This is annoying if Wordpress asks for FTP username/password everytime you try to install or update plugin from admin panel.
Here is the quick hack to this.
1. Open the wp-config.php file (this will be located in the root of your wordpress installation)
2. Add the following line of code just after define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
/* [...]

I have been trying hard to find an easy way out to add custom registration field to the Wordpress default registration form.
I recommend the following wordpress plugin to customize, add custom fields, manage user registration, moderate user registration and edit the default email sent to the new registered users.
1. Cimy User Extra Fields
This plugin gives [...]

If you are having an issue adding a new custom fields in your wordpress blog, here is the possible solution.
Problem: Add New Custom Field Doesn’t Work at all. When you click on “Add Custom Field” nothing happens!
Solution: Refer to your Theme’s Function file (functions.php) located in your theme directory. Remove any blank lines from the [...]

I was stucked with Thumbnail for Excerpt plugin behaving unexpectedly with Wordpress 2.8.2
Thank you Cory for sharing the plugin hack to make it work.
Bug: The Thumbnail for Excerpt plugin showing the same thumbnail image with all the posts (with Wordpress 2.8.2+)
Solution: Edit the plugin in plugin editor. Replace lines 28 & 29 with this:

global $wp_query, [...]

I was stucked finding an easy solution to highlight the background of the current (active) page in wordpress. The solution is however too simple. Just add the following CSS code in your stylesheet (style.css)
#menu_id li.current_page_item a{
background:#2E8DE6;
}

Note: Be sure to replace #menu_id with the id of your navigation bar. In this case, [...]

Yamidoo Magazine Theme is one of the popular wordpress theme to give your blog a professional and fresh look. However, one of the common problem encoutered by Yamidoo theme users is that the Featured Content Gallery doesn’t slide automatically.
A simple tweak below can fix this bug and make the Featured Content Gallery on the Yamidoo [...]

The default “read more” link for the wordpress that comes with the_excerpt function shows [...] after every post listing WITHOUT a hyperlink to the post.  To make the_excerpt function more useful, you can add a custom read more link which will replace [...]
It require a small tweak in wp_trim_excerpt function.
Open your wordpress file /wp-includes/formatting.php
Go to [...]

Wordpress itself is a wonderful script for the bloggers and webmasters. And the plugins make it more delicious.
The list of great Wordpress Plugins is countless but still I have tried to collect a list of “Some” of the BEST Wordpress Plugins I have used so far
1. WP-TREE
This Widget-enabled plugin is highly configurable and can show [...]

This is a simple way to highlight Author’s Comment in Wordpress 2.7
Create a new style li.bypostauthor and add your styling.

li.bypostauthor {
/* CSS styles for author comments */
}
li.byuser {
/* CSS styles for registered users comments */
}

eUttaranchal Matrimonial is among the very first projects that I started developing 5 years back.
eUttaranchal Matrimonial is a complete Online Matrimonial Service where members can register and create their matrimonial profile and communicate with other registered members. Unlike other Matrimonial websites, eUttaranchal Matrimonial is 100% FREE with NO PAID MEMBERSHIP. All the features are available [...]