{"id":147,"date":"2010-11-12T14:27:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T05:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santoshkori.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2012-08-23T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T08:33:12","slug":"40-most-wanted-wordpress-tricks-and-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.santoshkori.com\/blog\/40-most-wanted-wordpress-tricks-and-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever came across a WordPress blog, saw something you liked, and questions like \u2018<em>how they did that<\/em>\u2018, \u2018<em>is that a plugin or hack?<\/em>\u2018, \u2018<em>where can I get those cool mods<\/em>\u2018 begin to pop? Well, it\u2019s really pretty normal because most of us did the same thing. For this article we\u2019ve spent time with some 14 WordPress bloggers, finding out what kinda hacks and plugins they are really looking for to enhance their blog in any aspect. Here\u2019s our outcome, <strong>40+ most wanted WordPress tips and hacks<\/strong>, including those you don\u2019t even knew the keywords to search for.<\/p>\n<p>While you are at it, here\u2019s few more WordPress related articles we\u2019ve previously written:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/49-most-downloaded-wordpress-themes-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">49 Most downloaded WordPress themes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/3-great-premium-wordpress-themes-video-bloggin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress themes for Video Blogging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/desktop-blogging-clients-the-ultimate-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 Desktop blogging clients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/16-free-premium-wordpress-themes-that-dont-suck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 WordPress premium themes that don\u2019t suck<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/anthologyoi.com\/wordpress\/displaying-wordpress-categories-in-a-horizontal-dropdown-menu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Display categories in horizontal Drop-Down menu<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Instead of using your categories in sidebar, you can put them up on the navigation bar, dropping down the sub categories in second-level drop down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anthologyoi.com\/wordpress\/displaying-wordpress-categories-in-a-horizontal-dropdown-menu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/category-dropdown.jpg\" alt=\"category dropdown 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/themeshaper.com\/how-to-add-gravatars-for-the-post-author-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add Gravatar for post author<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>How about adding Gravatar to your post titles to highlight the comment author?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themeshaper.com\/how-to-add-gravatars-for-the-post-author-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/author-gravatar.jpg\" alt=\"author gravatar 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/bloggingexperiment.com\/archives\/wordpress-page-as-home-page.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using custom page as homepage<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Instead of showing recent entries as main page on your blog, customize it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloggingexperiment.com\/archives\/wordpress-page-as-home-page.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/custom-page.jpg\" alt=\"custom page 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/hackwordpress.com\/how-to-add-bio-info-to-wordpress-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add author bio on every blog post<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>For multi-authored blogs, adding the bio info of each author at the bottom of their respective posts is a good way to give props to the author as well as providing information to the readers as to who that person is without having to refer to an about me page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hackwordpress.com\/how-to-add-bio-info-to-wordpress-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/author-bio.jpg\" alt=\"author bio 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readywpthemes.com\/wordpress-recent-posts-from-specific-category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Display recent post from specific category<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Control recent post of any categories you want to display.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattcutts.com\/blog\/highlight-author-comments-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Highlight author\u2019s comments<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This helps differenciate the author\u2019s comments away from the rest. Useful for commentators to spot which are comments made by the author.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattcutts.com\/blog\/highlight-author-comments-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/comment-diff.jpg\" alt=\"comment diff 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpressgarage.com\/tips\/giving-each-wordpress-post-a-thumbnail-and-display-the-thumbnail-on-the-home-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create thumbnails for each blog post and displays them<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>How to create thumbnails for each blog post, use them anywhere you want, make your post more interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpressgarage.com\/tips\/giving-each-wordpress-post-a-thumbnail-and-display-the-thumbnail-on-the-home-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/thumbnails.jpg\" alt=\"thumbnails 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jtpratt.com\/very-easy-wordpress-theme-hack-show-category-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create and show categories image<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>How to add some simple PHP code to your WordPress template and make linked images appear instead of text for your categories in posts.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonified.com\/2007\/06\/how-to-format-images-for-feed-readers.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Format images for feed readers<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Get your blog content to display properly, even in feeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonified.com\/2007\/06\/how-to-format-images-for-feed-readers.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/feed-neat.jpg\" alt=\"feed neat 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2007\/06\/04\/wordpress-date-button\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create really cool WordPress date button<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Display your blot post\u2019s date in the form of button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2007\/06\/04\/wordpress-date-button\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/datebutton.jpg\" alt=\"datebutton 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/weblogtoolscollection.com\/archives\/2008\/06\/11\/hiding-advertisements-for-single-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiding Advertisements For Single Posts<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Quick and easy way to hide advertisements for any particular post by making some minor changes to your theme.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpower.ca\/wordpress-hack-creating-a-dynamic-sticky\/2005\/04\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a dynamic sticky<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>There are some news you just want them to stay on top.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themeplayground.com\/advice-for-your-wordpress-blog-customize-your-404-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Customize Error 404 page<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Create a new Error 404 page of your own.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonified.com\/2007\/02\/how_to_protect_css_mods_for_any_wordpress_theme.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protect CSS Mods for ANY WordPress Theme<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Implementing a custom stylesheet that simply overrides the styles defined in the theme\u2019s original stylesheet<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.circlesixdesign.com\/2007\/01\/22\/diggproof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make your blog Digg proof<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Tweaks and settings to add to your blog to take the Digg effect.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2008\/03\/01\/how-to-use-wordpress-as-a-membership-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using WordPress as Membership Directory<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Create a moderated membership directory that showcases your member\u2019s information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2008\/03\/01\/how-to-use-wordpress-as-a-membership-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/md.jpg\" alt=\"md 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/wpcandy.com\/articles\/tutorials\/4-simple-ways-to-speed-up-wordpress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 Ways to speed up your wordpress blog<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Some quick tips on how to speed up your self-hosted WordPress site.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-mobile-version-of-your-website-blog-with-mofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create mobile version of your blog<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Create a mobile version of the website within clicks with Mofuse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-mobile-version-of-your-website-blog-with-mofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/mobile.jpg\" alt=\"mobile 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaydsouza.com\/wordpress\/hacks\/wordpress-hack-opening-links-in-new-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open links in new windows (by default)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Title\u2019s pretty self-explainatory, make all links open in new window.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk\/wordpress-as-a-cms-content-management-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turn WordPress blog into CMS (Content Management System)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Your WordPress blog don\u2019t have to look like a typical blog display. It can be something more fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk\/wordpress-as-a-cms-content-management-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/wp-cms.jpg\" alt=\"wp cms 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/lorelle.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/28\/wordpress-thumbnail-size-limit-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Thumbnail Size Limit Hack<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Don\u2019t like the default thumbnail JPEG quality? Change it.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/theory.isthereason.com\/?p=499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Automatically post Del.icio.us daily link to WordPress<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Get more daily post on blog, from del.icio.us<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theory.isthereason.com\/?p=499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/dailypost.jpg\" alt=\"dailypost 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-a-peel-away-effect-on-website-how-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a peel away effect on blog<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Very effective way to market products and bring more attention to pages you want visitors to focus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-a-peel-away-effect-on-website-how-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/peel-away.jpg\" alt=\"peel away 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-seperate-comments-and-trackbacks-wordpress-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seperate Comments from Trackbacks\/Pingbacks<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Get a clear view on what are comments, what\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-seperate-comments-and-trackbacks-wordpress-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/trackbacks-comments.jpg\" alt=\"trackbacks comments 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micropersuasion.com\/2005\/11\/ten_blogging_ha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Alone or Together with Writely<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Writely is one of my favorte Web 2.0 apps. It\u2019s a full-fledged web-based word processor that you can access from anywhere. Think of it as Microsoft Word for the Web.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micropersuasion.com\/2005\/11\/ten_blogging_ha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/writely.jpg\" alt=\"writely 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devtopics.com\/embed-google-ad-in-first-wordpress-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed Google Ad in first wordpress post<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The leading SEO (Search Engine Optimization) sites will tell you that placing an ad after the first post in your blog\u2019s home page is particularly effective.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/lorelle.wordpress.com\/2005\/09\/22\/creating-multiple-single-posts-for-different-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating multiple single posts for different categories<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Fast and simple way to assign a specific stylesheet for only one category of blog posts in a WordPress blog.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/justintadlock.com\/archives\/2007\/10\/24\/using-wordpress-custom-fields-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using WordPress Custom Fields<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>You can do pretty much anything you want with custom fields. Your imagination is your limit.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Creating_an_Archive_Index#Creating_the_Archive_Index_Template_and_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating an Archive Index<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Create single page with links to all your archived entries, arranged just so to form the main gateway into your blog\u2019s past.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonified.com\/2006\/11\/wicked-wordpress-archives-in-one-easy-step.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wicked WordPress Archives in One Easy Step<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Provide specialized archive views that place a premium on scannability.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2007\/07\/09\/how-to-place-a-login-form-in-the-sidebar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Place a login form in the sidebar<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Put a login on the front page of your WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2007\/07\/09\/how-to-place-a-login-form-in-the-sidebar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"sidebar 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/protect-wordpress-blog-against-image-theft-hotlinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protect WordPress post against hot-linking<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Plugin for WordPress that helps prevent image hotlinking as easy as installing and activating it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/protect-wordpress-blog-against-image-theft-hotlinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/imagehotlink.jpg\" alt=\"imagehotlink 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"440\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/performancing.com\/wordpress-tips\/wordpress-hacks-moving-static-html-site-wordpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moving a Static HTML Site to WordPress<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>how you retain the old URLs after moving static HTML to WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/performancing.com\/wordpress-tips\/wordpress-hacks-build-techmeme-river-news-clone-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Build a Techmeme River of News Clone<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Building something similar to Techmeme with WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/performancing.com\/wordpress-tips\/wordpress-hacks-build-techmeme-river-news-clone-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/techmeme.jpg\" alt=\"techmeme 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.binarymoon.co.uk\/2007\/07\/wordpress-tips-and-tricks-custom-login-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom login page<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This is more significant for multi author blogs, or sites you have set up for clients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.binarymoon.co.uk\/2007\/07\/wordpress-tips-and-tricks-custom-login-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/customlogin.jpg\" alt=\"customlogin 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdesigner.com\/2007\/08\/21\/how-to-put-your-best-content-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Put Your Best Content Forward<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Don\u2019t let your best content get lost in the archives.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/paulstamatiou.com\/2007\/06\/03\/how-to-twitter-bar-popular-posts-random-stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Display Twitter messages in WordPress<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Customize the Twitter message display on your WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paulstamatiou.com\/2007\/06\/03\/how-to-twitter-bar-popular-posts-random-stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"twitter 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxblogpress.com\/plugins\/msa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add Stripe Ad to boost response \/ earnings<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A new non-obtrusive way of displaying a single line of advertising message, a special note or other information right at the top of your blog<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxblogpress.com\/plugins\/msa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/stripe-ad.jpg\" alt=\"stripe ad 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-display-facebook-statuses-on-wordpress-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Display Facebook Statuses on WordPress Blog<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Put your Facebook statuses directly on your wordpress blog. Works for both self-<a onmouseover=\"self.status=&#039;http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/out\/dreamhost&#039;;return true;\" onmouseout=\"self.status=&#039;&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/out\/dreamhost\" target=\"_blank\">host<\/a> WordPress and WordPress.com bloggers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-display-facebook-statuses-on-wordpress-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/add-fbstatus-wp.jpg\" alt=\"add fbstatus wp 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/jonas.rabbe.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/06\/word-count-plugin-for-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post text and image count<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Counts and display number of words and images (leaving the default WordPress smilies out)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/rss-footer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Place content only in RSS Feed<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Ever wonder how some bloggers control some content to be shown only in RSS feed but not the blog. Here\u2019s the plugin to do that \u2013 RSS Footer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/rss-footer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" src=\"http:\/\/media02.hongkiat.com\/wordpress-tricks-hacks\/rss-footer.jpg\" alt=\"rss footer 40+ Most Wanted WordPress Tricks and Hacks\" width=\"569\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever came across a WordPress blog, saw something you liked, and questions like \u2018how they did that\u2018, \u2018is that a plugin or hack?\u2018, \u2018where can I get those cool mods\u2018 begin to pop? Well, it\u2019s really pretty normal because most of us did the same thing. 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