Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection – 6

How To Display Results In WordPress Search

Using the following snippet you will be able to display the number of results in WordPress Search.

<h2 class="pagetitle">Search Results</h2>

1	<h2 class="pagetitle">Search Results</h2>

Now, simply replace it with to:

<h2 class="pagetitle">Search Results for <?php 
/* Search Count */ 
$allsearch = &new WP_Query("s=$s&showposts=-1"); 
$key = wp_specialchars($s, 1); 
$count = $allsearch->post_count; _e(''); 
_e('<span class="search-terms">'); 
echo $key; _e('</span>'); _e(' — '); 
echo $count . ' '; _e('articles'); 
wp_reset_query(); ?></h2>

<h2 class="pagetitle">Search Results for <?php

/* Search Count */

$allsearch = &new WP_Query("s=$s&showposts=-1");

$key = wp_specialchars($s, 1);

$count = $allsearch->post_count; _e('');

_e('<span class="search-terms">');

echo $key; _e('</span>'); _e(' — ');

echo $count . ' '; _e('articles');

wp_reset_query(); ?></h2>

Snippet Source/Credit: ProBlogDesign

Changing The Post Updated Message Itself In WordPress

Using the following snippet, you will be able to change the post updated message in WordPress.

add_filter('post_updated_messages', 'listing_updated_messages');
function listing_updated_messages( $messages ) { 
  $messages['listing'] = array(
    0 => '', // Unused. Messages start at index 1.
    1 => sprintf( __('Listing updated. <a href="%s">View Listing</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
    2 => __('Custom field updated.'),
    3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
    4 => __('Listing updated.'),
    /* translators: %s: date and time of the revision */
    5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf( __('Listing restored to revision from %s'), wp_post_revision_title( (int) $_GET['revision'], false ) ) : false,
    6 => sprintf( __('Listing published. <a href="%s">View Listing</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
    7 => __('Listing saved.'),
    8 => sprintf( __('Listing submitted. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview Listing</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
    9 => sprintf( __('Listing scheduled for: <strong>%1$s</strong>. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview Listing</a>'),
      // translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
      date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_date ) ), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
    10 => sprintf( __('Listing draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview Listing</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
  ); 
  return $messages;
}

add_filter('post_updated_messages', 'listing_updated_messages');

function listing_updated_messages( $messages ) {

$messages['listing'] = array(

0 => '', // Unused. Messages start at index 1.

1 => sprintf( __('Listing updated. <a href="%s">View Listing</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),

2 => __('Custom field updated.'),

3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),

4 => __('Listing updated.'),

/* translators: %s: date and time of the revision */

5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf( __('Listing restored to revision from %s'), wp_post_revision_title( (int) $_GET['revision'], false ) ) : false,

6 => sprintf( __('Listing published. <a href="%s">View Listing</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),

7 => __('Listing saved.'),

8 => sprintf( __('Listing submitted. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview Listing</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),

9 => sprintf( __('Listing scheduled for: <strong>%1$s</strong>. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview Listing</a>'),

// translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date

date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_date ) ), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),

10 => sprintf( __('Listing draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview Listing</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),

);

return $messages;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Define A Minimum Word Count Per Post In WordPress

The following snippet will let you define a minimum word count per post in WordPress.

function minWord($content){
	global $post;
        $num = 100; //set this to the minimum number of words 
	$content = $post->post_content;
	if (str_word_count($content) <  $num) 
	    wp_die( __('Error: your post is below the minimum word count.') );
}
add_action('publish_post', 'minWord');

function minWord($content){

global $post;

$num = 100; //set this to the minimum number of words

$content = $post->post_content;

if (str_word_count($content) < $num)

wp_die( __('Error: your post is below the minimum word count.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'minWord');

Snippet Source/Credit: Pippin Williamson

How To Use Gravatars In Your Script

With the use of following snippet below, you will be able to use Gravatars in your script.

<?php
function show_my_gravatar($email, $size, $default, $rating)
{
  $params = '?gravatar_id='.md5($email).'&default='.$default.'&size='.$size.'&rating='.$rating;
  $output = '<img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php'.$params.'" width="'.$size.'px" height="'.$size.'px" />';
  echo $output;
}
?>

<?php

function show_my_gravatar($email, $size, $default, $rating)

{

$params = '?gravatar_id='.md5($email).'&default='.$default.'&size='.$size.'&rating='.$rating;

$output = '<img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php'.$params.'" width="'.$size.'px" height="'.$size.'px" />';

echo $output;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: apphp.com

How To Disable Plugin Updates In WordPress

The snippet below will let you disable all the plugins updates in WordPress.

<?php
remove_action( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_plugins' );
add_filter( 'pre_site_transient_update_plugins', create_function( '$a', "return null;" ) );
?>

<?php

remove_action( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_plugins' );

add_filter( 'pre_site_transient_update_plugins', create_function( '$a', "return null;" ) );

Snippet Source/Credit: WP-Snippets.com

How To Replace ‘Howdy, Admin’ In WordPress With Something Else

The following snippet will let you replace “Howdy, Admin” in WordPress.

function replace_howdy( $wp_admin_bar ) {
    $my_account=$wp_admin_bar->get_node('my-account');
    $newtitle = str_replace( 'Howdy,', 'Logged in as', $my_account->title );
    $wp_admin_bar->add_node( array(
        'id' => 'my-account',
        'title' => $newtitle,
    ) );
}
add_filter( 'admin_bar_menu', 'replace_howdy',25 );

function replace_howdy( $wp_admin_bar ) {

$my_account=$wp_admin_bar->get_node('my-account');

$newtitle = str_replace( 'Howdy,', 'Logged in as', $my_account->title );

$wp_admin_bar->add_node( array(

'id' => 'my-account',

'title' => $newtitle,

) );

}

add_filter( 'admin_bar_menu', 'replace_howdy',25 );