Articles by Shoaib Hussain

How To Change WordPress Default Username For Security

November 28, 2011

When eve we talk about WordPress Security, very first suggestion is to change WordPress default username. As WordPress default username is ”admin” and it makes it hackers to attempt a brute-force attack using username admin. Since hackers already have your username, it will make it easier for them to find your password using brute forcing. Specially, if your webhosting is not using any login attempt security or you are not using limit-login WordPress plugin, you ...

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Automatically update your WordPress blog copyright years

February 22, 2010

Its been a while since new year has passed and I have seen some of the blogs still having the last years copyright notification in their wordpress blog. (mostly in footer and some times in the sidebar as well or header as well). Here is a little code that will keep you from worrying about changing the copyright years in WordPress blog. For Thesis WordPress Theme Since I am using thesis so for thesis-code below ...

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WordPress Related Posts With Horizontal Thumbnails For Thesis Theme

February 21, 2010

Having related posts with thumbnails at the end of your WordPress single posts page really does helps to maintain a low bounce rate. Most of us do like the related posts widget that linkwithin provides,but there is almost no customizations you can make in that widget. Here you have it horizontal Related posts(similar posts) for your WordPress blog with thumbnails with all of the customizations you want. Note:-Please do read this post as I have ...

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How To Use WordPress Forums For WordPress Troubleshooting

February 17, 2010

You have just made a blog in WordPress or already have a WordPress blog and have problems that are daunting to you as you are not a web designer. Where do you go first-The answer is WordPress support forums. After you are at the WordPress forum you may ask your questions,but to get your question answered you need to follow some really simply rules to make sure that you questions are answered. Search for you ...

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Video and audio comments for your WordPress blog

January 15, 2010

Since I started using WordPress I had always thought that anything can be done with it. And I have started loving WordPress more and since I have started exploring the WordPress plugins directory. Here is a WordPress plugin that definitely needs some attentions as it can bring out the most of your WordPress blog-Through the video and audio comments. Riffly WordPress audio and video commenting plugin This plugin is really nice and here are some ...

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Integrate Facebook Friend Connect With WordPress Blog

January 12, 2010

Following the first post on how to Integrate facebook friend connect to your wordpress thesis theme using the simple facebook plugin ,in this post I will show how to Manually add facebook friend connect to your thesis theme.
Step-1All you need to do go to facebook developers sections and create a new application,name it what ever you want ,agree with the terms and conditions and click on create application.

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Easiest way to Customize Twitter profile: Themeleon

January 11, 2010

Customizing Twitter profile with themeleon.Its really easy to customize your twitter profile(Takes about a minute or so) using themeleon.

Once you are at the themeleon page simply login and grant themeleon access to your twitter profile(Same as you do with any other application)Once you are logged in,you are about open a whole new world of graphics and art for your twitter profile.

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How to Customize Facebook Fan Page Widget

January 9, 2010

If you are blogging and have placed a facebook fanbox widget on your blog ,and want to Customize the way that box looks ,then read on.May be you can tweak its colors or may be change the background color of your facebook fanbox.
Here have a look at what I have done with my fanbox

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