=== WordPress Helpers ===
Contributors: piklist, p51labs, sbruner
Tags: piklist, settings, admin bar, dashboard widgets, widgets, visual editor, html editor, excerpts, excerpt length, autosave, private, protected, close comments, auto linking, AIM, Yahoo IM, Jabber, Google Talk, rss feeds, feeds
Tested up to: 3.4.2
Requires at least: 3.3.2
Stable tag: 1.2.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The missing settings page for WordPress.

== Description ==

WordPress Helpers opens up the missing settings you wish were in WordPress.

**This plugin requires <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/piklist/">Piklist</a>.**

[Watch the WordPress Helpers Demo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSUDvodWxI&hd=1):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSUDvodWxI&hd=1

With WordPress Helpers you can easily:

* Take control of the WordPress Admin Bar... including "Howdy".
* Show ID's on edit screens for Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags, Users, Media, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies.
* Disable the theme switcher.
* Remove the "Screen Options" tab.
* Disable Upgrade Notifications for WordPress, Themes and Plugins (individually).
* Put your site into Maintenance Mode.
* Hide Dashboard widgets.
* Set the default Dashboard columns.

**Writing**

* Set the default Post editor (Visual or HTML).
* Totally disable the Visual Editor.
* Increase the height of the Excerpt box when writing a Post.
* Disable Autosave.
* Set the Post Per Page on the edit screen.

**Reading**

* Set Excerpt length by characters or words.
* Remove the "Private" and "Protected" title prefixes.
* Disable RSS Feeds.
* Add Featured Images to your RSS Feed.

**Discussion**

* Do not allow comments on Pages.
* Remove auto linking in comments.
* Disable Self Pinging.

**Appearance**

* Enhanced Body/Post Classes: Browser detect, Taxonomies (including hierarchy levels), post date, has post thumbnail, author information, logged in users, multisite, odd/even (post archives only), post excerpt.
* Remove any/all default WordPress widgets.
* Run any shortcode in a widget.
* Remove WordPress version, Feed Links, RSD Link, wlwmanifest and relational links for the posts adjacent to the current post, from your theme header.

**User Profiles**

* Remove the Admin color scheme option from the User Profiles.
* Remove AIM, Yahoo IM, Jabber/Google Talk.

**System Information**
* Server Environment.
* WordPress Environment.
* PHPInfo.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What does this plugin do? =
WordPress Helpers provides access to all those settings you wish came with WordPress, providing you with an easy way to take control of WordPress.

= Some of the settings don't seem to work =
Though WordPress Helpers attempts to take control over your theme and plugins, sometimes it just can't.  If a setting in WordPress Helpers is not working, another plugin or your theme is overriding the setting.

= I have an idea for another helper! =
Awesome! We're always looking for new ideas. Please submit them on our <a href="http://piklist.com/support/forum/wordpress-helpers/">support forum</a>.

== Installation ==

**This plugin requires <a href="http://piklist.com/">Piklist</a>.**

* Install and activate the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/piklist/">Piklist plugin</a>.
* Install and activate WordPress Helpers like any other plugin.

== Changelog ==

= 1.2.0 =
* New Feature: Disable upgrade notifications for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes.
* New Feature: Maintenance Mode.
* New Feature: Enhanced class: JS detect in Body tag.

= 1.1.0 =
* Reduced the number of tabs.
* New Feature: Enhanced Body/Post classes.
* New Feature: Do not allow comments on Pages.
* New Feature: Disable Self Pinging.
* Removed Feature: "Close comments for old Posts", since it's already an option in WordPress.
* Bugfix: screen_layout_columns_dashboard should only trigger when default not selected.
* Added some descriptions to settings.
* Replaced remove_menu with remove_node.

= 1.0.1 =
* Removed some left over code.
* Added a space for Howdy!

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release!


== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.2.0 =
NEW FEATURES: Disable upgrade notifications, Maintenance Mode and and JS detect in Body tag.