Tag Archives: snippets

Setup a Local WordPress Development Environment on Docker

As I continue to explore Docker, this post will serve as my notes. I assume assume you already have the following technologies on your computer or know how to install them: Installation Clone WordPress: $ git clone [email protected]:WordPress/wordpress-develop.git Install dependencies: $ cd wordpress-develop && npm i Start Docker containers: $ npm run env:start Install WordPress:Continue reading “Setup a Local WordPress Development Environment on Docker”

Modify a Custom Post Type after it’s been registered

Today I was tasked with adding functionality to an existing custom post type. The problem was, the CPT was being registered in a plugin that I could not edit. After some digging, I found there’s a filter for that that allows you to modify a custom post type after it’s been registered some other way. apply_filters( ‘register_post_type_args’, $args, $post_type ); HookingContinue reading “Modify a Custom Post Type after it’s been registered”

Filter and clean the Archive Title

This client wanted to feature their archive titles in a large hero area. The PSD excluded the prefixes like, “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:”, etc…

Get a WordPress Category ID

I rode the struggle bus pretty hard on this one today. I needed to ignore the “featured” category in a loop, and to do so, WP_Query() requires the category ID. Luckily, I found a handy function: get_term_by();

Lock down WP-ADMIN

Because of the recent increase in attacks on WordPress, we were recently chatting about locking down /wp-admin and wp-login.php. We discussed the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which works really well. If a user fails to login after a certain amount of attempts, they are blacklisted for a period of time.

Lock down the WordPress Dashboard

Because of the recent increase in attacks on WordPress, we were recently chatting about locking down /wp-admin and wp-login.php. We discussed the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which works really well. If a user fails to log in after a certain amount of attempts, they are blacklisted for a period of time.

Create a custom RSS feed for WordPress

Creating a custom RSS feed is pretty easy. I’ll show you have to do it in three steps. Here’s a pro-tip: browsers heavily cache RSS feeds. While developing, try using Incognito Mode.

Create a ‘Must Use’ Plugin for WordPress

Some of you are like me: “frequent theme changer guy”. Here’s a trick I’ve learned to keep from having to re-write code every time I get bored with a theme: I use the “Must Use” Plugin. 

i18n vs L10n

How i18n (internationalization) works in WordPress By wrapping some text in a nifty PHP function, we allow that text to be translated into another language. Or Or All three of those examples will be translated. All three of them do the exact same thing. Check out the WordPress Codex, read this post from Otto, and checkContinue reading “i18n vs L10n”

Remove WooCommerce Styles and Scripts

WooCommerce is absolutely the most brilliant and easy-to-use shopping cart for WordPress – but it’s heavy! I’ll show you how to remove the cruft!