A list of top and most useful WordPress Plugins

A list of top and most useful WordPress Plugins

This post has a list of some of the best WordPress Plugins out there. I have been using each of these plugins on this blog for over 2 years, please feel free to share and add plugins I may have…

How to embed Youtube videos in WP Markdown Editor ?

How to embed Youtube videos in WP Markdown Editor ?

I have been using this awesome WordPress plugin called WP-Markdown for over a year on this blog. So today again I came across this neatly explained tutorial on “Javascript Closures” by Mark Dalgleish which I decided to add as a…

Keyboard Shortcuts for WordPress HTML Editor

I always use HTML editor mode to writing each of my post, and below are the list of the shortcuts that I use. Blockquote : Alt + SHIFT + q Bold : Alt + SHIFT + b Code : Alt…

Backup your Wordpress site using Dropbox !

Backup your WordPress site using Dropbox !

WordPress is undoubtedly the most used blogging engine. Like many others I too use WordPress (for this blog). WordPress itself is a very secure and stable platform, but, there are literally thousands & thousands of third party themes and plugins…

Is there any Markdown editor like stackoverflow for WordPress ?

Short answer : WP – Markdown I was kind of addicted to stackoverflow’s markdown editor and I was wondering if there is a plugin in WordPress that does the same job. Enter WP – Markdown !! This plug-in allows you…

How to Display Total Posts Published Count in Wordpress using PHP ?

How to Display Total Posts Published Count in WordPress using PHP ?

Today, I wanted to display on my homepage, a total post published count, so after searching for this, I found a very interesting piece of code that does this job, check out the code below… [sourcecode type="php"] <?php echo wp_count_posts()->publish;…

How to add PHP code to your side bar widget in Wordpress

How to add PHP code to your side bar widget in WordPress

First install this plugin : PHP Code Widget from here Once installed, you will now see a new widget by the name of “PHP Code” in your Appearance >> Widgets , like seen below. Now simply drag and use this…

Best question answer WordPress theme

Best question answer WordPress theme

After searching and using many question answer themes that are out there, I frankly didnt find any of these so called premium theme up to the mark. Then I came across this particular site which is also running on wordpress and…

WordPress – How to check if user logged in

In WordPress many a times you might need to check whether a user is logged in or not. This can be easily done, check the code below Code [sourcecode language="php"] <?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { echo ‘Hello, user, you are logged in!’; }…

Top 5 Social Login Plugins for WordPress

Last week I spent a lot of time finding a good social login plugin for one of my wordpress site. First I came across this super awesome plugin called Gigya, It had impressive screenshots (see below) and description. I quickly went ahead…