About DigWP.com

DigWP.com is home for the book, Digging Into WordPress, written by Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr. Here you will find lots of awesome free WordPress resources, themes, and techniques to improve your site. Check us out for high-quality tutorials, tricks, tips and much more.

Books and blogs are the perfect compliment to each other when it comes to learning web technologies. The book provides the main story, with complete information on setting up, customizing, and rocking with WordPress. The blog provides additional tips, tricks, tutorials, code snippets, and other resources. Digging Into WordPress brings you the best of both worlds.

Authors

Co-Author: Chris Coyier

On Twitter: @chriscoyier

Chris Coyier is a real-world web designer who has been reaching for WordPress to power client sites for many years. He subscribes to the theory that not only is WordPress capable of powering any website it is almost always the right choice.

Chris’ other projects:

• CodePen
• CSS-Tricks
• Quotes on Design

Co-Author: Jeff Starr

On Twitter: @perishable

Jeff Starr is a professional developer, designer, author, and publisher with over 10 years of experience on the Web. He works with WordPress on a daily basis creating high-quality plugins and themes that focus on performance, security, and web standards.

Jeff’s other projects:

• Plugin Planet
• Perishable Press (blog)
• Perishable Press Books

Book Infos

Learn more, get the book, and participate:

• Book Store
• Learn about the book
• Errata & Changelog
• Reader Testimonials
• Members Area

Book Updates

Owners of Digging Into WordPress get free updates for the life of the book. We announce all updates and other news here at the book’s companion site, DigWP.com. Here are some resources for staying current:

Subscribe via RSS Feed

• All posts
• Articles only
• Aside/Link posts only
• Update posts only

Sign up for the newsletter

• Sign up via MailChimp (news, updates, deals, and more)

WordPress Themes

In addition to the book and blog, we also provide a number of free WordPress themes (for everyone) and several exclusive themes (for book owners).

You can learn more about our themes and check ’em out at the DigWP Theme Clubhouse, where you may download any of the free themes. To download any of the exclusive themes, log in and visit the Members Area.

Here are some announcement/update posts for more infos:

• All AJAX Theme
• Quantify WP Theme
• BLANK WP Theme
• HTML5 WP Theme
• Typo WP Theme
• All DigWP themes!

Members Area

People who own the book may log in to the Members Area to download current versions of the PDF/eBook, themes, and all extras.

Advertising

Currently all advertising on DigWP.com is sold through BuySellAds. To advertise on the site, check out our BSA profile page. We also have an affiliate program where you can earn up to 50% commission selling Digging into WordPress. Feel free to contact us for more information.

From the Blog

With over 300 pages of hardcore WordPress action, the book is already overflowing with content, so the blog provides a place to post additional material, techniques, tutorials, and so on.

To date, there are over 400 posts here at DigWP.com, with plenty more on the way. Here are 10 favorites to get a taste of the blog:

• Tips to Keep WordPress Secure
• How to Include Styles in Child Themes
• Stop Ruining the WordPress Admin Area
• Complete Guide to WordPress Admin Notices
• Add Your Plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory
• Including jQuery in WordPress (The Right Way)
• WordPress Post Navigation Redux (New Tags!)
• Optimizing WordPress Permalinks
• Pimp your wp-config.php
• Simpler Login URL

Grab the feed and visit the archives for more great content!

Thank you

Thanks for checking us out, feel free to drop a line with any feedback or questions — Happy WP’ing!!