Asides

  • Specify cookie expiration time (or delete them) from WordPress comments

    In WordPress, the expiration period for the cookie stored on the computer of a user who has commented on your blog is extremely long (approximately one year). Several reasons might lead a blogger to want to reduce this expiration period, starting with improving performance and achieving faster page load times. Indeed,…

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  • Feedburner removes Socialize feature: how to retrieve it?

    Feedburner removes Socialize feature: how to retrieve it?

    As you can see, Google Feedburner has removed Socialize feature from its left menu on Feedburner account. Webmasters and bloggers hope that it's not a permanent change because this tool is very useful for those who want to link their RSS feed to their Twitter account. The link has been removed, but hopefully not the…

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  • How to find the Socialize option on Feedburner

    How to get the Socialize option back on Feedburner

    Here's a quick tip to find the "Socialize" option in Feedburner, which has literally disappeared from the menu! If you're a Feedburner user, you've probably noticed, like me, that the "Socialize" page, which allowed you to link your Feedburner account to your Twitter account, has simply vanished from the Feedburner menu. And like me…

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  • PHP function to display total number of members under Buddypress

    PHP function to display total number of members under Buddypress

    Here is a small function for Buddypress that helped me a lot and that I wanted to share with you for those who might need it: not very well highlighted in the doc, it allows you to display the total number of registered users on your network.

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  • WordPress tip: put images in the RSS feed

    WordPress tip: put images in the RSS feed

    Here is a very simple code which will allow you to insert your featured image in your RSS feed, so that, when you relay your feed on a social network like Facebook for example, the image can accompany the title and the presentation of your post.

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  • Change WordPress Default Sender

    Quick tip for WordPress CMS users who are tired of seeing the wp_mail function send automatic messages to their users under the email " «"Unfortunately, there are no settings in the WordPress backend to address this issue. Therefore, here's a small filter found on Butterblog.com, the author of the WP-Members plugin…"

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