Displaying random posts using shortcode

Displaying random posts using shortcode

Random posts can be a great opportunity to generate hits for older content. Especially for gaming and portfolio sites this snippet will be great use. Here is how to set it up for your theme.

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Dropdown Menu Widget v1.8 released

Yesterday WordPress 3.3 was released. When I upgraded my site, I realized that there was a javascript conflict with the Dropdown Menu plugin. So i fixed this issue with this new version. While fixing that, i also added parent item indicators code to the options page. You can disable or enable arrows next to parent items on the plugin options page. Here is a screenshot of the plugin options page:

Read more and download latest version here.

Facebook Meta Tags plugin update

New version (0.5) for Facebook Meta Tags plugin is here. In this new version I fixed several issues, including no-thumbnail error for pages, errors in page excerpts and thumbnail size problems in sharing. I also added a plugin options page. You can easily setup default logo URL, admins for your site and an App ID if you need one.

Read more and download Facebook Meta Tags plugin.

New WordPress Plugin : WP-Lock

New WordPress Plugin : WP-Lock

WP-Lock locks down your blog for unrestricted access so that only registered users can access content on your site. It redirects unregistered users to login screen. It is very useful if you want to write a private blog. Read more on plugin page.

z-Index Fix plugin for WordPress

z-Index Fix plugin for WordPress

I recently published a snippet to fix z-index issues on auto-embedded videos. With recent changes in embed codes (eg.youtube), I decided to create a small plugin to fix this issue. You can download z-Index Fix plugin here.

How to Exclude Pages from Search Results in WordPress

How to Exclude Pages from Search Results in WordPress

If you have hidden pages on your blog, you may want to hide them from search results too. Here is a little trick to hide them all.

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Randomize posts on your archive pages

Randomize posts on your archive pages

Most of the users don’t reach your second page on an archive page, so why not randomize your archive pages to get some hits for your older content.
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Shailan Theme Framework 3.2 Released

Shailan Theme Framework is a complex base theme with many great features. It has two header widget areas for menus, two sidebars and 3 footer columns. It supports post formats that was introduced with WordPress 3.1. It works perfect with Dropdown Menu Widget and Adsense Widget. It has a flexible layout. Content and sidebar widths can be changed via options page. It comes bundled with handpicked Google fonts and allows you to change font sizes too. It has more than 35+ shortcodes that make creating content easier.

Download latest version of Framework here.

SEO Tip : How to add post category to document title

For a good SEO you need the right keywords in your title. Not too much but the most relative ones. We all use categories on our blog. And those make great keywords. But do we use their power for SEO in a right way? Here I will show you how to add category to your pages titles that are visible on search engines.

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