Make WordPress and Firefox Adblock Play Nice

John Lamansky — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:20:30 +0000

This potential problem is applicable to those using the following, which is probably quite a few people:

As part of its functionality, Adblock inserts a tab next to Flash objects, etc. to make blocking that object as easy as a couple clicks.

The problem is, Adblock will insert the HTML code for this tab into the visual editor for a WordPress post that includes Flash.

And who wants code like this in their posts?

Thankfully, the solution is simple:

For Adblock, right-click on the link in the status bar and select “Whitelist this whole site.”
For Adblock Plus, right-click on the icon in the status bar and select “Disable on (your domain name).”

This will stop Adblock from adding the “Block” tab (and its associated code) into your posts.

How to Turn Off WordPress’s Visual Editor

John Lamansky — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:00:06 +0000

Don’t like WordPress’s visual editor? Turn it off:

In WordPress 2.5, click your username in the top-right-hand corner of your WordPress admin. In earlier 2.x versions, click “My Profile” in the same area.
Uncheck “Use the visual editor when writing” under “Personal Options.”
Click “Update Profile.”

And that’s it!