High resolution displays showing Retina images have been standard in most new devices since 2010. This post will show you how to add Retina-ready functionality to your WordPress theme.
Supporting Retina images in a WordPress theme
Code snippets
Change the WordPress default “From” name and email address
The WordPress email function’s default sender name is “WordPress” and the default sender email address is “wordpress@yoursite.com”. This snippet will change the defaults to whatever you choose.
How to change “Howdy!” in the WordPress admin
I don’t greet people with “Howdy!”. I don’t expect a website that I supply to a client to do so either. This code will allow you to change it.
Getting the copyright date right
Lots of websites show a copyright notice in the page footer with an incorrect copyright date – last year or the year before, for example. Or maybe they just show the current year using php or JavaScript. This quick php snippet will display a range of years.