Let’s write a function for breadcrumbs that can be easily added to your Wordpress themes. Wordpress functions are preferable over the hundreds of plugins that are available — to me anyway.

Creating a conditional sidebar widget in Wordpress turned into an odyssey of discovery. How an obscure usage of query_posts will bork your is_home() conditional tags.

Travel with me through the inner workings of Wordpress during my installation and theme creation. What I did or did not do, and why. From Wordpress plugins to settings, it is all here.