Related posts lite – free plugin

Ernest Marcinko Free Plugins, Wordpress 4 Comments

After releasing the pro version, I have decided to make a free version of the plugin as well. Of course it has a lot less options, but enough for a simple regular usage. The plugin features 6 different layouts as well. Related posts lite is a simple related posts plugin, yet with a very powerful related posts engine. In fact …

Changes in WordPress 3.9 you should know about

Ernest Marcinko Blog 1 Comment

Widgets One of the nicest changes are widget customizability. I’m still missing conditional tags like: don’t show the widget on certain pages and similar. It’s still nice to see an update on the widget interface. Key changes: Live preview of the widget changes! – Honestly, the best change ever. Now we can all test the changes on the production environment! …

Responsible WordPress plugin development – More compatibility, less support tickets

Ernest Marcinko Tutorials, Wordpress 1 Comment

The wordpress plugin database is now filled with thousands of plugins. In my first few months of development I encountered lots of incompatibility issues, I almost recieved a support ticket after each selling. Altough you cannot make a plugin that is 100% compatible with all the other plugins in the repository, but you can and must try to make it …

Stay connected box for WordPress without a plugin

Ernest Marcinko Tutorials, Wordpress 1 Comment

I’ve done a lot of research to look for a plugin, that can add a “stay connected with us” box below my posts. Unfortunately there is none. The main reason for this, is because there is no proper hook in wordpress to add a content block after the sinlge post. Fortunately, the workaround isn’t too hard. It’s attractive, visitors will …

WordPress – Widget select box

Ernest Marcinko Tutorials, Wordpress 7 Comments

This tutorial will cover how to add a select box to the widget backend options panel. Sometimes a simple text input field is not enough. By understanding this article you will gain a better view of widget backend options.