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Mid-week’s Present: BWP Minify 1.2.0

Khang Minh — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:09:49 +0000

This version comes with a great deal of bug fixes and a lot of improvements made to the core! Even better, I've updated the documentation page with a new Advanced Customization section that helps you make the most out of this plugin.

BWP GXS 1.2.0 – News Sitemap made easy!

Khang Minh — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Guys, another major release of BWP GXS is now available! The biggest change made since 1.1.6 is the ability to build a Google News sitemap that can be submitted to Google News without hassle . All you have to do is click on the newly added tab (News sitemap), enable the module, choose some news categories as well as their genres and you’re ready to go. Your news sitemap can also be used to ping search engines individually if you... more

Speed Up WordPress: A Developer’s POV

Khang Minh — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:43:56 +0000

As an end-user, you might find WordPress ridiculously slow sometimes, not because WordPress itself is slow, but rather the way you’re using WordPress is not optimized. That’s why speeding up WordPress is a topic that can never get old. Mashable talked about it more than a year ago, Noupe has recently published an article about it, and even a design magazine blog has done the same thing. All articles found on the Internet regarding speeding up WordPress mainly tell you... more

BWP Community is LIVE!

Khang Minh — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:30:04 +0000

After two hard-working weeks of mine, a new home for BWP Plugins’ support, the BWP Community, is officially online. All questions, feature requests, bug reports or suggestions for BWP Plugins must now be posted on the forum (or the WP.org support forum, but this one will be preferred). You can of course discuss and / or share anything related to WordPress in appropriate forums if you want. Visit, stay, and enjoy!

URL to Post ID for Custom Post Types

Khang Minh — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:37:12 +0000

In WordPress, url_to_postid is a magic function that helps you convert certain URLs to IDs. However, it is limited to built-in post types. This tip will show you how to quickly make url_to_postid work with WordPress custom post types.

Great WordPress Plugins (Small Giants) – Part 2

Khang Minh — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:37:32 +0000

A WordPress plugin can choose to be great instead of big, and it seems obvious to me that people always want to use an efficient plugin that is somewhat feature-limited, rather than a plugin that does a lot of things, but also uses a lot of resources along the way. In the previous article in this Small Giants series, I have introduced five plugins that are very useful, but lack awareness. This time, I will review another five plugins that... more

BWP RC 1.2.0 – Your Recent Comment Lists Just Got Better!

Khang Minh — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:51:44 +0000

Hi guys! It's been more than three months since the last major version of BWP Recent Comments, and there have been so many feature requests that only some of which I could actually work on... but now I give you, BWP RC 1.2.0 Release Candidate 1!

Ten Useful WordPress Constants You Might Love

Khang Minh — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:45:50 +0000

A WordPress constant is simply a variable that can not be changed once it is defined. As static as a constant is, it still plays an important role in controlling how your WordPress works. If you are asked to name some WordPress constants, it would not be a surprise if you mention ones like WP_DEBUG, ABSPATH, or WP_LANG, because they are somewhat widely used. In this article, I will list and explain other useful constants that can actually give you... more

Remove Trailing Slash for Permalinks with Extensions

Khang Minh — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:09:55 +0000

If you are using a permalink structure that has a trailing slash at the end, read this tip to know how to remove such slash for virtual pages, whose URLs end in their extensions!

WordPress BugNet – Part Two

Khang Minh — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:29:25 +0000

This is the second post in the WordPress Bugnet series, in which I will list another five WordPress bugs that have not been fixed in recent versions of WordPress, along with their statuses and workarounds if available. Make sure you check out the first post, too! By reading this series, you might be able to figure out if something’s wrong with your blogs, and hopefully, fix it without the need of a bugifx release from the WordPress team. In this... more

Create Fake Pages in WordPress

Khang Minh — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:59 +0000

People’s need is changing everyday, and so is WordPress. From a simple blogging software, WordPress has evolved into a somewhat feature-rich Content Management System. It is, therefore, not a surprise if we, users and developers, always try to do crazy things with WordPress these days, and creating virtual (fake) WordPress pages is simply one of those unusual objectives. So, what do we need fake pages for anyway? What I find particularly useful about fake pages is that you can create... more

BWP GXS v1.1.0 – The Beast is HERE!

Khang Minh — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:54:27 +0000

Guys, BWP Google XML Sitemap 1.1.0 is out! This version comes with two new major features and a complete overhaul of all modules for efficiency!

No Smilies Conversion in Code Tags

Khang Minh — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:10:11 +0000

Smilies are used everywhere: in posts, comments, or even handwritten notes, and WordPress automatically converts a text smiley to a nice icon for you. But inside code tags, such conversion serves no purpose. It is therefore recommended that you disable it.

BWP Recent Comments 1.1.0 for the International Workers’ Day!

Khang Minh — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:08:24 +0000

People are celebrating the International Workers' Day, and I would like to join them with the second major release of BWP Recent Comments! In this version, you will enjoy two prime new features, including paginated comments and post-based comments.

BWP External Links 1.1.0 with Exciting New Features!

Khang Minh — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:42:28 +0000

It's been a while since I've ever updated my external links plugin, not because it is not an interesting plugin, but rather because of other important plugins that I need to take care of. Anyway, with this formal release of BWP External Links (1.1.0) you will enjoy two new features, a Danish translation, as well as other bug fixes and improvements!