Not many people know (or maybe they do and don’t talk about it!) that WordPress can actually parse RSS feeds and display them on your WordPress install. The function we can use is the wp_rss() which will automatically fetch and parse whichever feed you desire and allow it to be viewable to your readers. So
Working With Excerpts
An excerpt is a summary of your blog post, this is an optional feature in WordPress and can be used in circumstances where you would only like to display a teaser of a post rather than the full article. You can also set your RSS feeds to display this summary rather than the full post,
WordPress Security Hacks and Tricks
Following on from my recently article about WordPress security plugins there are a number of ways you can shore up your security by using a few choice snippets and hacks. Please do ensure you backup before making any changes to your files, the .htaccess if broken can cause your blog to stop working completely! Tips
A Few WordPress Tips, Hacks and Tricks
Today I thought I would show you a few tips, hacks and tricks that will help make your WordPress install more secure, tidy and offer a little in the way of customization. Please be sure to backup any files before you start editing, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Remove Plugin And Update Counts
How To Automatically Generate Short URLs for Your Posts
Using short url tools have become common place across the web in recent years, part of this is the usage of Twitter and being restricted to 140 characters. Long urls took up entire tweets forcing tweeters to use these tools. Twitter now have their own shortening tool t.co, but you can still use your own