You have probably seen the yellow and red notices on the top of the wp-admin area, either when updating a page, catching an error on a form, or a plugin poking at you to configure it after activation. These notices are very powerful ways to get a user’s attention and you may be wondering how

Quite often I run into instances where I need to change the display name of a top level menu item in the WordPress wp-admin backend. Sometimes this is to change Posts to something more relevant to the client, such as Skydive Log, or I simply do not like how a plugin named its menu and

Grant Landram and I had the pleasure of representing freshmuse this weekend by attending the 2012 Vancouver, BC WordCamp as speakers. Grant and I bookended the day as the first and last speakers. .@GrantLandram is kicking off the first session "Tips to Grow your Professional #WordPress Biz" at #wcyvr http://t.co/um8SmUd4 — Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh) October

WP_Query is a magical object in WordPress. WP_Query allows you to quickly and easily build a query for any type of object in the database, however that power is also sometimes its downfall. WP_Query adds “magic” into the SQL query it generates. If you are at your wits end with everything looking right when you

A friend recently ran into some issues setting up a new WordPress website. It was a big hairy ordeal that could have been avoided by keeping in mind a few simple steps. I am going to share with you the initial steps I take whenever I setup a new WordPress website. This is not an