How to Create Custom Taxonomies in WordPress

Many people think of WordPress as a blogging tool, mainly because it has posts, categories, tags, etc. What most people don’t know is that all posts, categories, tags, can be replaced by custom post types and custom taxonomies. In this article we will show you how to create custom taxonomies in WordPress as well as … Continue reading →

How to Add Custom Meta Boxes in WordPress Posts and Post Types

Just last week, we showed you how to add custom meta fields to custom taxonomies in WordPress. That article brought our attention to another important topic of how to add custom meta boxes in WordPress posts and post types. We wrote about a plugin method of adding meta boxes and custom write panels using More … Continue reading →

How to use Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0

Since version 2.9, WordPress has introduced the ability to use custom post types. Now with version 3.0, things are taken a bit further with the option of creating panels for your custom post types. In this tutorial, we will show you how to implement Custom Post types in your site into your WordPress site. Before … Continue reading →

Custom Login/Register/Password Code

In this DiW post, we transform three slices of code into a clean & stylish tabbed menu that visitors can use to login, register, and recover passwords from anywhere in your site. Too many features & details to explain up front, so check out the working demo to see the finished product. On the menu: … Continue reading →

How to Create a Custom Home Page in WordPress

WPBeginner is using WordPress if you can’t tell already, but we have a custom design. One of the part about our design is that we have a custom homepage. You may see many websites on the web using a custom homepage for their WordPress. In this tutorial we will show you how you can create … Continue reading →

How to Create a Custom Page in WordPress

Have you wondered how some people have completely different looking pages on their WordPress site or blog. In this tutorial we will show you how you can create a custom page in WordPress using the custom page template snippet. A custom page is helpful if you want to have a page that looks completely different … Continue reading →

How to Add a Custom Author Profile Page to Your WordPress

When you have a multi-author blog, it is wise to add an author’s profile page to your WordPress blog. An author page bring the readers close to their favorite authors by having some background information listed in their profile. Sadly, most free WordPress themes do not come with a custom author.php which is why this … Continue reading →

Easily Add Custom Header, Footer, or Sidebar for Each Category

Did you ever see WordPress blogs that have a separate header for different categories? In this tutorial we will share a simple snippet that you can use to add custom header, footer, or even sidebar for each WordPress category. To call a particular header, you will need to open your index.php and replace your normal … Continue reading →