wordpress

  • Tweaking Image Compression In WordPress And Other Handy Tips

    Seasoned web developers know there’s more to WordPress than a blogging platform and if you’re willing to get your hands dirty, you can tweak it enough to do just about anything. Smashing Magazine’s Daniel Pataki has been around the block with this flexible collection of PHP scripts and has come away with quite the collection…


  • Bones Simplifies WordPress Theme Creation

    WordPress is a wonderful blogging platform and content management system (we use it for Lifehacker). Its themes make it highly customisable, but creating a theme isn’t easy if you don’t know the ropes. Bones simplifies the process by providing you with basic code that’s already optimised, functions across multiple browsers, and is easy to understand.


  • WordCamp Sydney 2012 Is Coming, And We’ve Got Discount Passes

    We’re big fans of WordPress here at Lifehacker (it’s what the site runs on), so we’re thrilled that a community WordCamp event is taking place in Sydney on July 21 and 22. We’ll be attending, and we’ve got discount codes for any other WordPress enthusiasts who want to sign up for two days of in-depth…


  • Make WordPress More Secure

    If you want to keep your WordPress blog safe from intrusion, two ways to eliminate basic attacks are to move your wp-config.php file up one directory to a non-public area and to delete the admin user account. Neither of these will stop a determined and skillful malefactor, but like using a bike lock, they will…