts including full-width Sub-Category dropdown menu Threaded comments Price: $59 Single… Read More »