WPMU Tutorials

Return a list of sites on the network

andrea — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:38:22 +0000

Here’s a simple internal function that will return a list of all sites in the network. The code below just shows them all and unlinked.

$blog_list = get_blog_list( 0, 'all' ); foreach ($blog_list AS $blog) { echo 'Blog '.$blog['blog_id'].': '.$blog['domain'].$blog['path'].' '; }

Paste that somewhere in a theme file or page template and there you go. Hope someone finds it handy and gets inspired to write a snazzy plugin, possibly a shortcode.

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Theme Stats Updated

Ron — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:46:35 +0000

I updated the theme stats plugin to work with new WordPress 3.0 networks as well as with MU installs upgraded to WordPress 3.0. You can download it here: WordPress Network Theme Stats.

August 2, 2009 — WordPress MU Theme Stats (3)
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June 21, 2010 — Everything you wanted to know about creating a network of multiple sites in 3.0 (45)

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Get some simple Network stats

andrea — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:33:43 +0000

I remembered this really neat internal function that is handy to display anywhere you want to show how many sites and users you have in your network.
$stats = get_sitestats(); echo 'There are currently '.$stats[ 'blogs' ].' sites running on this network and '.$stats[ 'users' ].' users.';

Surround that in php tags.

For added snazziness and extra bonus points on your homework, go grab a copy of the blank widget Blank Build-A-Widget (930) paste this code in there, and you’ve just made a network stats widget. Awesome, you rock

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WordCamp Montreal

Ron — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:17:14 +0000

Both Andrea & I will be speaking at WordCamp Montreal.

Andrea & I have had a fantastic time at every WordCamp we have attended and we enjoy meeting other people who use WordPress. If you have never been to one, this will be a great one for you to attend. Whatever you are doing with WordPress, you can be sure that you’ll have a chance to talk to others who have been or are interested in doing the same

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Change the default theme for sites without a plugin

andrea — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:28:06 +0000

There’s a new and very little documented feature in 3.0 for changing the default theme. And? This will work on single WordPress installs as well as being handy for a network of sites.

The magic line is this in your config file:

define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'classic');

In this example, the classic theme is used as the default when a site is created, or when a theme in use is removed. If you are starting fresh with 3.0, the default is the new TwentyTen, so this override is handy.

Added tip: if you have a lot of blogs using the Kubrick theme and wanted to remove it and set the other blogs, do this define first with your new default theme, then remove or rename the Kubrick theme folder (in my it was simply “default”). On a refresh, all blogs using the Kubrick theme will be switched to your new default.

If you just wanted the Kubrick theme to go away and have twentyten show up, you won’t need to do the define above. Just rename the /default/ theme folder. It’ll kick in.

(thanks to Ron for reminding me & MichaelH for the codex note I missed)

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Last updated sites widget

andrea — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:42:51 +0000

This is a handy little widget that will pull a list of all the sites in your network and order them by last updated. The code for this was originally in the home theme of the WPMU download, so thanks to Donncha for that bit.

Last Updated Sites widget (39)

I tested it in the mu-plugins folder, but you should also be able to use it as a regular plugin as it only needs to run on one blog. It’s also the older widget code, so you can only use it once, not multiple times, and it has no options. Short, sweet & simple.

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Get a list of the latest sites or blogs in the network

andrea — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:16:54 +0000

From the archives (which are full of good things, btw) I revamped a post with an updated version of the List All plugin, and confirmed the Most Recent Blogs widget still worked. It does!

So, if you’re looking to have a widget that will show the last ten blogs, go get it here.

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WP125 Ads Plugin

Ron — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:33:10 +0000

We had a client who is using the WP125 Ads plugin. When they upgraded to WordPress 3.0, it was having an error. I fixed the error and forwarded it to our client. Other folks reported the same issue in this thread in the WP support forums. The author of the plugin posted and indicated he was going to be tied up for a bit. I have forward the update to the plugin author. At some point he will be releasing an updated version.

In the mean time, you can download my updated version: WP125 Ads Plugin (74). If you have issues with it, please post those issues in the support thread linked above. I won’t be attempting to do other bug fixes or CSS changes.

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Did your user’s theme options and widgets page disappear?

andrea — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:15:46 +0000

Well here’s a little bug that was discovered, though it’s not really a bug in WordPress itself, rather a change. It shows up in themes with higher-level capabilities attached to certain menu items.

In 3.0, this was made more stringent with the merge. the theme editor was left in with only Super Admins having access to it. Regular site administrators should not have access.

Some themes, however, have additional menu items (options pages) that use the capability edit_themes to access.

If you find this is happening to you, just search the theme’s functions.php file and change the edit_themes cap to edit_themes_options. That should fix it.

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BuddyPress Author Link

Ron — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:25:19 +0000

I’ve updated my BuddyPress Blog Author Link plugin for WordPress 3.0. I also added support for a single WordPress install. You can download it here.

June 28, 2010 — Another Featured Posts update (12)
July 21, 2010 — Theme Stats Updated (0)
June 27, 2010 — Network Privacy (9)
June 21, 2010 — Everything you wanted to know about creating a network of multiple sites in 3.0 (45)
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