Category: WordPress

How to Share on Twitter with a wp.me short URL

Twitter bird
Twitter bird via http://kailoon.com/free-vector-icons-set-twitter-birdy-icon/

A while back I shared a simple tip on how to add a Share on Twitter link to your WordPress blog…

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=<?php echo urlencode("Currently reading: "); ?><?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Share this article with your Twitter followers">Tweet this!</a>

But if your URL’s are too long and you’d like a more concise Tweet — there are a few other options for doing this as well (without using plugins).
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Adding links to image captions in WordPress

As you may have noticed, I’ve recently started adding photo captions to the majority of the photos in my new blog posts.

WordPress has a great feature that lets you add these captions with ease if you’re using an image you’ve uploaded to your site/server.

Wordpress Caption Field

Simply fill in the caption field with the information you’d like to share (i.e. Rick Rocks out | Photo by Jonathan Blundell) and depending on how your WordPress theme is styled, your results will look something like this:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

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