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I wanted to familiarize myself with the much-touted canvas element, so I used it to build an interactive celtic knot generator/editor. Give it a try. Launch the celtic knot generator. Note: Requires a fairly modern browser. Instructions When you first load up the knot generator, you will see a 10×10 grid filled with the default […]

You’ve probably seen the small notification bubble that shows up in the Dashboard menu when a new update is available. Here’s how you can add a menu bubble to your own custom menu: The resulting menu will look like this:

Plugins are usually loaded and executed along with the rest of WordPress. However, since each plugin is physically just set of .php, .css and .js files, it is also possible for someone to bypass the normal load order and execute the plugin files directly.  They just need to type the right URL in the address […]

WordPress transients are very similar to DB options but they also support expiration times. The Transients API documentation states: Our transient will die naturally of old age once $expiration seconds have passed since we last ran set_transient() What you might not know if you haven’t explored the source code of the transients API is that […]

Recently, I found this old question on WordPress StackExchange: I am starting a new WordPress blog, and no longer updating an old one. […] How can I lock the installation of WordPress down so I don’t need to maintain it? I have seen someone suggest making a static version, which sounds like a lot of […]