Use Actions and Filters If you think people would like to add or alter some data: provide apply_filters() before returning. P.S. One thing I find a bit disappointing and that your question addresses is the percentage of plugins that are designed only for end-users, i.e. that have no hooks of their own. Imagine if WordPress … Read more
The biggest WordPress giveaways are between the <head> </head> tags. Example WordPress head content output by The Twentyten Theme and how to remove: <link rel=”profile” href=”http://gmpg.org/xfn/11″ /> Remove directly from header.php <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” media=”all” href=”http://example.com/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css” /> Hide WordPress by calling your stylesheet from another location and change the wp-content directory. WordPress requires your theme … Read more
Short answer: yes The answer to this question is yes and to say otherwise is probably irresponsible. Long answer: a real-world example Allow me to provide a very real example, from my very real server, where moving wp-config.php outside the web root specifically prevented its contents from being captured. The bug: Take a look at … Read more
@Insanity5902: Deployment of a WordPress site from one box to another has been a PITA since day one I started working with WordPress. (Truth-be-told it was a PITA with Drupal for 2 years before I started with WordPress so the problem is certainly not exclusively with WordPress.) It bothered me that every time I needed … Read more
Enable Hidden Administration Feature displaying All Site Settings Tested on: WordPress 3.1 RC3 This little piece of code does something pretty cool. It will add an additional option to your settings menu with a link to “all settings” which will show you a complete list of all the settings you have within your database related … Read more