August 27, 2008 • 10:57 am
This post on WordPress.org’s support forum wraps it up well, but here’s the downlow about it. But specifically, the post you should read is near the end.
By default, WordPress adds two lines of code in the wp_head() function call.
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://example.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://example.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" />
These two lines are essentially useless to most people. The wlwmanifest.xml is the resource file needed to enable tagging support for Windows Live Writer (Windows-only).
And, well, the RSD link you don’t really need either; I’ve never used it.
What is the solution to remove these two lines?
There are two options.
First Solution
Create a plugin with the following code
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: WLW Disabler
*/
remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');
remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
?>
OR…
Second Solution
Add these few lines of code to your functions.php theme file
<?php
remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');
remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
?>
After using either of these solutions, it will eliminate the few lines of code from automatically being hooked into the wp_head() call.
Filed under: WordPress Tips , Theme Hacks, Themeing, XHTML
August 19, 2008 • 9:21 am
Often times, the <title> tag is overlooked when creating a theme. This tutorial will help you optimize the <title> tag for your specific needs.
I’m a huge fan of optimizing my <title>, but it takes some work to do it.
In any thing I create or modify, I always have a separate title.php file because I normally have 10-15 lines in the file for my <title>.
Edit: Use this to include the file: <?php include(‘title.php’); ?> in your <head> section of the header.php file.
Here is what I use,
<title><?php
if(isset($_GET['author_name'])) :
$curauth = get_userdatabylogin($author_name);
else :
$curauth = get_userdata(intval($author));
endif;
if(is_home()) { echo 'My News Site.'; }
elseif(is_single()) { the_title() . ' - My News Site.'; }
elseif(is_date()) { echo 'Site Archives - ' . get_the_time('M Y'); }
elseif(is_category()) { echo single_cat_title() . ' News - My Site'; }
elseif(is_page()) { the_title(); }
elseif(is_search()) { echo 'My News Site Search: ' . $s; }
elseif(is_tag()) { echo single_tag_title('My Site Tag: ',true); }
elseif(is_author()) { echo 'Site Author - ' . $curauth->display_name; }
else { echo "Sorry, page not found."; }
?></title>
Then, to simple include this file in your theme, use <?php include(‘title.php’); ?> where you would normally have the <title> and it will show up as planned.
The reason I do this for my <title>’s is because the default method used in WordPress has never been satisfactory for me. Additionally, and primarily, I have seen far better SEO results because of this.
Filed under: WordPress Tips , SEO
