wp_logout_url()…. AGH!!!

So I’m working on a site right now that incorporates the new bbPress plugin with WordPress. I’m testing the login/logout process, and since it’s now a plugin (instead of a standalone) you can use your WordPress logging for both things (the site and the forum). So I’m putting in a link for the logout url, via wp_logout_url(), and I’m following the Codex instructions for the redirect. but as I continue testing, I realize that the...

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WordPress Plugin Repository

So a looooong time ago, I released my first WordPress plugin – expandable jQuery comment replies. I’ve been remiss in keeping it updated – it was written for WP 2.7, and here we are, almost on 3.1. So when I released by Back End Instructions plugin, I decided perhaps I should be a good girl and update my old plugin. Updating it locally wasn’t an issue. however, updating the repository…. that’s a different story. I...

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Hiding information from the WordPress admin

So, while I was working on my Back End Instructions plugin yesterday, I was talking to my husband about the client I had built it for. As a quick notation, it’s a group of women who are of a certain age (no offense to anyone – I’m getting there myself!) and who do not like change. It’s taken me almost three years of pulling teeth to get things to where they are now. They want...

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New Plugin: Back End Instructions

Well hello there! I’m all excited. I think I’ve mentioned before (although for the life of me I can’t find reference to it) that I wrote a quick plugin once to provide back end instructions for clients. It was using the Userextra/Usermeta plugins, and I edited/added text right in the plugin area to pull up the right stuff, so it wasn’t easily managed. It worked (and was a “quick fix”) – but I wanted it...

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