Archive for the ‘Wordpress’ Category

Undefined _weak_escape(), Redirection, and the WordPress 2.8 Upgrade

If you upgraded to WordPress 2.8 and ended up with an error like this…

Fatal error: Call to undefined method WordPress_Module::_weak_escape() in ../wp-includes/wp-db.php

Chances are you have the Redirection plugin. Anything prior to version 2.1.14 will throw this error when you upgrade. Of course, it would have been nice if you upgraded the plugin prior [...]

WordPress 2.6.2 Upgrade and wp-quotes Plugin

Note the problem outlined below applies to version 2.6.3 too. I now have a copy of edit-quotes.php on my machine for a quick FTP after upgrading.
I love the simplicity of the wp-quotes plugin by Zombie Robot. It does what it’s supposed to do and it does it well. Until it doesn’t of [...]

5 Wordpress Plugins You Need for Your Corporate Blog

Once you set up Wordpress, you may find it daunting to decide just which plugins you should add. After all, there are many articles listing dozens of plugins that are must have’s. In fact, I just saw one that had over 100!
While I enjoy wading through these articles, it’s a bit much for [...]

Google Ad Wrap Plug-in – Telling Google about Relevant Content

Awhile back I wrote about Dax Herrera’s Google AdSense plug-in for Wordpress. I happened to be out trolling the treasure troves of plug-ins for a different site when I came across Urban Giraffe’s excellent Google Ad Wrap plug-in.
The plug-in is really sweet because it allows you to tell AdSense about the relative content on [...]

Wordpress AdSense Injection – Random Google Ads on Your Blog

Dax “the Hammer” Herrera has whipped up a nice Wordpress Google AdSense Injection plugin to add Google AdSense ads to your blog. It’s painless and automatic.