How To Find WordPress Documentation Fast

Posted by Jeff

on March 15, 2009

Have you ever spent what seems like hours looking for information about WordPress code? Spending too much Google time and not enough time actually finding the correct WordPress information you are searching for? There is now a neat tool, actually website,that can help you find what you are looking for fast.

The new site is called WPLookup. This is a very simple tool with one function: quickly find Wordpress Codex documentation for a function or template tag. So if you see a function in a theme and want to learn more about it just type it into the search box. It only searches and returns results from the WordPress Codex. For those of you unfamiliar with the WordPress Codex, it is the complete, ever evolving documentation of WordPress. It has everything from “Where To Start” to “Writing a Plugin” and everything in between. I will say that the reading is a bit geeky and not very newbie friendly.

So if you are into messing with your WordPress Theme or into the code and need quick answers check out WPLookup.

Similar Posts:

WordPress News

If you liked this post, feel free to leave a comment that is relevant to the post or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.

Sorry but due to the spamming of a few all comments are moderated and will appear when approved and all drive-by comments will be deleted!

Comments

Comment by Free Xbox 360 on March 17, 2009 @ 11:19 am

sorry for the newbie question, but I dont really get it?
Is it like firebug for firefox? I tried using it and got a bit baffled :S

also, underneath the submit button for the comments box, ” Notify me of followup comments via e-mail” is shown twice

Jeff Replied:
March 17th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

Think of it a Google for the WordPress Codex. It just searches the WordPress documentation site.

Thanks for letting me know about the subscribe to comments plugin showing twice.

Free Xbox 360 Replied:
March 19th, 2009 at 10:56 am

oh ok gotcha, thanks

Comment by John @ Curious Cat Investing Blog on March 17, 2009 @ 9:17 pm

I don’t see what the advantage is over just using http://wordpress.org/search/

wordpress и поисковые машины Replied:
March 18th, 2009 at 10:47 am

I think that there is no difference.

Comment by Radio Controlled Boats on March 18, 2009 @ 9:24 pm

Thanks for the heads-up – nice one.

Comment by Free footy on March 19, 2009 @ 9:10 am

I was always wondering where to get the wordpress documentation. But thanks to this article im there now. Cheers!

Comment by Palmetto Dunes Rentals on March 19, 2009 @ 11:39 pm

Thanks for such an informative post. I always thinking that how to get wordpress documentation. But thanks for this article it helps the visitors and provide the information where to get the wordpress documentation……..
Good Work.

Comment by Bollywood on March 26, 2009 @ 3:37 pm

Better than google search sounds interesting

Comment by Peter on March 27, 2009 @ 12:43 am

Looks like an interesting tool, the codex is full of good stuff. Of course, if you want to get really geeky, you head straight for the source.

Comment by Dropshipping on April 5, 2009 @ 11:23 pm

I checked out the new site and found it to be very helpful. Thanks for the link.

Comment by Andy Stratton on April 7, 2009 @ 3:21 am

Check out the version update: http://wplookup.com

More of a search engine now, with results in the Codex, Codex docs search, PHPXref, phpDoc, custom WP Google search, and even more resources…

I hope this is a bit more useful than the first version. Thanks!

Comment by Rick on April 8, 2009 @ 9:56 am

I wish I had found this 2 days ago. I had trouble switching my permalinks to a more SEO friendly version. I was searching all through the codex and the forums. Eventually the problem resolved itself, but it would have been nice to know about this. This will also come in handy when I delve into designing my own wordpress themes.

Thank you

Comment by Daily horoscope on April 9, 2009 @ 2:06 pm

Well, Now wordpress codex is some what out dated with very old information. That’s a famous thing among wordpress bloggers, Normally wordpress forum gives a good support to solve something. I think WP lookup also a good source to get any help regarding wordpress.

Comment by warrior on April 14, 2009 @ 3:03 pm

WPlookup can be a alternative for wordpress codex, but we can’t forget about the content in wordpress codex. Even it’s outdated still we can get many resources to make a successful wordpress blog.

Comment by one way links on April 18, 2009 @ 1:56 am

Thanks for such an informative post. I always thinking that how to get word press documentation

Comment by Hostmonster on July 1, 2009 @ 11:23 am

It didn’t work that well. I search for ‘hook’ it didn’t even show any matching results. Then I try to search just ‘a’, it return no results. I am sure there are plenty of function that contain the ‘a’ alphabet.

http://www.wplookup.com/search/?function=hook

Comment by Business Travel on November 19, 2009 @ 12:29 am

WPLookUp is like a search engine that helps in fast searching.It only searches and returns results from the WordPress Codex.

Comment by Green Termite Bait Systems on November 19, 2009 @ 12:58 am

I always like to work fast whatever I do and to find wordpress documentation fast WPLookUp help a lot.Its really workable.

Drive-By comments will be deleted! Like "Thanks for sharing", "Nice post", or any other text that doesn't contribute to the discussion. If you ask a very specific question about your particular WordPress theme, it will probably be deleted. I can fix your WordPress site but for a price. If you ask a question like "Why don't my blog work right", it will be deleted. If you ask a question about your WordPress site without a leaving a link to it, it will be deleted. The point is to ask questions and or comment on the the actual content of the post, and to please use some common sense. All comments are moderated and will appear when approved. Thank you.