Automatic Backups in WordPress

It's amazing to me that WordPress has yet to implement a true backup solution as part of its core functions.  Backing up is something everyone with WordPress should do, for a number of reasons. Outside of restoring your site from total destruction, backups are used everyday for minor restores. A backup can be used to easily migrate…

Creating Post Types in WordPress with Minimal Effort

Have you ever installed a WordPress theme, then noticed some new sections in your left menu of WordPress Admin had appeared? Things such as "Books" or "Forms"? These are what we call "Post Types", and about a year ago the word "Post Type" was pretty confusing for most. Post Types were created when they released WordPress…

Fixing the OpenHook!

Every once in a blue moon, a WordPress plugin developer will decide to completely overhaul his plugin, which often results in the end user having to do a little more work than the standard update process within WordPress to complete the plugin update.  This usually has to do with database tables or some other fundamental…