Changelog
Displaying in reverse chronological order.
Version 5.8 – September 11th, 2021
- Updates Tao theme (see readme for changelog)
- Updates file infos and PDF metadata
- Updates front cover and title page
- Page 2: replaces 404 link in footer
- Page 13: replaces Coda with Atom
- Page 13: replaces IE with Edge browser
- Page 14 + 15: updates 404 links
- Page 17: replaces shared hosting resource
- Page 18: replaces VPS hosting resource
- Page 77: updates redirected URL
- Page 83: updates footer link for update services
- Page 97 thru 100: updates resources for responsive themes
- Page 112: updates basics of PHP resource
- Page 120: updates sidebar information
- Page 131: fixes typo in sidebar information
- Page 132: updates broken link checker resource
- Page 150: changes name of BBQ plugin to BBQ Firewall
- Page 152: updates list of “all-in-one” security plugins
- Page 165 + 166: removes sidebar/info about Lynda.com
- Page 184: updates sidebar information
- Page 188: updates sidebar resources
- Page 191: updates sidebar resources
- Page 204 + 205: updates sidebar resources
- Page 210: updates list of robots.txt resources
- Page 211: updates sitemaps information
- Page 221: updates list of SEO tools
- Page 246: updates featured resources
- Page 254: removes 404 link from sidebar
- Page 258: adds + updates sidebar information
- Page 276: updates sidebar resources
- Page 298: adds “update” information in sidebar
- Fine-tunes layout and other details
- Generates new PDF Demo
Version 5.5 – July 20th, 2020
- Updates front cover
- Updates copyright page
- Updates numerous resources
- Updates any links to
https:
- Updates newsletter signup link
- Replaces
/>
with >
in all examples
- Updates back cover text to Perishable Press Books
- Removes Google+ information (service discontinued)
- Updates Members Area + download infos throughout
- Page 4: replaces sidebar link to “20 things”
- Page 6: replaces forum welcome link
- Page 14: updates name and link to 1&1 IONOS
- Page 15: updates link to the cPanel demo
- Page 17: updates 1&1 sidebar information
- Page 18: updates list of best VPS hosting
- Page 19: replaces SingleHop with Hostwinds
- Page 19: replaces WiredTree with A2 Hosting
- Page 20: replaces link to “5 fallacies” article
- Page 21: updates list “choosing the right host”
- Page 22: updates link to the cPanel demo
- Page 40: updates list of Maintenance mode resources
- Page 42: updates footer link to robotstxt.org
- Page 42: updates footer list of favicon resources
- Page 43: replaces WP-DB-Backup with UpdraftPlus
- Page 82: updates sidebar information
- Page 89: updates sidebar information
- Page 98: updates sidebar list of theme links
- Page 99: updates sidebar list of theme links
- Page 100: updates list of free theme resources
- Page 101: updates images / higher resolution
- Page 102: updates sidebar resources
- Page 113: updates PHP links in sidebar
- Page 120: removes 404 link (Schematic)
- Page 131: adds popout info for Stop Spammers plugin
- Page 135: updates sidebar infos + links
- Page 136: updates “Opposite Page” infos
- Page 137: removes outdated plugins
- Page 143: replaces SSL plugin in text and sidebar
- Page 149: replaces expired login plugins
- Page 150/151: replaces expired security plugins
- Page 156: replaces 404 user-agent simulator
- Page 156: updates sidebar information
- Page 157: replaces 6G with 7G Firewall
- Page 159: updates user-agent testing infos
- Page 170: replaces Load Impact with Uptrends
- Page 173: updates resources in optimize list
- Page 174: adds link to related resource
- Page 180/181: replaces expired plugin resources
- Page 184: replaces expired plugin resources
- Page 187/188: updates list of sidebar resources
- Page 193: updates list of performance resources
- Page 194: removes expired link to ArtWorks theme
- Page 199: removes expired SEO tools
- Page 204: updates sidebar resource
- Page 210: updates and adds resources
- Page 212: updates list of 404-cleanup resources
- Page 214: adds popout link to WP GA plugin
- Page 220: cleans up expired/404 resources
- Page 226: replaces expired widget resources
- Page 240: updates list of functions.php links
- Page 243: replaces expired plugin resources
- Page 250/251: updates social plugins in list + sidebar
- Page 252: updates resource and Twitter information
- Page 254: updates resources and sidebar content
- Page 256: updates sidebar and list of social media services
- Page 258: updates sidebar mobile plugins and themes infos
- Page 263: removes Jigoshop from sidebar
- Page 264: updates sidebar information
- Page 265: removes Nice Google Checkout Lite
- Page 266: updates sidebar + list of forum type plugins
- Page 268: updates list of gallery plugins
- Page 269: replaces sidebar parallax plugin
- Page 270: removes Flare popout in sidebar
- Page 271: updates entire list of slider plugins (yeesh)
- Page 281/282: updates expired Ajax resources
- Page 284: removes expired resource links
- Page 311: updates list of debug plugins
- Page 312: replaces expired 404 resources
- Page 313: replace expired footer link
- Page 314/315: updates expired resources
- Page 316: updates about and social infos
- Lightens drop shadows on images
- Fine-tunes layout and other details
- New PDF format: Acrobat 8/9 (PDF 1.7)
- Generates new PDF Demo
Version 5.0 – December 26th, 2018
- Updates front cover
- Updates copyright page
- Fixes up numerous 404 resources
- Updates feedback wanted blurb in ToC
- Replaces
http
with https
in code examples
- Updates default WP theme information (multiple pages)
- Page 1: updates WP anniversary information
- Page 11: updates fwiw sidebar information
- Page 5, 93, 236, 249, 287: updates download information
- Page 14: updates hosting prices
- Page 15: updates nameserver popout
- Page 12, 13: updates text/code editor list
- Page 18: updates hosting mention to Liquid Web
- Page 53-58: updates information about Posts screen
- Page 65: updates featured image screenshot
- Page 66: updates page attributes screenshot
- Page 72: updates custom header information
- Page 73: updates custom background information
- Page 95: updates default theme information
- Page 97: resizes width of page content
- Page 101, 102: updates list of premium resources
- Page 108: refines page layout
- Page 123: updates plugin stats
- Page 126: updates widget list
- Page 131: updates contact form popout
- Page 131: updates link references in sidebar
- Page 134/136: moves security popout
- Page 134: removes note about hello dolly
- Page 134: adds side info about plugin dev
- Page 149, 150, 151: updates security plugin list
- Page 162: tweaks layout around last paragraph
- Page 163: updates theme-switch plugin
- Page 180: updates optimize database plugins
- Page 184: updates list of cache plugins
- Page 188: updates list of minification plugins
- Page 208: updates list of SEO plugins
- Page 208: updates list of 404 plugins
- Page 187: removes resource from side note
- Page 220: adds side note about Mint stats
- Page 218: removes 404 resource, updates last paragraph
- Page 258: removes 404 resource from side list
- Page 301: updates jQuery version information
- Generated new PDF Demo
Version 3.6 – June 8th, 2017
- Updated front cover
- Updated copyright page
- Updated various resource links
- Page 98: replaces 404 link for starter theme
- Page 165: updates link in aside information
- Page 220: updates information about Mint
- Generated new PDF Demo
Version 3.5 – December 26th, 2016
- Updated front cover
- Updated copyright page
- Updated various resource links
- Page 41: updated text for clarity
- Page 165: updated aside information
- Updated WP default theme information
Version 3.4 – August 30th, 2016
- Updated front cover
- Updated copyright page
- Updated various resource links
- Updated Facebook URL
- Updated Tao of WordPress Theme:
- Updated widget constructors
- Upgraded GPL to version 3.0 license
- Added required class .screen-reader-text
- Changed text domain to “tao-of-wordpress”
- Changed theme name to “tao-of-wordpress”
- Removed deprecated tags in style.css & readme.txt
- Renamed child theme: “tao-of-wordpress-child-theme”
- Changed child-theme text-domain: “tao-of-wordpress”
- Retested parent/child themes via theme check plugin
- Added wptao_enqueue_styles() to child theme
- Removed disable_emojis() from child theme
- Removed example widgets from child theme
- Removed favicon_link() from child theme
- Regenerated new translation template
Version 3.3 – May 12th, 2016
- Updated front cover
- Updated copyright page
- Updated various resource links
- Page 119: added popout box
- Page 142: added popout box
- Page 150: updated BBQ infos
- Page 155: added Blackhole info
- Page 157: updated 5G to 6G
- Page 165: added aside infos
- Page 278: updated aside infos
- generated new demo PDF
Version 3.2 – January 12th, 2016
- updated cover, copyright, PDF meta
- updated disclaimer to cover external resources
- Page xvii: added links to Facebook and newsletter
- Page 11,32,93,95: updated info on default WP themes
- Page 13: replaced Filezilla with gFTP
- Page 38: revised text for clarity about updates
- Page 40: added link to chart on page 224
- Page 70: updated text for accuracy
- Page 310: added link to troubleshooting tutorial
- generated new demo PDF
Version 3.1 – September 2nd, 2015
- updated cover, copyright, PDF meta
- redesigned book’s companion website
- updated various hyperlinks
- generated new demo PDF
- Page 110: added singular.php
- Page 114: fixed typo in sidebar
Version 3.0 – May 22nd, 2015
- changed some http links to https
- updated cover, copyright, PDF meta
- cleaned up database, updated website
- fixed all 404 links throughout book
- updated numerous outdated links
- refreshed Table of Contents
- generated new demo PDF
- updated Tao of WP theme
- Page xvii: added note to reader
- Page 68: fixed typo
- Page 42: fixed typo
- Page 11, 32, 70, 93, 95: updated default theme info
- Page 41: updated lower screenshot
- Page 55: added screenshot about distraction free mode
- Page 56: updated screenshots
- Page 57: updated screenshots
- Page 75: updated screenshots, text and caption
- Page 129: updated screenshot and caption
- Page 72: updated screenshot and text
- Page 73: updated screenshot and text
- Page 68: updated caption, added screenshot to sidebar
- Page 9: added bullets to both lists
- Page 13: updated Dreamweaver pricing
- Page 18: updated list text
- Page 25: updated ad for htaccess made easy
- Page 26: removed redundant link
- Page 27: edited sidebar text for clarity
- Page 28/29: replaced screenshot and caption
- Page 90/91: replaced screenshots and captions
- Page 98: edited caption for accuracy
- Page 102: updated text, caption, and list for accuracy
- Page 120/121: updated screenshot and caption
- Page 126: updated widget list
- Page 132: updated text for accuracy
- Page 177: updated text for accuracy
- Page 150: removed screenshot and caption
- Page 150: updated text for accuracy
- Page 151: updated text, screenshots, and screenshots
- Page 162/163: updated text for accuracy
- Page 163: removed footer link and moved footer link to 164
- Page 164: fixed incorrect footer reference
- Page 166/167: updated screenshots and captions
- Page 171: edited sidebar captions for accuracy
- Page 173: updated list item
- Page 181: updated screenshot, caption, and text
- Page 184: removed redundant links, updated text
- Page 185: updated sidebar reference
- Page 186: removed smush.it from list and sidebar
- Page 186: updated text for accuracy, reformatted list
- Page 188/189: updated plugin list, edited text for clarity
- Page 190: updated list items
- Page 192: edited footer text for accuracy
- Page 194/195: updated screenshot and caption
- Page 198/199: updated screenshot and caption
- Page 203: updated popout box info
- Page 205: removed redundant link, updated text
- Page 210: replaced email address (doh!)
- Page 211: updated list with fresh plugin
- Page 212: added sidebar link, updated list
- Page 226: updated widget list
- Page 238: removed sidebar link
- Page 250/251: updated list, captions, screenshots
- Page 254/255: updated list, screenshot, caption
- Page 256: removed outdated sidebar info
- Page 258: update mobile checker list
- Page 258: removed outdated links from sidebar
- Page 263: updated text and sidebar info
- Page 264: removed outdated link from sidebar
- Page 269: updated flockr plugin
- Page 271/272: updated list, added period to last paragraph
- Page 281/282: updated list and sidebar with fresh plugins
- Page 284: revised text for flow and clarity
- Page 284/285: updated screenshot and caption
- Page 288-306: replaced curly quotes with straight quotes
- Page 311: updated sidebar info, added links
- Page 312: updated plugin list
- Page 313/314: updated text and footer info
- Page 315: added image from page 318
- Page 317: removed page
- Page 318: removed page
- Back cover: added link
Version 2.3 – September 20th, 2014
- Updated front cover with new version info
- Updated copyright page, added information
- Updated PDF metadata
- Fixed various errata
- Added missing header info in the Table of Contents
- Page 16: replaced 404 link (thanks to Glenn Lee)
- Page 100: removed 404 link to Theme Labs Free Themes
- Page 100: removed 404 link to Free WordPress Themes
- Page 100: added ThemesVault.com to Free Themes list
- Page 101: removed 404 link to KreativeThemes Premium Themes
- Page 101: added ThemesVault.com to Premium Themes list
- Page 120: added info about new book on WP Themes
- Page 120: moved deco graphic to page 194
- Page 121: merged the two paragraphs together
- Page 243: removed ZB Toolkit
- Page 243: added Mayo Login Screen
- Page 307: updated link style
- Page 316: updated About the author infos
- Updated back cover (repositioned icon and logo)
- General cleanup, fine-tuning and maintenance
- Created new Demo version of the book
- fine-tune layout
Version 2.2 – April 21st, 2014
- updated cover version info
- updated PDF metadata
- updated intro page
- page 35: replaced 3rd and 4th captions in the sidebar
- page 93: fixed typo: “an growing” to “a growing”
- added two pages after page 55 about the “Post Editor”
- page 69: updated screenshot of themes feature filter
- page 257: modified heading for clarity
- page 287: changed heading from h3 to h2
- page 287: merged third and second paragraphs
- page 297: modified heading for clarity
- page 305: modified heading for clarity
- updated table of contents
- fine-tune layout
Version 2.1 – January 31st, 2014
- updated cover version info
- updated PDF metadata
- updated intro page
- updated throughout book: Twenty Thirteen to Twenty Fourteen
- updated throughout book: admin screenshots
- page 11: edited content for current WP (3.8)
- page 32: edited content for clarity
- page 49: updated content and sidebar for current WP
- page 52: edited sidebar content for clarity
- page 63: edited top sidebar caption for current WP
- page 66: edited content and sidebar for current WP
- page 68: edited second paragraph for clarity
- page 69: edited content and sidebar for current WP
- page 91: edited content and sidebar for current WP
- page 93: edited last paragraph for current WP
- page 94: added the word “theme” to second paragraph
- page 94: edited second sidebar popout for accuracy
- page 275: add sidebar blurb about usp pro
- updated references
- fine-tune layout
- updated Tao theme (see theme readme.txt)
Version 2.0 – November 1st, 2013
- updated PDF metadata
- updated front cover
- updated intro page
- updated Table of Contents
- fixed numerous 404 links and typos
- added new chapter on “Tips & Tricks” (page 285)
- added numerous text anchors for new chapter
- removed two blank pages at the end of the book
- updated the Tao of WordPress theme (see its readme.txt)
- page 5: removed extra word from “free updates” section
- page 14: changed “case-insensitive” to “NOT case-sensitive”
- page 153: changed “case-insensitive” to “not case-sensitive”
- page 12: replaced second instance of “TextMate” to “Smultron”
- page 19: fixed typo: “gives provides” changed to “gives you”
- page 42: fixed 404 link: https://wp-tao.com/53
- page 118: fixed 404 link: https://wp-tao.com/557
- page 264: replaced plugin: mingle forum changed to bublaa forum
- page 94: edited fourth paragraph with info about the new chapter
- page 11, 32, 68, 91, 93 replaced Twenty Twelve with Twenty Thirteen
- page 93: updated side captions with more relevant information
- page 39: added popout about background updates
- page 40: added popout about maintenance mode for WP updates
- page 41: added note to popout caption about current default theme
- page 66: replaced screenshot of Appearance screen
- page 66: replaced “Twenty Eleven” with “Twenty Twelve”
- page 69: updated steps and screenshots of menus stuff
- page 292: updated “about the author” information
- page 282: updated popout box with WP resources
- page 279: increased width of content area
- page 35: replaced example video URL
- page 172: fixed text-anchor link
- page 40: added screenshot of wp native maintenance mode
- website: added Testimonials page, fixed some validation errors
- website: added Twitter Cards and Open Graph tags
- website: added book icons to combo deals
- website: replaced appendix path icon with Tips & Tricks icon
Version 1.0 – June 19th, 2013