Javascript and Time

Putting the Date Last Modified on Your Webpage It should be a simple matter to use Javascript to put the date a page was updated (say January 18, 2014) at the bottom of the page.  The normal first thing to do is to search the web for a simple script to do this....

WordPress – Adding ReCAPTCHA

2016 Note:  We no longer use ReCAPTCHA on our WordPress sites.  Instead we use a plugin called WP-SpamShield.  We have found it 100% effective in eliminating spam. Stop reading now and install WP-SpamShield! Adding reCAPTCHA to your WordPress installation is one way...

WordPress Plugins – Going Backward

The other day I was a bit too eager to update a WordPress plugin when I saw that a new version was available. New Rule: always go to the plugin website and look to see if the plugin is reported to work with your version of WordPress BEFORE you upgrade. When I did this...

The Current State of WordPress

Our associates at Elegant Themes went to WordCamp San Francisco where they watched Matt Mullenweg (the co-founder of WordPress) give his annual “State of the Word” address.  They then came up with a great graphic that summarizes the latest statistics about the...

Recovering a WordPress Admin Account

Recovering a WordPress Admin Account Recently I had to resurrect a WordPress site that had been hacked.  It was set up as a content management system without blog functionality so the original webmaster had never told the site’s owner any user name or  password.  The...