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[Snippet] Manually reset a Wordpress password

Posted on May 19, 2010

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 1
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Wordpress Wins CMS Award

Posted on November 25, 2009

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.

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One too many Wordpresseseses

Posted on November 16, 2009

No wonder I have a head ache. locate wp-config.php | cat -n reports fifty Wordpress installs. If only WP-Mu was any good.

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Custom Page Templates Not Showing in Wordpress

Posted on July 9, 2009

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

Posted on May 13, 2009

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.

facebookchat

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.

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Using Wordpress header and footers externally

Posted on September 24, 2008

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

Posted on August 24, 2008

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.

WP Super Cache – I’m impressed

Posted on July 31, 2008

Pictures speak better than words...

Site Performance Quick Fixes

Posted on July 31, 2008

I've been playing around with YSlow for a while now, now I decided to a quick test on this blog.

This blog, according to YSlow rates a frumpy Grade D, with a score of 61. Not bad, but not great.
A bit of .htaccess trickery should give me a few extra points... Excellent Grade C, with a score of 73.

Single Line Wordpress Install

Posted on July 20, 2008

I'm getting a pro at installing Wordpress now.I'm trying to cut down my install time to a minimum.