[Snippet] Manually reset a Wordpress password
Wordpress stores user passwords in MD5 checksums, so using your SQL admin tool of choice you can easily reset it.
UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5('NEW PASSWORD') WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = "THE USER" LIMIT 1Wordpress Wins CMS Award
Wordpress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. Its great to see Wordpress being taken seriously as a CMS platform aswell as blogging software.
One too many Wordpresseseses
No wonder I have a head ache. locate wp-config.php | cat -n reports fifty Wordpress installs. If only WP-Mu was any good.
Custom Page Templates Not Showing in Wordpress
I've recently starting getting an annoying error in Wordpress, I'm not sure if its my browser, or the latest version of Wordpress. I create a custom page template and... it doesn't show up. Frustrating.
Facebook Chat for Pidgin
My favourite instant messenger application just got better! There is now a plugin for Facebook.
pidgin-facebookchat is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and other libpurple based messengers. It connects to the new Facebook Chat IM service without the need for an API key.
Currently the plugin can log into the Facebook servers, grab the buddy list, send/receive messages, add/remove friends, receive notifications, search for Facebook friends and set your Facebook status.
Using Wordpress header and footers externally
I needed to integrate a Wordpress header (header.php) and footer (footer.php) into an external application.
There are quite a few ways round this, but none are really ideal. For example, if you want to include an external page in Wordpress for whatever reason, you could use the Exec-PHP plugin. Simple, hey? No.
How to move Wordpress directory or server – properly
I ran into an annoying, but easily avoided problem the other day. When moving a clients Wordpress site from the development/staging area to it's live domain, I did the usual update "WordPress address" and "Blog address" in the Wordpress settings.
Thats all you need to do, right? No.
Single Line Wordpress Install
I'm getting a pro at installing Wordpress now.I'm trying to cut down my install time to a minimum.