Author: Ashfame
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WordPress plugin Facebook Like Thumbnail Updates
I have updated my WordPress plugin to fix Facebook Like Thumbnails to version 0.2 which I am sure will make the existing users happy! 🙂 Some of the users who quickly upgraded might be facing issues because of a silly mistake on my part. If the plugin has disappeared from the plugins listing, then you…
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Pagination approach using get_posts() in WordPress
Yesterday, I talk about using WP_query or query_posts or get_posts and today I am going to explain the approach I use to have pagination using get_posts(). The other two methods take care of the pagination by them self by just passing the paged parameter along with the function call. But get_posts() is more of a…
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Which one to use WP_Query vs query_posts() vs get_posts()?
There are several instances where we want to display content other than what WordPress displays at a particular page. There are three methods which you can use, but each of them is meant for a specific purpose, otherwise why would they have existed? Makes sense? Good! Some tutorials use one, some other and many of…
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Pomodoro Timer in Ubuntu
I finally decided to try Pomodoro technique to see how well it can improve my productivity as I am a lot disorganised, lazy sorta geek (well who isn’t?). So I built up a small script which acts as a Pomodoro timer for me using Ubuntu notification system (Do read it if you haven’t, you need…
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Using Ubuntu Notification System – NotifyOSD
Ubuntu features a notification system, where you can see a message notifying you about some particular event. Rhythmbox uses it to show the next track when a track ends, Filezilla shows a notification that file transfers are completed when its window is not in focus (Very handy!) and so on several applications can use it…
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Creating a backdoor in WordPress
First post in my WordPress Evil series, I will demonstrate how I can create a backdoor in WordPress. Idea of this post came from a question on WordPress Answers where someone asked – Is there a security risk giving someone temporary access to my blog’s code? Example #1 Change the admin password after a certain…
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WordPress Evil Post Series
Yeah! That sounded right. This is a post series where I will show you how to use WordPress to do evil, unethical things which surely doesn’t mean WordPress is a bad piece of software. Its really a great one considering every thing has its share of Pros & Cons. Remember, just like we say, Technology…