Do Yourself a Favor, Don’t Use the Default Table Prefix in WordPress.

Setting up Wordpress is a pretty easy process, thanks to all the wonderful scripts Automatic has included in WordPress's core. Essentially, all it takes to install WordPress is doing the 3 following things: Create a Database Upload WordPress Core Files Run Setup Script This is great for the average user, because it allows them to…

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…