Lorelle challenged the blogging community recently. The goal: a treasure hunt for 100 WordPress-related topics. The rules were simple, find the best resource related to WordPress and the 100 topics listed below without linking to your own stuff, and trying not to use ‘official’ WordPress sources (e.g. codex, support forums, wiki, etc) [plus, don't use the same thing twice]. This took a lot of time, but its worth it. I learned a lot and now have a wonderful library of links to turn to. Enjoy!

1. 404 — Create a custom 404 for when your DB goes down
2. accessibility — a critique
3. ajax — Better than live ajax search
4. Akismet — one knock
5. API — WP Plugin API Cheat Sheet / desktop background
6. asides — an asides widget / plugin
7. author — 1 site 2 authors, this is how each can edit the others’ work
8. bad behavior — super size your spam fighting
9. blogroll — knowing is half the battle
10. bookmarklets — press it
11. boren — the man, the myth, the legend
12. botd — Too bad they dropped support for all wordpress blogs
13. canvas — see what the pessimists think about canvas
14. category feeds — feeds for everything
15. comment moderation — egg on face
16. comment spam — BB + akismet stop spam, nofollow does nothing
17. comments — shut off comments after X days
18. css — this is where the crying starts
19. custom fields — explained
20. dashboard — dashboard cleanup
21. design a WordPress Theme from scratch — step 3 = pull hair out
22. difference between WordPress and Wordpress.com — explained
23. donncha — live on tape
24. drmike — he moderates
25. favorite WordPress Plugins list — the hive mind speaks
26. feeds — guard them
27. ftp — go with filezilla
28. functions — use them outside of WordPress too
29. gallery — one of many, seems pretty good
30. google sitemap — a SEO must have
31. hAtom — explains all (halfway down)
32. hierarchy — get help from those who know
33. hooks — first one is free (start at the codex)
34. how to choose a WordPress Theme — start small -> tweak -> write your own
35. htaccess — spam + akismet + htakismet = no more spam
36. if single() — I’m married, but this might help you
37. installing wordpress — its that easy
38. ioerror — I heart BB
39. jaquith — awesome plugin
40. javascript — use, but don’t abuse
41. Kiwi — more than just a fruit with too many seeds
42. LaTeX — it just adds up right
43. localization — Wordpress es la mierda
44. loop — I actually wrote this
45. matt — the other other matt
46. meta — required for proper SEO
47. mingus — bring some class to WordPress
48. moBlogging — how to
49. moving WordPress — straight from the horses mouth
50. mu — MultiUser
51. mysql — back it up
52. nofollow — NoFollow has been a yesFailure
53. permalinks — which structure is right for you?
54. photoblog — WordPress + photos
55. ping — You don’t have to use the Ping-O-matic
56. podcasts — one of many good guides
57. polls — here is my vote
58. post slug — here is a handy plugin
59. query_posts — here is the answer
60. quicktag — quicktags are dead, use buttonsnap instead
61. refresh — Freshen your CSS the easy way
62. rel — if you have to rel, don’t nofollow
63. sandbox — free link to a great free theme
64. search — plugin for landing pages (SEO)
65. semantic — tomato
66. semantics — tomatoe
67. seo — start here
68. separating trackbacks from comments
69. sidebar accessories — code your own bling starting from this source
70. sidebar — pimp it yourself
71. skelton — Andy speaks
72. smilies– immediately loose some cred in your post
73. social bookmarking — you want buttons?
74. spam karma — there are a lot of Earl’s out there
75. static front page — for K2
76. strayhorn — jazz legend
77. tags — super easy
78. Technorati — where could this link possibly go?
79. text control — this plugin hurt me more than it was worth it to run, great idea though
80. text editors — TinyMCE is for novices, text editing is the way of the future
81. the_excerpt() — like the first, but reloaded
82. theme lists — free themes
83. trackback — validate your trackbacks
84. using character entities in WordPress — ♥ annoying entities
85. utw — performance boost it!
86. validate — make sure your pages are valid
87. vblogging — create cinematic excellence with this plugin
88. visual anatomy — jump in to making a theme
89. winkler — I owe him a beer
90. WordPress for beginners — its like learning to ride a bike
91. WordPress Widgets
92. wordpress.com — one free link
93. wp_list_pages() — as an alternative try the fold_page_list plugin
94. wp-cache — is it the best plugin ever?
95. wpdb Class — explained
96. write code in WordPress posts — great resource with links to alternatives
97. writing plugins — nybblelabs is a great name
98. WYSIWYG — I’m not a fan, and neither is this guy
99. XFN — the next level
100. XML-RPC — edit pages via XML-RPC