Different languages use different quotation marks. In English, is usually looks like this: “…”. In Germany it looks like this: „…“. And in French they use other symbols: « … ». Correct typography is not always easy to get, especially when you … Read more →
As of today, I have removed all ads from this blog. I've used Google AdSense almost since the beginning of this blog. I have also experimented with some other advertisements and until today I had two banners to the affiliate … Read more →
I love the WordPress community. They are wonderful people and I enjoy it very much to attend as many WordCamps in new cities/countries as I can to meet even more new members of the global community. That also the reason … Read more →
On my way to WordCamp Cologne, I tested the new Gutenberg editor for the first time. As I didn't just wanted to type some random text, I wrote a small blog post about how I just use the editor and … Read more →
Shortcode can be very useful, when you want to insert dynamic content into a static page or a post. WordPress is offering some internal shortcodes such as the shortcode (which is usually rendered in the backend). By default, shortcodes can … Read more →
I am pretty sure that everyone of you is using plugins from the official directory. All of those plugins are reviewed before they went live and if they haven’t been updated in the last two years, you can’t find them … Read more →
This blog runs on a multisite, so I can easily translate all my blost posts using MultilingualPress. Another website on this multisite installation is the website for WP Meetup Berlin. On this site, another user has the admin role. With … Read more →
WordPress comes with a lot of widgets bundled in core. One of this widgets is the meta widget. When you install a fresh copy of WordPress, this widget is usually put into the main widget area. Most users remove this … Read more →
Some weeks ago on a client website, we were asked to remove the “Private: ” and “Protected: ” prefixes on a custom post type. If you don’t know what I am talking about, let me quickly explain the feature. The … Read more →
Last weekend, I’ve visited WordCamp Cologne. It was my fourth WordCamp in Cologne and the second year in a row, they organized it as a BarCamp. Last year they had only one day with talks, this year it … Read more →