Forget cURL, use wp_remote_fopen!

It’s time for another WordPress Development Tip, today is a not so well known function, wp_remote_fopen. When I search the internet for WordPress tips and tricks, I usually encounter small tutorials and tips that use either file_get_contents or cURL. The first, file_get_contents is a PHP function, which is usually turned off by most web hosting companies. cURL is an extension built into...

How To List Links Horizontally in SEO Booster PRO

A user of SEO Booster PRO recently asked me how to list the links horizontally for implementing the list in the footer of his blog. The solution is quite simple actually, it requires a bit of editing of your footer in your theme, and adding a bit of CSS code to your theme .css as well. First of all, locate where the footer is displayed in your WordPress theme. Usually in the file named...

SEO Booster Lite 1.9.1b

SEO Booster Lite 1.9.1b has just been released. This new version fixes a bug in the php-function that you can use to insert the posts to boost instead of the Widget. The problem was discovered by yeskay on a previous release, and the version I tried to push out yesterday had some problems. (I love WordPress provide a SVN for the plugins, but the software I use does not always work well with SVN...

How To Use The Custom PHP Function in SEO Booster Pro v1.5

The recent release of SEO Booster PRO 1.5 created a few questions from users how to implement on their blog, so I decided to create a more detailed walk through on how to add the new function to your WordPress Theme. If you are not “at home” or feeling comfortable editing PHP or HTML manually, you should skim this instruction first, and then decide if you want to do it yourself or ask...

SEO Booster PRO v1.5 Released

This post marks the release of SEO Booster PRO v1.5 As I wrote in a previous post, this update has some really cool new features: Boost title tags Boost Title Tags If this option is set, SEO Booster PRO will automatically add x of the incoming search phrases to start of your title-tag, which can boost your SEO ranking even more: Before: <title>Make yourself into a...