There are many ways to gauge the popularity of a post and the easiest way of them all is to check the posts with the most number of comments.
Here’s now you can display the popular posts (most commented) in the sidebar.
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
How to Redirect a Page/Post to External Site
Usually when you publish a new post, the post will be pushed to the top of the list in the front page. When your reader click the title link, it will bring them to the full article. Now, what if you want the title of the post, when clicked, direct the reader to an external URL instead of the full article? How can you do it without utilizing a plugin?
We can use custom field to solve this. Here is how you can do so:
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How to Create And Handle Custom Post Type
Custom Post Type was introduced in WordPress 3.0 to allow the users to define different post type within a blog. For example, if you are a chef looking to open new cooking classes and also to share your recipes with others, you can define a post type call “Classes” where you announce the availability of new cooking class and another post type call “Recipe” and share your recipe with your readers.
WordPress doesn’t come with an easy way for the normal users to create custom post type, but luckily there is a useful plugin for that.
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