Tag Archive: blog

Conditional Excerpt Function

I use this function on practically every site that has any posts/archives section. This enables us to display a standardized excerpt inside or outside the Loop.

Arguments (all optional):
$ex_length the word count
$postref the post or text to excerpt. Can be an ID, a post object, a block of text, or if called within the Loop, null or not given ... 

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No comments!

WordPress is now commonly used as a content-management system for many websites, without any need for common blog functions. Or, the blog functions are announcement-only, comments are unwelcome.

Even if you turn off comments for all posts, the admin backend can still get polluted by robot comment requests. That’s why it’s a good idea to disable them completely when they’re not ... 

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