Guide to creating custom WordPress loops

Learning to use custom loops is a must if you want to get beyond the basics in customizing themes for WordPress. This guide is clear and concise and even includes info about using the custom loop in the sidebar and in the Thesis theme, as well as creating a related...

Resolve fatal memory error when upgrading WP

From time to time when I try to upgrade an installation of WordPress I get an error that starts “Fatal Error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted…” This means that WordPress needs a certain amount of space allocated to perform the...

Simple PHP if/then/else code

Very often in customizing themes, I run into the need for simple if/then/else logic. Maybe I want to display the author name only in certain categories, or I need a certain plugin to display output only on certain posts or pages, for example. Adding a quick bit of PHP...