Tutorials

Browse code snippets, tutorials and tips & tricks for WordPress and the Genesis Theme Framework by Studiopress.

WordPress
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a dynamic content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1 million" websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new websites.[4] WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.

Genesis Framework
The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you're a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go.

How to Build a WordPress Shortcode for Google AdSense

This week a client asked if I could make her something that would allow her to selectively place Google AdSense into her pages and posts on her WordPress website. She didn't want a cookie-cutter implementation (same … [Read more...]

How to Create a Custom Functions File for Genesis

If you're anything like me or worse yet, Brian Gardner, you'll find yourself changing themes more than you change your socks. Just kidding Brian. You do change your theme frequently. Maybe saying that you do it more often … [Read more...]

How To Exclude A Category from the Genesis Grid Loop

I had difficulty trying to figure out how to exclude a category from the Genesis grid loop function but finally found a solution. Since it was so difficult to find, I wanted to share my solution with everyone that's searching … [Read more...]

Create a Blog Page with a Single Tag

I recently read an excellent tutorial published by Brian Gardner that details the steps involved in creating a blog page with a single category. It got me to thinking... what if I wanted to create a blog page for a single … [Read more...]

How to Create a Custom 404 Page for Genesis

By default, when your WordPress website encounters a 404 error it displays a page filled with a ton content. That content includes pages, categories, authors, content grouped by month and up to 100 of your most recent posts. … [Read more...]