I’m constantly looking and re looking for various tiny tricks and tips I’ve used over the years on multiple WordPress powered websites. I’ve grown sick of trying to remember which sites, and so I’ve spent a few hours compiling this list. This list is primarily for my own use, but if you should find it helpful… then knock yourself out   This list will definitely be expanding so I can use it for a one-stop-shop for every website I build.

But for now folks.. I hope you find this stuff useful.

I’d love to hear from people if anyone uses these… so leave a comment!

You plum!

Individual Dynamic Link To A Post / Page:
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(1); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(1); ?></a>
This will output a single dynamic link to a post or a page.

Individual Dynamic Link To A Category:
<a href="<?php echo get_category_link(1); ?>"><?php echo get_cat_name(1); ?></a>
This will output a single dynamic link to a category.

Front End Delete Post Link For Authorised Users

If you don’t have a functions.php in your WordPress theme, create ‘functions.php’ and add this function to it.

function wp_delete_post_link($link = 'Delete This', $before = '', $after = '')
{
global $post;
if ( $post->post_type == 'page' ) {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_page', $post->ID ) )
return;
} else {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) )
return;
}
$link = "<a onclick=\"return confirm('Are you SURE you want to delete this post/page?')\" href='" . wp_nonce_url( get_bloginfo('url') . "/wp-admin/post.php?action=delete&amp;post=" . $post->ID, 'delete-post_' . $post->ID) . "'>".$link."</a>";
echo $before . $link . $after;
}
Then add the following into your template within The Loop wherever you wish the delete link to go.
<?php wp_delete_post_link('Delete', ' <strong class="delete">', '</strong> ') ?>

Front End Delete Comment Link

Open ‘comments.php’ and look for the edit comment link which will be something like: <?php edit_comment_link(‘Edit’,’ [ ',' ] ‘); ?> and add the following after it:
<?php if (current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID)) { ?><strong>[ <a onclick="return confirm('Are you SURE you want to delete this comment?')" href='<?php echo wp_nonce_url("/wp-admin/comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;c=$comment->comment_ID&amp;_wp_original_http_referer=" . wp_get_referer(), 'delete-comment_' . $comment->comment_ID.""); ?>'>Delete</a> ]</strong><?php } ?>

Get Slug:

You should be able to put the code below into your functions.php… or into the html head of your theme:
<?php
$post_id = get_post($post->ID); // get current post or page
$slug = $post_id->post_name; // define slug as $slug
?>
Then use the following to echo the slug:
<?php echo $slug; ?>

Retrieve Post ID Outside of the Loop

Put this code into your functions.php:
function function_name() {
global $wp_query;
$thePostID = $wp_query->post->ID;
}
Then use the following to echo the Post ID:
<?php echo $post->ID ?>

Denmark

This badass website totally looks like a blog to me – whoever was in charge of approving it I think took bold steps!

Bill Thompson for Mayor

To me this has similarities to Barack Obama’s website.

Honduras

Mayor of Los Angeles

This has definite similarities between Barack Obama’s website and the Whitehouse website.

France

Free MP3 download:  Stand by Me - Andy Madadian ft. Bon Jovi (755)

On June 24, Iranian Superstar Andy Madadian went into an LA recording studio with Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and American record producers Don Was and John Shanks to record a musical message of worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran. This version of the old Ben E. King classic is not for sale – it was not meant to be on the Billboard charts or even manufactured as a CD…..it’s intended to be downloaded and shared by the Iranian people…to give voice to the sentiment that all people of the world stand together….the handwritten Farsi sign in the video translates to “we are one”. If you know someone in Iran – or someone who knows someone in Iran – please share this link

CREDITS:

• Andy – Vocals
• Jon Bon Jovi – Vocals
• Richie Sambora – Electric Guitar and Vocals
• John Shanks – Acoustic Guitar
• Don Was – Bass
• Patrick Leonard – Keyboards
• Jeff Rothchild – Drums
• Tiffany Madadian and Nikki Lund – Background Vocals
• Produced by Don Was & John Shanks
• Recorded and Mixed on June 24, 2009 by Jeff Rothchild at
  Henson Studio C, Hollywood, CA

Thanks to Faryal Ganjehei

• Written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
• Farsi lyric by Paksima Zakipour
• Video Edited by Gemma Corfield
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen

About nineteen months ago I put up a post with a collection of the best Michael Jackson impersonators I’ve seen.   Since then most of the videos have been taken down by their users.

Aside from the recent furore I’ve been a die-hard Jackson fan for the last twenty-five years and have listened to his music every day for pretty much the entire twenty-five years.   Check my mp3 player in my car and you’ll find at least half a dozen songs on there plus another half dozen remixes.   I’ve watched many many Michael Jackson impersonators.   By far two of the best I’ve ever seen were some teenager who was performing at a highschool dance – the vid was on Youtube and the user removed it.   The other one of course is Suleman Mirza who was on Britain’s Got Talent – his original performance blew me away.

Because the previous list got ruined by people removing their vids I decided to recreate it with different people.

Off the bat, this guy ‘Hafid’ is brilliant.   If he used dress pants instead of jeans, had a fullsize fedora hat, and sharpened up his moves just ever so slightly he’d be close to the best.

Here he is in Times Square… even with crappy quality you can see he’s got the moves down!

This guy Ben Jackson would be awesome if he wasn’t so bloody tall.

The height is getting in his way – longer legs makes it harder to do the moves.