swinton

<p>This plugin is primarily aimed at theme developers, and intends to ease the<br />
creation of semantic, usable pagination controls for WordPress listings pages, such as<br />
arhive, author, category, search, tag listings etc.</p>
<p>Inspired by <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop" rel="nofollow ugc">The Loop</a> and <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Query</a>, this plugin stays out of the theme<br />
developer’s way, allowing her to create the markup needed by providing the<br />
following template tags:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>pp_has_pagination</code> – determines whether the current ‘view’ has any pagination to display, i.e. whether the content being browsed spans more than 1 page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_pagination</code> – initiates the pagination context, should be called at the beginning of each loop iteration</li>
<li><code>pp_rewind_pagination</code> – resets the pagination context, so that the pagination loop can be iterated over multiple times</li>
<li><code>pp_is_current_page</code> – for use in the pagination loop, returns a boolean indicating whether the current loop iteration is for the current page</li>
<li><code>pp_has_previous_page</code> – for use in the pagination loop, returns a boolean indicating whether there is a previous page, e.g. when at page 1, there is no previous page</li>
<li><code>pp_has_next_page</code> – for use in the pagination loop, returns a boolean indicating whether there is a next page, e.g. when at page N of N, there is no next page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_page_permalink</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the permalink for the current page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_previous_page_permalink</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the permalink for the previous page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_next_page_permalink</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the permalink for the next page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_first_page_permalink</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the permalink for the first page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_last_page_permalink</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the permalink for the last page</li>
<li><code>pp_the_page_num</code> – for use in the pagination loop, echos the page number of the current page being iterated over</li>
</ul>
<p>For example, the following arrangement of template tags would provide a rudimentary pagination control:</p>
<pre><code><?php if (pp_has_pagination()) : ?>
    <div class="pagination">

        
        <?php pp_the_pagination(); if (pp_has_previous_page()) : ?>
            <a href="<?php pp_the_previous_page_permalink(); ?>" class="prev">newer stories</a>
        <?php else : ?>
            <span class="current prev">newer stories</span>
        <?php endif; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

        
        <?php while(pp_has_pagination()) : pp_the_pagination(); ?>
            <?php if (pp_is_current_page()) : ?>
                <span class="current"><?php pp_the_page_num(); ?></span>
            <?php else : ?>
                <a href="<?php pp_the_page_permalink(); ?>"><?php pp_the_page_num(); ?></a>
            <?php endif; ?>
        <?php endwhile; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

        
        <?php pp_the_pagination(); if (pp_has_next_page()) : ?>
            <a href="<?php pp_the_next_page_permalink(); ?>" class="next">older stories</a>
        <?php else : ?>
            <span class="current next">older stories</span>
        <?php endif; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

    </div>
<?php endif; ?>
</code></pre>
<p>The template tags on offer by this plugin provide the theme developer with an<br />
unlimited array of possibilities for marking up the pagination control in a<br />
semantic manner.</p>
<p>For more information, see the original <a href="http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2009/07/27/making-wordpress-navigation-more-usable-through-pagination-patterns/" rel="nofollow ugc">blog post</a>.</p>

Proper Pagination

A flexible framework for creating semantic pagination controls for a listings page based on established usability patterns.

Stephen Cronin

<p>The <a href="http://scratch99.com/products/remove-widget-titles/" rel="nofollow ugc">Remove Widget Titles</a> plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the “!” character.</p>
<h4>Why Use It?</h4>
<p>This allows you to give widgets a title in the backend for convenience – so you can quickly see which widget is which, rather than having to open them to work out what they are for – without having to show the title on the front end.</p>
<h4>How To Use (once plugin is installed)</h4>
<p>If you have a widget for which you do not want the title to appear on the front end of your site, simply add the “!” character to the start of the widget title (in Appearance -> Widgets).</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>This plugin requires WordPress 2.6 or above.</li>
<li>I am not currently aware of any compatibility issues with any other WordPress plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Similar Plugins</h4>
<p>There is another plugin called <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hide-widget-title/" rel="ugc">Hide Widget Title</a>, but that leaves the widget title in the page source and hides it using CSS (adding another http request which slows load time slightly). Remove Widget Titles actually removes the widget title from the HTML. The plugin is only 7 lines of code, so it is extremely light and has minimal impact on performance.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>This plugin is officially not supported (due to my time constraints), but if you leave a comment on the plugin’s home page or <a href="http://www.scratch99.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact me</a>, I’ll try to help if I can.</p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>This plugin is released under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL licence</a>. I do not accept any responsibility for any damages or losses, direct or indirect, that may arise from using the plugin or these instructions. This software is provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. Please refer to the full version of the GPL license for more information.</p>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<p>This plugin was originally written for <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/qpsmedia" rel="nofollow ugc">QPS Media</a>, who have allowed me to release it to the WordPress community and maintain ownership of the plugin.</p>


Remove Widget Titles

The Remove Widget Titles plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the "!" character.

Proper Pagination vs Remove Widget Titles