The previous chapters explored WordPress features visible on the site including modifying and sending output to the pages and the sidebar. In this chapter, we are going to deal more with the modification of the administration panel.
How many times, while writing a post, have you needed to refer one of your previous articles? It is a time consuming job—searching the article on your blog to get a link. The plugin we are about to create will make finding your old posts take only a couple of seconds.
Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. So we will also learn how to find and insert relevant Flickr photos into your articles as well.
This chapter is all about digging a little deeper into the WordPress and hacking the Write Post screen.
You will learn to create custom panels in the various sections of the Write Post screen. Also, you will learn how to access the current WordPress rich editor, tinyMCE, and create a button on its toolbar. You will...