Tag: Wordpress development techniques

Wordpress development techniques #2 - Fetching RSS feeds with wordpress

Fetching RSS feedsAs promised last week, this week we are looking at fetching RSS feeds with Magpie RSS.

Magpie is an PHP based RSS feed parser; I.E. It fetches RSS feeds to display in other places, which gives it many uses.

Unknown to many, wordpress has the magpie RSS parser built in, this article will teach you how to use it, and also how to fetch and show someones del.icio.us bookmarks!

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Wordpress development techniques #1 - Running custom queries using the ‘wpdb’ class

wpdb classIn this first edition of “Wordpress development techniques” I will be talking about one of the most useful classes available for use in wordpress: wpdb.

The wpdb class (WordPress DataBase class) is based on the ezSQL class, and handles database connections and queries.

Why use it? You can make all sorts of custom queries, and pull information from the wordpress database, including posts! Read on for more information on this useful class…

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