Prevent virtual directory listing services from listing the contents of directories, and/or show a page in place of a directory's listing.

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Safely and easily call functions that may not be available (such as those provided by a plugin that gets deactivated)

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Adds the ability to publish a post without triggering pingbacks, trackbacks, or notifying update services.

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Check if a file exists and return true/false or display a string containing information about the file.

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Retrieve the name, path, or link to a randomly chosen file or files in a specified directory.

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Track which user actually published a post, separate from who created the post. Display that info as a column in admin post listings.

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Facilitates injecting an array of posts into a WP query object as if queried. Particularly useful to allow use of standard template tags.

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Highlights the comments and plugins icons in the collapsed admin sidebar menu when notifications are pending.

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Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.

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