At the time when WordPress Hacks was created close to a year ago, there were only two sites that were completely dedicated to WordPress (Weblog Tools Collection and Lorelle on WordPress), and both focused a lot of their time covering WordPress news and the community that surrounds it.
The original intention when building this site was to feature a number of WordPress plugins, hacks, tips, and/or how-to guides each week to kind of fill the gaps and provide resources for WordPress users. Over time, I feel this site has branched out to become much more, but the core of this site is still focused on providing WordPress theme hacks. In addition to the ones I’ve written, we’ve also had some great hacks contributed from a number of different WordPress enthusiasts.
Because I felt that our archives are not as focused as was originally intended, I have decided to create a place to strictly collect links to our posts providing WordPress hacks, WordPress tips, and WordPress guides. This will replace the Archives link in our menu.
There are a number of new WordPress hacks planned for the future, so the plan is to update this post every time a new hack is published!
Note: These hacks worked at the time they were published, but as new versions of WordPress are released, some may no longer work. Please backup your theme before attempting any hacks so you can restore things if something goes wrong.
WordPress Theme Hacks
- How to Add a Store to Your WordPress Blog
- How to Add Widget Support to Your WordPress Theme
- How to Prevent WordPress Plugins From Breaking Your Blog
- How to Add Edit Buttons To Your Theme
- How to Add WordPress Tags to Your Theme
- How to Setup RSS Feed Auto Discovery
- How to Use WordPress Conditional Tags
- How to Hide Your Subcategories (Children)
- How to Prevent Google From Indexing Your Images
- How to Create a Two-Tiered Navigation Menu
- How to Make WordPress Function Like a CMS
- How to Add a Print Button To Your Theme
- How to Add an Email Button To Your Theme
- How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your WordPress Blog
- How to Add Social Bookmarking Links to Your Theme
- How to Insert Ads After Only the First WordPress Post
- How to Add a “Tweet This” (Twitter) Button to Your Blog
- How to Add External RSS Feeds to Your WordPress Blog
WordPress Stylesheet Hacks
- How to Create a Print Stylesheet
- How to Create a Maximum Size for Your Images
- How to Use Multiple Stylesheets
WordPress Post Hacks
- How to Add Daily Blog Posting via Del.icio.us
- How to Show Only a Post Excerpt
- How to Display a Last Modified Date on Your Posts
- How to Add Bio Information to Your Blog Posts
- How to Alternate Post Background Colors
- How to Add Author Gravatars to Authors Posts
WordPress Comment Hacks
- How To Separate Comments and Trackbacks
- How To Single Out Author Comments
- How To Add Numbers To Your Blog Comments
- How to Display Recent Comments First
- How to Change the Default WordPress Gravatar
- How to Display Your Most Commented Posts
WordPress Page Hacks
- How to Create a Custom Page Template
- How to Hide Individual WordPress Pages
- How to Add an Author Page To Your Theme
- How to Optimize Your 404 Error Page
WordPress Categories/Archives Hacks
- How to Create an Archive Page for Your WordPress Blog
- How to Limit How Many Archives are Displayed
- How to Display Recent Posts for Specific Categories
- How to Change the Author Archives Permalink
- How to Convert Your Categories to Display Post Titles
- How to Build a Category and Archive Drop-down Menu












