Related posts are selected using tags, categories, or any custom taxonomy. When searching for related posts, the widget will choose posts that share between 1-3 like terms with the currently viewed post.

Works with all custom post types!

Features:

• 12 Options to configure on a per-widget basis
• Multiple instances of the same widget
• Widget Title
• Display related post titles
• Option to display the post authors
• Option to show post publication dates
• Option to show post comment counts
• Option to show post text excerpts
• Option to control the length of the post excerpt
• Option to show post thumbnails
• Ability to control size of post thumbnails
• Ability to set float of post thumbnails
• Choose the number of related items to show
• Select the taxonomy on which to relate posts
• Widget shown only on single post pages

This widget has been built with the best coding standards and should fit seamlessly into any WordPress theme.

Video Demonstration

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For example, if you have written a plugin that has a settings page, and that settings page requires a custom jquery script to be loaded, you should always ensure that the custom jquery script is only loaded when the settings page is displayed, not on every other page of the WordPress admin as well.

There are a couple of ways that you can limit which pages your scripts get loaded on, but by far the best method is to do it the way that WordPress intended

If you wanted to enable jQuery UI in the WordPress admin, you’d do it like this:

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function load_ui_script() {
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui.min', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/jquery-ui.min.js', false, '1.4', 'all');
}
function load_ui_style() {
	wp_enqueue_style('jquery-ui-css', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css', false, '1.8', 'all');
}
add_action('admin_print_scripts', 'load_ui_script');
add_action('admin_print_styles', 'load_ui_style');

This works very well, but is not a good idea because if any other plugins (or the active theme) also load jQuery UI in the admin, there are likely to be conflicts.

So let’s say that you are trying to load jQuery-UI on only the post edit screen; you can do it like this:

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function load_ui_script() {
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui.min', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/jquery-ui.min.js', false, '1.4', 'all');
}
function load_ui_style() {
	wp_enqueue_style('jquery-ui-css', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css', false, '1.8', 'all');
}
add_action('admin_print_scripts-edit.php', 'load_ui_script');
add_action('admin_print_styles-edit.php', 'load_ui_style');

Notice the -edit.php ? That tells WordPress to only activate the script on the edit post page. You can use any page slug there. So, for example, in my Easy Content Types plugin, I used the following to add jQuery UI to the new post screen, the post edit screen, and the new custom post type screen:

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function ecpt_datepicker_ui_scripts() {
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui.min', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/jquery-ui.min.js', false, '1.4', 'all');
}
function ecpt_datepicker_ui_style() {
	wp_enqueue_style('jquery-ui-css', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css', false, '1.8', 'all');
}
// load all the scripts
 
add_action('admin_print_scripts-post.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_scripts');
add_action('admin_print_scripts-edit.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_scripts');
add_action('admin_print_scripts-post-new.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_scripts');
add_action('admin_print_styles-post.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_style');
add_action('admin_print_styles-post.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_style');
add_action('admin_print_styles-post-new.php', 'ecpt_datepicker_ui_style');
add_action('admin_head', 'ecpt_datepicker');

You can also use this same method to load scripts on your custom plugin / theme settings pages.

Hope this helps.

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This is a very simple plugin, but it gives you much better control over your widget display.

Plugin features include:

• New Recent Posts Widget
• Widget Title Option
• Option to control the number of posts displayed
• Option to control the posts offset
• Ability to enable post thumbnails
• Thumbnail size option
• Choose the post type to display

Download the plugin from Pippin’s Plugins.com.

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Well, now I’d like to announce my new website: Pippin’s Plugins.com. It’s goal is to fill the plugin void in the WordPress world: a site dedicated to nothing but plugin development.

There are hundreds of websites out there, including WP Mods, that provide daily, weekly, and monthly tutorials for WordPress developers, but to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single WordPress website out there that focuses purely on plugin development. So I will be filling that hole.

On Pippin’s Plugins I will be publishing daily tips and tricks, as well as in-depth tutorials and free plugin releases weekly. I will also be publishing near weekly plugin reviews of other developer’s plugins and giving my professional opinion on the quality of the plugin. Both free and premium plugins will be reviewed. I am also accepting plugin submissions for authors who would like me to review or possibly list their plugin on the site.

My tips, tricks, and tutorials will be from basic to beginner and will cover many, many aspects of plugin development, including working with databases, setting up jQuery / Ajax, displaying content in posts, creating post types, taxonomies, and just about every other topic.

I encourage all of you to check out my new site, leave some comments, and subscribe to my mailing list for email updates.

You may also follow my new Twitter account @pippinsplugins

Thanks!

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So it’s time to give a few copies away for free.

How to Enter

All you need to do share this post on either Facebook or Twitter, then leave a comment below with a link to the Twitter or Facebook post.

I will end the contest after 2 weeks, on Monday the 16th of May, or after 40 people have entered, whichever comes first. So spread the word.

Plugin Details

Use any font anywhere with any WordPress theme.

• All .otf, .ttf, and .eot font files are supported
• 100% Cross browser compatible
• Control the fonts of every aspect of your wordpress site
• Font Size Control for all elements
• Compatible with WordPress 2.6+
• Google webFont Support
• Easy to use
• Advanced section for those with html / css knowledge

Full Details

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This is the best custom post type plugin and will completely remove the difficult task of manually creating custom post types, taxonomies, and meta boxes.

Easily Create Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Custom Meta Boxes

You’ll never have to touch another bit of complicated code again.

For Developers and non Developers Alike

With several months of development time, Easy Content Types has been optimized to be as easy to use as possible. It does everything for you, from registering the post types, setting up the menu icons, creating meta box fields, saving data, and even automatically creating theme template files and recreating permalink structures.

Integrates perfectly with the WordPress Interface

Easy Content Types has been designed perfectly for you to package it with your own themes, allowing you to give your buyers a HUGE increase of control. Your users won’t even know it’s not a part of the WordPress core.

Features

Custom Post Types

• Easy to use interface
• Register custom post types
• Edit post types after creation
• Control all post type attributes and support options
• Automatically create theme template files for post types
• Thorough documemtation and explanation of post types

Custom Taxonomies

• Easy to use interface
• Register custom taxonomies
• Edit taxonomies after creation
• Control all taxonomy attributes and support options
• Automatically create theme template files for taxonomies
• Thorough documemtation and explanation of taxonomies

Custom Meta Boxes

• Easy to use interface
• Register custom meta boxes
• Edit meta boxes after creation
• Complate meta box placement control
• Choose the post type that receives the meta box
• Add unlimited fields to meta box
• Drag and drop field ordering
• 6 field types
  Text
  Textarea
  Select
  Radio
  Checkbox
  Datepicker
• Edit fields after creation
• Automatic shortcodes for every field

User Access Control

• Control which user levels have access to the custom content type menu
• Control which users can create custom post types
• Control which users can create custom taxonomies
• Control which users can create custom meta bxoes

How it Works Demonstration

Realistic Usage Demonstration

Requires WordPress 3.0+

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The first step is to set up your HTML structure:

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<div class="image-wrap">
	<div class="image-thumb">
		<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg">
	</div>
        <div class="image-shadow"></div>
</div>

Next, some basic CSS:

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.image-wrap { position:relative; }
.image-thumb {
	height:180px; /*set this to the size of your image*/
	width:280px; /*set this to the size of your image*/
	z-index: 1;
	position: relative;
}

The next step is a little more complex and utilizes the :before and :after pseudo selectors to allow us to do super cool stuff

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.thumb-shadow	{
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	height:180px; /*this must be the same as declared above*/
	width:280px; /*this must be the same as declared above*/
	z-index: 0;
}
/*shadow*/
.image-shadow:after {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	background: #828282;
	width: 98%;
	height: 4px;
	bottom:3px;
	right: 2px;
	z-index: -1;
	-webkit-transform: rotate(2deg);
	box-shadow: 0 2px 5px #828282;
}
.image-shadow:before {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	background: #828282;
	width: 95%;
	height: 4px;
	bottom:3px;
	left: 2px;
	z-index: -1;
	-webkit-transform: rotate(-2deg);
	box-shadow: 0 2px 5px #828282;
}
/*end shadow*/

What we have done created two gray “stripes” that are slightly blurred, and then rotated them slightly to give the impression of a curved shadow. Pretty cool, huh?

This is a pretty simple application of this technique, and you could go much further and create more intricate shadows if you wanted.

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This theme comes with 6 different custom post types: slider, home text, home boxes, portfolio, services and staff. This will allow you to easily create the various pages for your business site and use the default posts for your blog.

Cleaner Business WordPress Theme has been the single best selling theme on Mojo Themes since its release, and now it has just gotten so much better. AJ and I and have worked very hard over the last week to push a huge number of tremendous updates through to the theme, and let’s just say they’re awesome. Check out the theme page for a full list of features.

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