Note: This article assumes you have set additional post/link categories in WordPress.
WordPress sets the default post category to uncategorized and link category to Blog Roll, neither of which are able to be removed without some work. If you wish to remove either or both, follow the directions listed.
If you have setup WordPress in a subdirectory on your site (such as /blog) and wish to display the latest blog(s) on your front page, for instance, you can. Add this code to the top of the page you are including the posts on:
If you have not modified what appears on your side by using Widgets under Appearance, the number of posts under each category should show. However, if you have customized the sidebar by selecting the desired “widgets” for your sidebar (Appearance > Widgets), the post count for each category is disabled by default.
Note: Post updated to reflect line change in WordPress 2.8.
If you have setup the main page to show only an excerpt of your choosing by inserting the <!–More–> tag, WordPress by default loads the page and “jumps” to the place where the <!–More–> tag is set in the post. This can be overridden as a default setting by changing a line in wp-includes/post-template.php.
Out of the box, WordPress does not enable images to be used for post categories. This can be enabled through the use of the Category Images II plugin.
Typically WordPress will show the entire blog posting on the main page. Sometime you might desire only an excerpt, providing the visitor a link to click if they desire to read the entire blog post.
WordPress: Double Hyphens Convert?
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Note: Post updated to reflect line change in WordPress 2.9.
There might be a time when you want to post an entry with double hyphens. However, WordPress wants to show items containing more than one hyphen in a row as a solid line. This is not the desired affect you are after. Thank goodness there is a way to disable this from happening blog wide.
Bring back my double hyphens…
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