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By default, WordPress allows you to enter some contact information on your user profile. For example, you can enter your aim or jabber screenname. But what about newer sites such as Twitter or Facebook? Here is a simple recipe to add new contact methods to your user profile.

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If you’re using Twitter, you maybe want to display your latest tweets on your blog. You can use a plugin for that, or you can use this code to display your tweets without using any plugin.

Many people asked me if it is possible to use WordPress shortcodes in theme files. Yes, it is – Follow this simple recipe to get started!

Is your theme using custom queries? If yes, you should definitely use WordPress Transients API to cache the queries and consequently speed up your blog. Today’s recipe will show you how to cache any custom queries.

Introduced in WordPress 3.3, the admin bar is a new version of the controversial “Toolbar” which came with WordPress 3.0. Personally, I think the admin bar is useful only when you’re the blog admin. When you’re a simple contributor, you don’t really need it. So why not getting rid of it, except for admins?

The the_excerpt() function is useful and very popular among theme developers, but it’s far from being perfect. Today’s recipe showcase an improved the_excerpt() function, which display an excerpt which is not longer than a predetermined length and doesn’t cut off in mid-sentence.