Snippets – Page 4

Snippets Collection Part – 2

On October 30, 2015

How To Add A Google+ Button To Your Posts

Using the following snippet, you will be able to add a Google+ button to your posts.

add_filter('the_content', 'wpr_google_plusone');
function wpr_google_plusone($content) {
	$content = $content.'<div class="plusone"><g:plusone size="tall" href="'.get_permalink().'"></g:plusone></div>';
	return $content;
}
add_action ('wp_enqueue_scripts','wpr_google_plusone_script');
function wpr_google_plusone_script() {
	wp_enqueue_script('google-plusone', 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', array(), null);
}

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add_filter('the_content', 'wpr_google_plusone');

function wpr_google_plusone($content) {

$content = $content.'<div class="plusone"><g:plusone size="tall" href="'.get_permalink().'"></g:plusone></div>';

return $content;

}

add_action ('wp_enqueue_scripts','wpr_google_plusone_script');

function wpr_google_plusone_script() {

wp_enqueue_script('google-plusone', 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', array(), null);

}

Snippet Source/Credit: SpyResStudios

How To Add Gravatars For The Post Author

Using the following snippet, you will be able to add Gravatars for the post author.

<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '80' ); ?>

1	<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '80' ); ?>

Snippet Source/Credit: emoticode

How To Change Author URL Base

Using the following snippet, you will be able to change author URL base.

add_action('init', 'cng_author_base');
function cng_author_base() {
    global $wp_rewrite;
    $author_slug = 'profile'; // change slug name
    $wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;
}

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add_action('init', 'cng_author_base');

function cng_author_base() {

global $wp_rewrite;

$author_slug = 'profile'; // change slug name

$wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Kevin Chard

How To Redirect To A Custom Page After Registration

Using the following snippet, you will be able to redirect to a custom page after registration.

function __my_registration_redirect(){
    return home_url( '/my-page' );
}
add_filter( 'registration_redirect', '__my_registration_redirect' );

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function __my_registration_redirect(){

return home_url( '/my-page' );

}

add_filter( 'registration_redirect', '__my_registration_redirect' );

Snippet Source/Credit: TheDeadMedic

Snippets Collection Part – 1

By The Editorial Team

On October 23, 2015

In Snippets

How To Completely Shut Down WordPress Search

Using the following snippet, you will be able to shut down WordPress search completely.

function fb_filter_query( $query, $error = true ) {
    if ( is_search() ) {
        $query->is_search = false;
        $query->query_vars[s] = false;
        $query->query[s] = false;
 
        // to error
        if ( $error == true )
            $query->is_404 = true;
    }
} 
add_action( 'parse_query', 'fb_filter_query' );
add_filter( 'get_search_form', create_function( '$a', "return null;" ) );

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function fb_filter_query( $query, $error = true ) {

if ( is_search() ) {

$query->is_search = false;

$query->query_vars[s] = false;

$query->query[s] = false;

// to error

if ( $error == true )

$query->is_404 = true;

}

add_action( 'parse_query', 'fb_filter_query' );

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

Snippet Source/Credit: WPEngineer

How To Enlight Searched Text In Search Results

Using the following snippet, you will be able to enlight searched text in search results.

echo $title;

1	echo $title;

And now just before the line you modified, add this code of lines:

<?php
	$title 	= get_the_title();
	$keys= explode(" ",$s);
	$title 	= preg_replace('/('.implode('|', $keys) .')/iu',
		'<strong class="search-excerpt">\0</strong>',
		$title);
?>

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<?php

$title = get_the_title();

$keys= explode(" ",$s);

$title = preg_replace('/('.implode('|', $keys) .')/iu',

'<strong class="search-excerpt">\0</strong>',

$title);

?>

Once done, now open style.css and append the following line to it:

strong.search-excerpt { background: yellow; }

1	strong.search-excerpt { background: yellow; }

Snippet Source/Credit: Yoast

How To Automatically Add Facebook Open Graph To Your Posts

Adding the following snippet in your WordPress theme’s functions file, you will be automatically able to add Facebook open graph to your posts.

function wptuts_opengraph_for_posts() {
    if ( is_singular() ) {
        global $post;
        setup_postdata( $post );
        $output = '<meta property="og:type" content="article" />' . "\n";
        $output .= '<meta property="og:title" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '" />' . "\n";
        $output .= '<meta property="og:url" content="' . get_permalink() . '" />' . "\n";
        $output .= '<meta property="og:description" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_excerpt() ) . '" />' . "\n";
        if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
            $imgsrc = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'medium' );
            $output .= '<meta property="og:image" content="' . $imgsrc[0] . '" />' . "\n";
        }
        echo $output;
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'wptuts_opengraph_for_posts' );

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function wptuts_opengraph_for_posts() {

if ( is_singular() ) {

global $post;

setup_postdata( $post );

$output = '<meta property="og:type" content="article" />' . "\n";

$output .= '<meta property="og:title" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '" />' . "\n";

$output .= '<meta property="og:url" content="' . get_permalink() . '" />' . "\n";

$output .= '<meta property="og:description" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_excerpt() ) . '" />' . "\n";

if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {

$imgsrc = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'medium' );

$output .= '<meta property="og:image" content="' . $imgsrc[0] . '" />' . "\n";

}

echo $output;

}

add_action( 'wp_head', 'wptuts_opengraph_for_posts' );

Once done, now open your header.php and replace the <html> tag with:

<html <?php language_attributes(); ?> prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">

1	<html <?php language_attributes(); ?> prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Tutsplus

How To Redirect To First Post If Only One Post Is Found

Using the following snippet, you will be able to redirect to first post if only one post is found.

add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_single_post');
function redirect_single_post() {
    if (is_search()) {
        global $wp_query;
        if ($wp_query->post_count == 1) {
            wp_redirect( get_permalink( $wp_query->posts['0']->ID ) );
        }
    }
}

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add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_single_post');

function redirect_single_post() {

if (is_search()) {

global $wp_query;

if ($wp_query->post_count == 1) {

wp_redirect( get_permalink( $wp_query->posts['0']->ID ) );

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Paulund.co.uk

How To Make Your WordPress Website SEO Friendly Without A Plugin

Using the following snippet, you will be able to make your WordPress website SEO friendly without a plugin.

function basic_wp_seo() {
	global $page, $paged, $post;
	$default_keywords = 'wordpress, plugins, themes, design, dev, development, security, htaccess, apache, php, sql, html, css, jquery, javascript, tutorials'; // customize
	$output = '';

	// description
	$seo_desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_desc', true);
	$description = get_bloginfo('description', 'display');
	$pagedata = get_post($post->ID);
	if (is_singular()) {
		if (!empty($seo_desc)) {
			$content = $seo_desc;
		} else if (!empty($pagedata)) {
			$content = apply_filters('the_excerpt_rss', $pagedata->post_content);
			$content = substr(trim(strip_tags($content)), 0, 155);
			$content = preg_replace('#\n#', ' ', $content);
			$content = preg_replace('#\s{2,}#', ' ', $content);
			$content = trim($content);
		} 
	} else {
		$content = $description;	
	}
	$output .= '<meta name="description" content="' . esc_attr($content) . '">' . "\n";

	// keywords
	$keys = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_keywords', true);
	$cats = get_the_category();
	$tags = get_the_tags();
	if (empty($keys)) {
		if (!empty($cats)) foreach($cats as $cat) $keys .= $cat->name . ', ';
		if (!empty($tags)) foreach($tags as $tag) $keys .= $tag->name . ', ';
		$keys .= $default_keywords;
	}
	$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="keywords" content="' . esc_attr($keys) . '">' . "\n";

	// robots
	if (is_category() || is_tag()) {
		$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
		if ($paged > 1) {
			$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";
		} else {
			$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";
		}
	} else if (is_home() || is_singular()) {
		$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";
	} else {
		$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";
	}

	// title
	$title_custom = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_title', true);
	$url = ltrim(esc_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/');
	$name = get_bloginfo('name', 'display');
	$title = trim(wp_title('', false));
	$cat = single_cat_title('', false);
	$tag = single_tag_title('', false);
	$search = get_search_query();

	if (!empty($title_custom)) $title = $title_custom;
	if ($paged >= 2 || $page >= 2) $page_number = ' | ' . sprintf('Page %s', max($paged, $page));
	else $page_number = '';

	if (is_home() || is_front_page()) $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;
	elseif (is_singular())            $seo_title = $title . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_tag())                 $seo_title = 'Tag Archive: ' . $tag . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_category())            $seo_title = 'Category Archive: ' . $cat . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_archive())             $seo_title = 'Archive: ' . $title . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_search())              $seo_title = 'Search: ' . $search . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_404())                 $seo_title = '404 - Not Found: ' . $url . ' | ' . $name;
	else                              $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

	$output .= "\t\t" . '<title>' . esc_attr($seo_title . $page_number) . '</title>' . "\n";

	return $output;
}

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function basic_wp_seo() {

global $page, $paged, $post;

$default_keywords = 'wordpress, plugins, themes, design, dev, development, security, htaccess, apache, php, sql, html, css, jquery, javascript, tutorials'; // customize

$output = '';

// description

$seo_desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_desc', true);

$description = get_bloginfo('description', 'display');

$pagedata = get_post($post->ID);

if (is_singular()) {

if (!empty($seo_desc)) {

$content = $seo_desc;

} else if (!empty($pagedata)) {

$content = apply_filters('the_excerpt_rss', $pagedata->post_content);

$content = substr(trim(strip_tags($content)), 0, 155);

$content = preg_replace('#\n#', ' ', $content);

$content = preg_replace('#\s{2,}#', ' ', $content);

$content = trim($content);

}

} else {

$content = $description;

}

$output .= '<meta name="description" content="' . esc_attr($content) . '">' . "\n";

// keywords

$keys = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_keywords', true);

$cats = get_the_category();

$tags = get_the_tags();

if (empty($keys)) {

if (!empty($cats)) foreach($cats as $cat) $keys .= $cat->name . ', ';

if (!empty($tags)) foreach($tags as $tag) $keys .= $tag->name . ', ';

$keys .= $default_keywords;

}

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="keywords" content="' . esc_attr($keys) . '">' . "\n";

// robots

if (is_category() || is_tag()) {

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

if ($paged > 1) {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";

} else {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";

}

} else if (is_home() || is_singular()) {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";

} else {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";

}

// title

$title_custom = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_title', true);

$url = ltrim(esc_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/');

$name = get_bloginfo('name', 'display');

$title = trim(wp_title('', false));

$cat = single_cat_title('', false);

$tag = single_tag_title('', false);

$search = get_search_query();

if (!empty($title_custom)) $title = $title_custom;

if ($paged >= 2 || $page >= 2) $page_number = ' | ' . sprintf('Page %s', max($paged, $page));

else $page_number = '';

if (is_home() || is_front_page()) $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

elseif (is_singular()) $seo_title = $title . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_tag()) $seo_title = 'Tag Archive: ' . $tag . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_category()) $seo_title = 'Category Archive: ' . $cat . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_archive()) $seo_title = 'Archive: ' . $title . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_search()) $seo_title = 'Search: ' . $search . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_404()) $seo_title = '404 - Not Found: ' . $url . ' | ' . $name;

else $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

$output .= "\t\t" . '<title>' . esc_attr($seo_title . $page_number) . '</title>' . "\n";

return $output;

}

Once done, simply replace the $default_keywords in line 3 with your own keywords and add the following line of code into your theme’s header.php file.

<?php echo basic_wp_seo(); ?>

1	<?php echo basic_wp_seo(); ?>

Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection Part – 5

By The Editorial Team

On October 7, 2015

In Snippets

Creating Custom Post Type FAQ In WordPress

The following snippet will let you create custom post type FAQ.

<?php 
add_action('init', 'custom_faqs');
function custom_faqs() 
{
  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x('faqs', 'post type general name'),
    'singular_name' => _x('faq', 'post type singular name'),
    'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'FAQ'),
    'add_new_item' => __('Add New FAQ'),
    'edit_item' => __('Edit FAQ'),
    'new_item' => __('New FAQ'),
    'view_item' => __('View FAQ'),
    'search_items' => __('Search FAQs'),
    'not_found' =>  __('No FAQs found'),
    'not_found_in_trash' => __('No FAQs found in Trash'), 
    'parent_item_colon' => '',
    'menu_name' => 'FAQ'
 
  );
  $args = array(
    'labels' => $labels,
    'public' => true,
    'publicly_queryable' => true,
    'show_ui' => true, 
    'show_in_menu' => true, 
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => true,
    'capability_type' => 'post',
    'has_archive' => true, 
    'hierarchical' => false,
    'menu_position' => 5,
    'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail','excerpt','custom-fields')
  ); 
  register_post_type('faqs',$args);
}
 
//add filter to ensure the text faq, or faq, is displayed when user updates a faq 
add_filter('post_updated_messages', 'faq_updated_messages');
function faq_updated_messages( $messages ) {
  global $post, $post_ID;
 
  $messages['faqs'] = array(
    0 => '', // Unused. Messages start at index 1.
    1 => sprintf( __('FAQ updated. <a href="%s">View FAQ</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
    2 => __('Custom field updated.'),
    3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
    4 => __('FAQ updated.'),
    /* translators: %s: date and time of the revision */
    5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf( __('FAQ restored to revision from %s'), wp_post_revision_title( (int) $_GET['revision'], false ) ) : false,
    6 => sprintf( __('FAQ published. <a href="%s">View FAQ</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
    7 => __('FAQ saved.'),
    8 => sprintf( __('FAQ submitted. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview FAQ</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
    9 => sprintf( __('FAQ scheduled for: <strong>%1$s</strong>. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview FAQ</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( __('FAQ draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview FAQ</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
  );
 
  return $messages;
}
 
//display contextual help for faqs
add_action( 'contextual_help', 'faq_add_help_text', 10, 3 );
 
function faq_add_help_text($contextual_help, $screen_id, $screen) { 
  //$contextual_help .= var_dump($screen); // use this to help determine $screen->id
  if ('faqs' == $screen->id ) {
    $contextual_help =
      '<p>' . __('Things to remember when adding or editing a FAQ:') . '</p>' .
      '<ul>' .
      '<li>' . __('Specify the correct topic such as Orders. Create a new topic if necessary.') . '</li>' .
      '<li>' . __('Specify a custom excerpt - a short overview of the FAQ') . '</li>' .
      '</ul>' .
      '<p>' . __('Choose related posts using the MicroKids Related Posts Plugin below the FAQ') . '</p>' .
      '<ul>' .
      '<li>' . __('Click the Save button to save an FAQ as a draft') . '</li>' .
      '<li>' . __('Click publish to publish an FAQ. ') . '</li>' .
      '</ul></p>';
  } elseif ( 'edit-faqs' == $screen->id ) {
    $contextual_help = 
      '<p>' . __('This is the list of all current FAQs in published or draft form. Hover over an FAQ and click Edit to edit, or click on the title of the FAQ to edit.') . '</p>' ;
  }
  return $contextual_help;
}
 
function my_rewrite_flush() {
  custom_faqs();
  flush_rewrite_rules();
}
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'my_rewrite_flush');
 
//hook into the init action and call create_FAQ_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_faq_taxonomies', 0 );
 
//create two taxonomies, genres and writers for the post type "FAQ"
function create_faq_taxonomies() 
{
  // Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical (like categories)
  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'topics', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'topic', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Topics' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'All Topics' ),
    'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Topic' ),
    'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Topic:' ),
    'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Topic' ), 
    'update_item' => __( 'Update Topic' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Topic' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'New Topic Name' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Topics' ),
  ); 	
 
  register_taxonomy('topic',array('faqs'), array(
    'hierarchical' => true,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'topic' ),
  ));
 
}
?>

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<?php

add_action('init', 'custom_faqs');

function custom_faqs()

{

$labels = array(

'name' => _x('faqs', 'post type general name'),

'singular_name' => _x('faq', 'post type singular name'),

'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'FAQ'),

'add_new_item' => __('Add New FAQ'),

'edit_item' => __('Edit FAQ'),

'new_item' => __('New FAQ'),

'view_item' => __('View FAQ'),

'search_items' => __('Search FAQs'),

'not_found' => __('No FAQs found'),

'not_found_in_trash' => __('No FAQs found in Trash'),

'parent_item_colon' => '',

'menu_name' => 'FAQ'

);

$args = array(

'labels' => $labels,

'public' => true,

'publicly_queryable' => true,

'show_ui' => true,

'show_in_menu' => true,

'query_var' => true,

'rewrite' => true,

'capability_type' => 'post',

'has_archive' => true,

'hierarchical' => false,

'menu_position' => 5,

'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail','excerpt','custom-fields')

);

register_post_type('faqs',$args);

}

//add filter to ensure the text faq, or faq, is displayed when user updates a faq

add_filter('post_updated_messages', 'faq_updated_messages');

function faq_updated_messages( $messages ) {

global $post, $post_ID;

$messages['faqs'] = array(

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 => sprintf( __('FAQ scheduled for: <strong>%1$s</strong>. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview FAQ</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( __('FAQ draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview FAQ</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),

);

return $messages;

}

//display contextual help for faqs

add_action( 'contextual_help', 'faq_add_help_text', 10, 3 );

function faq_add_help_text($contextual_help, $screen_id, $screen) {

//$contextual_help .= var_dump($screen); // use this to help determine $screen->id

if ('faqs' == $screen->id ) {

$contextual_help =

'<p>' . __('Things to remember when adding or editing a FAQ:') . '</p>' .

'<ul>' .

'<li>' . __('Specify the correct topic such as Orders. Create a new topic if necessary.') . '</li>' .

'<li>' . __('Specify a custom excerpt - a short overview of the FAQ') . '</li>' .

'</ul>' .

'<p>' . __('Choose related posts using the MicroKids Related Posts Plugin below the FAQ') . '</p>' .

'<ul>' .

'<li>' . __('Click the Save button to save an FAQ as a draft') . '</li>' .

'<li>' . __('Click publish to publish an FAQ. ') . '</li>' .

'</ul></p>';

} elseif ( 'edit-faqs' == $screen->id ) {

$contextual_help =

'<p>' . __('This is the list of all current FAQs in published or draft form. Hover over an FAQ and click Edit to edit, or click on the title of the FAQ to edit.') . '</p>' ;

}

return $contextual_help;

}

function my_rewrite_flush() {

custom_faqs();

flush_rewrite_rules();

}

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'my_rewrite_flush');

//hook into the init action and call create_FAQ_taxonomies when it fires

add_action( 'init', 'create_faq_taxonomies', 0 );

//create two taxonomies, genres and writers for the post type "FAQ"

function create_faq_taxonomies()

{

// Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical (like categories)

$labels = array(

'name' => _x( 'topics', 'taxonomy general name' ),

'singular_name' => _x( 'topic', 'taxonomy singular name' ),

'search_items' => __( 'Search Topics' ),

'all_items' => __( 'All Topics' ),

'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Topic' ),

'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Topic:' ),

'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Topic' ),

'update_item' => __( 'Update Topic' ),

'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Topic' ),

'new_item_name' => __( 'New Topic Name' ),

'menu_name' => __( 'Topics' ),

);

register_taxonomy('topic',array('faqs'), array(

'hierarchical' => true,

'labels' => $labels,

'show_ui' => true,

'query_var' => true,

'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'topic' ),

));

}

?>

Snippet Source/Credit: rentageekmom.com

How To Secure Your Uploads Directory In WordPress

Using the following snippet, you will be able to secure uploads directory in WordPress.

<Files ~ ".*..*">
	Order Allow,Deny
	Deny from all
</Files>
<FilesMatch ".(jpg|jpeg|jpe|gif|png|tif|tiff)$">
	Order Deny,Allow
	Allow from all
</FilesMatch>

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Order Allow,Deny

Deny from all

</Files>

Order Deny,Allow

Allow from all

</FilesMatch>

Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

How To Get Email Alerts For 404 Pages In Website

Using the following snippet, you will be able to get email alerts for 404 pages.

<?php // WP 404 ALERTS @ http://wp-mix.com/wordpress-404-email-alerts/
// set status
header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");
header("Status: 404 Not Found");
// site info
$blog  = get_bloginfo('name');
$site  = get_bloginfo('url') . '/';
$email = get_bloginfo('admin_email');
// theme info
if (!empty($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH])) {
	$theme = clean($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH]);
} else {
	$theme_data = wp_get_theme();
	$theme = clean($theme_data->Name);
}
// referrer
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {
	$referer = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
} else {
	$referer = "undefined";
}
// request URI
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"])) {
	$request = clean('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
} else {
	$request = "undefined";
}
// query string
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
	$string = clean($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
} else {
	$string = "undefined";
}
// IP address
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
	$address = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
} else {
	$address = "undefined";
}
// user agent
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
	$agent = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
} else {
	$agent = "undefined";
}
// identity
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT'])) {
	$remote = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT']);
} else {
	$remote = "undefined";
}
// log time
$time = clean(date("F jS Y, h:ia", time()));
// sanitize
function clean($string) {
	$string = rtrim($string); 
	$string = ltrim($string); 
	$string = htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES); 
	$string = str_replace("\n", "<br>", $string);

	if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
		$string = stripslashes($string);
	} 
	return $string;
}
$message = 
	"TIME: "            . $time    . "\n" . 
	"*404: "            . $request . "\n" . 
	"SITE: "            . $site    . "\n" . 
	"THEME: "           . $theme   . "\n" . 
	"REFERRER: "        . $referer . "\n" . 
	"QUERY STRING: "    . $string  . "\n" . 
	"REMOTE ADDRESS: "  . $address . "\n" . 
	"REMOTE IDENTITY: " . $remote  . "\n" . 
	"USER AGENT: "      . $agent   . "\n\n\n";
mail($email, "404 Alert: " . $blog . " [" . $theme . "]", $message, "From: $email"); 
?>

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<?php // WP 404 ALERTS @ http://wp-mix.com/wordpress-404-email-alerts/

// set status

header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");

header("Status: 404 Not Found");

// site info

$blog = get_bloginfo('name');

$site = get_bloginfo('url') . '/';

$email = get_bloginfo('admin_email');

// theme info

if (!empty($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH])) {

$theme = clean($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH]);

} else {

$theme_data = wp_get_theme();

$theme = clean($theme_data->Name);

}

// referrer

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {

$referer = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);

} else {

$referer = "undefined";

}

// request URI

if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"])) {

$request = clean('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);

} else {

$request = "undefined";

}

// query string

if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {

$string = clean($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);

} else {

$string = "undefined";

}

// IP address

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {

$address = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

} else {

$address = "undefined";

}

// user agent

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {

$agent = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

} else {

$agent = "undefined";

}

// identity

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT'])) {

$remote = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT']);

} else {

$remote = "undefined";

}

// log time

$time = clean(date("F jS Y, h:ia", time()));

// sanitize

function clean($string) {

$string = rtrim($string);

$string = ltrim($string);

$string = htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES);

$string = str_replace("\n", "<br>", $string);

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {

$string = stripslashes($string);

}

return $string;

}

$message =

"TIME: " . $time . "\n" .

"*404: " . $request . "\n" .

"SITE: " . $site . "\n" .

"THEME: " . $theme . "\n" .

"REFERRER: " . $referer . "\n" .

"QUERY STRING: " . $string . "\n" .

"REMOTE ADDRESS: " . $address . "\n" .

"REMOTE IDENTITY: " . $remote . "\n" .

"USER AGENT: " . $agent . "\n\n\n";

mail($email, "404 Alert: " . $blog . " [" . $theme . "]", $message, "From: $email");

?>

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Mix

How To Modify Size Of Embedded Videos

Simply paste the following snippet on your functions.php file and you will be able to modify the size of embedded videos as per your requirements.

function mycustom_embed_defaults($embed_size){
    $embed_size['width'] = 586; // Adjust values to your needs
    $embed_size['height'] = 500; 
    return $embed_size; 
} 
add_filter('embed_defaults', 'mycustom_embed_defaults');

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function mycustom_embed_defaults($embed_size){

$embed_size['width'] = 586; // Adjust values to your needs

$embed_size['height'] = 500;

return $embed_size;

}

add_filter('embed_defaults', 'mycustom_embed_defaults');

Snippet Source/Credit: Shailan

How To Test Whether A Plugin Is Active In WordPress

Using the following snippet, you will be able to test whether a plugin is active or not.

<?php
   if (is_plugin_active('plugin-directory/plugin-file.php')) {
      // the plugin is active
   }
?>

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<?php

if (is_plugin_active('plugin-directory/plugin-file.php')) {

// the plugin is active

}

?>

Snippet Credit/Source: CatsWhoCode

How To Change The Post Updated Message Itself In WordPress

The use of the following snippet will let you change the post updated message itself. All you have to do is to simply insert the snippet and you are done.

//add a custom message to the post message function 
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;
}

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//add a custom message to the post message function

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

Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection Part – 4

By The Editorial Team

On September 28, 2015

In Snippets

How To Remove Widgets From WordPress Dashboard

Using the following snippet, you will be able to remove widgets from WordPress dashboard.

//Remove unwanted widgets from Dashboard
function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
	global$wp_meta_boxes; 
	unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
	unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

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//Remove unwanted widgets from Dashboard

function remove_dashboard_widgets() {

global$wp_meta_boxes;

unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);

unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);

}

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Guru

How To Remove WordPress Version

Adding the following snippet in your functions.php file and you will be able to remove WordPress version number.

add_filter('the_generator', 'digwp_complete_version_removal');
function digwp_complete_version_removal() {
	return '';
}

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add_filter('the_generator', 'digwp_complete_version_removal');

function digwp_complete_version_removal() {

return '';

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

How To Log-in A WordPress User Programmatically

Using the following snippet in your theme’s functions.php file, you will be able to log-in a WordPress user programmatically.

function auto_login( $user ) {
    $username = $user;
    if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $user = get_userdatabylogin( $username );
        $user_id = $user->ID;
        wp_set_current_user( $user_id, $user_login );
        wp_set_auth_cookie( $user_id );
        do_action( 'wp_login', $user_login );
    }     
}

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function auto_login( $user ) {

$username = $user;

if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {

$user = get_userdatabylogin( $username );

$user_id = $user->ID;

wp_set_current_user( $user_id, $user_login );

wp_set_auth_cookie( $user_id );

do_action( 'wp_login', $user_login );

}

Once done, now to log-in a user, just simply do the following:

auto_login( 'admin' )

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Snippet Source/Credit: emoticode

How To Make Your WordPress Website SEO Friendly

Adding the following code in your theme’s functions.php file, you will be able to make your website SEO friendly.

function basic_wp_seo() {
	global $page, $paged, $post;
	$default_keywords = 'wordpress, plugins, themes, design, dev, development, security, htaccess, apache, php, sql, html, css, jquery, javascript, tutorials'; // customize
	$output = '';

	// description
	$seo_desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_desc', true);
	$description = get_bloginfo('description', 'display');
	$pagedata = get_post($post->ID);
	if (is_singular()) {
		if (!empty($seo_desc)) {
			$content = $seo_desc;
		} else if (!empty($pagedata)) {
			$content = apply_filters('the_excerpt_rss', $pagedata->post_content);
			$content = substr(trim(strip_tags($content)), 0, 155);
			$content = preg_replace('#\n#', ' ', $content);
			$content = preg_replace('#\s{2,}#', ' ', $content);
			$content = trim($content);
		} 
	} else {
		$content = $description;	
	}
	$output .= '<meta name="description" content="' . esc_attr($content) . '">' . "\n";

	// keywords
	$keys = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_keywords', true);
	$cats = get_the_category();
	$tags = get_the_tags();
	if (empty($keys)) {
		if (!empty($cats)) foreach($cats as $cat) $keys .= $cat->name . ', ';
		if (!empty($tags)) foreach($tags as $tag) $keys .= $tag->name . ', ';
		$keys .= $default_keywords;
	}
	$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="keywords" content="' . esc_attr($keys) . '">' . "\n";

	// robots
	if (is_category() || is_tag()) {
		$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
		if ($paged > 1) {
			$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";
		} else {
			$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";
		}
	} else if (is_home() || is_singular()) {
		$output .=  "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";
	} else {
		$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";
	}

	// title
	$title_custom = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_title', true);
	$url = ltrim(esc_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/');
	$name = get_bloginfo('name', 'display');
	$title = trim(wp_title('', false));
	$cat = single_cat_title('', false);
	$tag = single_tag_title('', false);
	$search = get_search_query();

	if (!empty($title_custom)) $title = $title_custom;
	if ($paged >= 2 || $page >= 2) $page_number = ' | ' . sprintf('Page %s', max($paged, $page));
	else $page_number = '';

	if (is_home() || is_front_page()) $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;
	elseif (is_singular())            $seo_title = $title . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_tag())                 $seo_title = 'Tag Archive: ' . $tag . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_category())            $seo_title = 'Category Archive: ' . $cat . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_archive())             $seo_title = 'Archive: ' . $title . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_search())              $seo_title = 'Search: ' . $search . ' | ' . $name;
	elseif (is_404())                 $seo_title = '404 - Not Found: ' . $url . ' | ' . $name;
	else                              $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

	$output .= "\t\t" . '<title>' . esc_attr($seo_title . $page_number) . '</title>' . "\n";

	return $output;
}

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function basic_wp_seo() {

global $page, $paged, $post;

$default_keywords = 'wordpress, plugins, themes, design, dev, development, security, htaccess, apache, php, sql, html, css, jquery, javascript, tutorials'; // customize

$output = '';

// description

$seo_desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_desc', true);

$description = get_bloginfo('description', 'display');

$pagedata = get_post($post->ID);

if (is_singular()) {

if (!empty($seo_desc)) {

$content = $seo_desc;

} else if (!empty($pagedata)) {

$content = apply_filters('the_excerpt_rss', $pagedata->post_content);

$content = substr(trim(strip_tags($content)), 0, 155);

$content = preg_replace('#\n#', ' ', $content);

$content = preg_replace('#\s{2,}#', ' ', $content);

$content = trim($content);

}

} else {

$content = $description;

}

$output .= '<meta name="description" content="' . esc_attr($content) . '">' . "\n";

// keywords

$keys = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_keywords', true);

$cats = get_the_category();

$tags = get_the_tags();

if (empty($keys)) {

if (!empty($cats)) foreach($cats as $cat) $keys .= $cat->name . ', ';

if (!empty($tags)) foreach($tags as $tag) $keys .= $tag->name . ', ';

$keys .= $default_keywords;

}

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="keywords" content="' . esc_attr($keys) . '">' . "\n";

// robots

if (is_category() || is_tag()) {

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

if ($paged > 1) {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";

} else {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";

}

} else if (is_home() || is_singular()) {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">' . "\n";

} else {

$output .= "\t\t" . '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">' . "\n";

}

// title

$title_custom = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mm_seo_title', true);

$url = ltrim(esc_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/');

$name = get_bloginfo('name', 'display');

$title = trim(wp_title('', false));

$cat = single_cat_title('', false);

$tag = single_tag_title('', false);

$search = get_search_query();

if (!empty($title_custom)) $title = $title_custom;

if ($paged >= 2 || $page >= 2) $page_number = ' | ' . sprintf('Page %s', max($paged, $page));

else $page_number = '';

if (is_home() || is_front_page()) $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

elseif (is_singular()) $seo_title = $title . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_tag()) $seo_title = 'Tag Archive: ' . $tag . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_category()) $seo_title = 'Category Archive: ' . $cat . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_archive()) $seo_title = 'Archive: ' . $title . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_search()) $seo_title = 'Search: ' . $search . ' | ' . $name;

elseif (is_404()) $seo_title = '404 - Not Found: ' . $url . ' | ' . $name;

else $seo_title = $name . ' | ' . $description;

$output .= "\t\t" . '<title>' . esc_attr($seo_title . $page_number) . '</title>' . "\n";

return $output;

}

Once done, simply replace the $default_keywords in line 3 with your own keywords and add the following line of code into your theme’s header.php file.

<?php echo basic_wp_seo(); ?>

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Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

How To Add Theme Style To TinyMCE In WordPress

Using the snippet below you will be able to add theme style to style.css of the theme.

/* USE CUSTOM STYLE.CSS IN POST EDITOR */
 add_action('init', 'add_style');
function add_style() {
	add_editor_style('style.css');
}
/* END USE CUSTOM STYLE.CSS IN POST EDITOR */

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/* USE CUSTOM STYLE.CSS IN POST EDITOR */

add_action('init', 'add_style');

function add_style() {

add_editor_style('style.css');

}

/* END USE CUSTOM STYLE.CSS IN POST EDITOR */

Snippet Source/Credit: eckstein.id.au

Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection Part – 3

By The Editorial Team

On September 18, 2015

In Snippets

How To Disable Post Revision In WordPress

Simply add the following snippet to your theme’s wp-config.php file and you will be able to disable WordPress post revision.

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

1	define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

Snippet source/Credit: lesterchan.net

How To Have WordPress Domain Check

Using the following snippet will let you have your WordPress domain check.

<?php
$loc = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$locDomain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$posDomain = strpos($locDomain, 'travismathew.ca');
?> 
<?php if ($posDomain !== false) { ?> 
<!-- CANADIAN --> 
<?php } else { ?> 
<!-- UNITED STATES --> 
<?php } ?>

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<?php

$loc = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

$locDomain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];

$posDomain = strpos($locDomain, 'travismathew.ca');

?>

<?php if ($posDomain !== false) { ?>

<?php } else { ?>

<?php } ?>

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Speed Up Your Blog By Adding Caching Custom Queries

Using the following snippet, you will be able to speed up your blog by adding caching custom queries.

<?php
// Get any existing copy of our transient data
if ( false === ( $special_query_results = get_transient( 'special_query_results' ) ) ) {
    // It wasn't there, so regenerate the data and save the transient
     $special_query_results = new WP_Query( 'cat=5&order=random&tag=tech&post_meta_key=thumbnail' );
     set_transient( 'special_query_results', $special_query_results );
}
// Use the data like you would have normally...
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<?php

// Get any existing copy of our transient data

if ( false === ( $special_query_results = get_transient( 'special_query_results' ) ) ) {

// It wasn't there, so regenerate the data and save the transient

$special_query_results = new WP_Query( 'cat=5&order=random&tag=tech&post_meta_key=thumbnail' );

set_transient( 'special_query_results', $special_query_results );

}

// Use the data like you would have normally...

?>

Snippet Source/Credit: WordPress Codex

How To Remove News Feed In WordPress Dashboard

The following snippet will let you remove news feed from your WordPress dashboard.

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'my_dashboard_widgets');
function my_dashboard_widgets() {
     global $wp_meta_boxes;
     // remove unnecessary widgets
     // var_dump( $wp_meta_boxes['dashboard'] ); // use to get all the widget IDs
     unset(
          $wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins'],
          $wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary'],
          $wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']
     );
     // add a custom dashboard widget
     wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_custom_feed', 'News from 10up', 'dashboard_custom_feed_output' ); //add new RSS feed output
}
function dashboard_custom_feed_output() {
     echo '<div class="rss-widget">';
     wp_widget_rss_output(array(
          'url' => 'http://www.get10up.com/feed',
          'title' => 'What\'s up at 10up',
          'items' => 2,
          'show_summary' => 1,
          'show_author' => 0,
          'show_date' => 1,
     ));
     echo "</div>";
}

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add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'my_dashboard_widgets');

function my_dashboard_widgets() {

global $wp_meta_boxes;

// remove unnecessary widgets

// var_dump( $wp_meta_boxes['dashboard'] ); // use to get all the widget IDs

unset(

$wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins'],

$wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary'],

$wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']

);

// add a custom dashboard widget

wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_custom_feed', 'News from 10up', 'dashboard_custom_feed_output' ); //add new RSS feed output

}

function dashboard_custom_feed_output() {

echo '<div class="rss-widget">';

wp_widget_rss_output(array(

'url' => 'http://www.get10up.com/feed',

'title' => 'What\'s up at 10up',

'items' => 2,

'show_summary' => 1,

'show_author' => 0,

'show_date' => 1,

));

echo "</div>";

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Smashing Magazine

How To Show Content For Logged In Users

Adding this snippet to your theme’s functions.php file will let you show content only for logged in users.

<?php 
add_shortcode("hide","hide_shortcode");  
function hide_shortcode($x,$text=null){
    if(!is_user_logged_in()){ 
        return "You have to been registered and logged in to see this content"; 
    }else{ 
        return do_shortcode($text); 
    } 
} 
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<?php

add_shortcode("hide","hide_shortcode");

function hide_shortcode($x,$text=null){

if(!is_user_logged_in()){

return "You have to been registered and logged in to see this content";

}else{

return do_shortcode($text);

}

?>

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection Part – 2

By The Editorial Team

On September 9, 2015

In Snippets

How To Remove Widgets From WordPress Dashboard

Adding the following snippet in your theme’s functions.php file and you will be able to accomplish the task.

//Remove unwanted widgets from Dashboard
function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
	global$wp_meta_boxes; 
	unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
	unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

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function remove_dashboard_widgets() {

global$wp_meta_boxes;

unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);

unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);

}

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Guru

How To Disable WordPress Post Revision

Simply add the following snippet to your theme’s wp-config.php file and you will be able to disable WordPress post revision.

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

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Snippet source/Credit: lesterchan.net

How To Remove Default Author Profile Fields

With the help of following snippet, you will be able to remove default author profile fields in WordPress.

add_filter('user_contactmethods','hide_profile_fields',10,1); 
function hide_profile_fields( $contactmethods ) {
unset($contactmethods['aim']);
unset($contactmethods['jabber']);
unset($contactmethods['yim']);
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add_filter('user_contactmethods','hide_profile_fields',10,1);

function hide_profile_fields( $contactmethods ) {

unset($contactmethods['aim']);

unset($contactmethods['jabber']);

unset($contactmethods['yim']);

return $contactmethods;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Execute Shortcode From Custom Field

The snippet will let you add shortcode to a WordPress custom field while by default; the option is not available by WordPress.

<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', get_post_meta($post->ID, 'your_custom_field_here', true)); ?>

1	<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', get_post_meta($post->ID, 'your_custom_field_here', true)); ?>

Snippet Source/Credit: Leeboyce.co.uk

How To Have Login Form For Your Themes

The following snippet will let you have login form for your themes in WordPress.

/**
* Usage: add user_login_form(); to your theme somewhere. 
*
*
*/ 
function user_login_form(){ ?>
<form id="loginform" action="<? echo site_url('wp-login.php', 'login_post') ?>" method="post">
    <ul id="login_list">
        <li>
        	<label for="user_login">Username / Email Address
        		<input type="text" name="log" id="user_login" class="input round" value="<?php echo esc_attr($user_login); ?>" />
            </label>
        </li>
        <li>
        	<label for="user_pass">Password
        		<input type="password" name="pwd" id="user_pass" class="input round" value=""  />
            </label>
        </li>
        <? do_action('login_form'); ?>
        <li class="rememberme-check-box">
            <input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="rememberme" value="forever" />&nbsp;Remember you?
            <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_option('home')); ?>/?action=user" />
        </li> 
        <li class="submit">
            <a href="<? echo get_option('home'); ?>/?action=user" title="Lost your password? Reset it here..." class="button" id="password-reset">
                Forgot Your Password?
            </a>
            <input class="button" type="submit" id="signin" value="Sign In" />
        </li>
    </ul>
</form> 	 
<? }

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/**

* Usage: add user_login_form(); to your theme somewhere.

*

*/

function user_login_form(){ ?>

<form id="loginform" action="<? echo site_url('wp-login.php', 'login_post') ?>" method="post">

<li>

<label for="user_login">Username / Email Address

</label>

</li>

<li>

<label for="user_pass">Password

</label>

</li>

<? do_action('login_form'); ?>

<input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="rememberme" value="forever" /> Remember you?

<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_option('home')); ?>/?action=user" />

</li>

<a href="<? echo get_option('home'); ?>/?action=user" title="Lost your password? Reset it here..." class="button" id="password-reset">

Forgot Your Password?

</a>

</li>

</ul>

</form>

<? }

How To Create Database For WordPress

Using the following snippet, you will be able to create database for WordPress.

CREATE SCHEMA `your_db_name` ;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON your_db_name.* TO 'your_user_name'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';

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Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

Best Of WordPress Snippets Collection Part – 1

By The Editorial Team

On September 7, 2015

In Snippets

How To Remove Default Author Profile Fields In WordPress

With the help of following snippet, you will be able to remove default author profile fields in WordPress.

add_filter('user_contactmethods','hide_profile_fields',10,1); 
function hide_profile_fields( $contactmethods ) {
unset($contactmethods['aim']);
unset($contactmethods['jabber']);
unset($contactmethods['yim']);
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add_filter('user_contactmethods','hide_profile_fields',10,1);

function hide_profile_fields( $contactmethods ) {

unset($contactmethods['aim']);

unset($contactmethods['jabber']);

unset($contactmethods['yim']);

return $contactmethods;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Remove Standard Gallery Style

Adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file, you will be able to remove WordPress standard gallery style.

add_filter( 'use_default_gallery_style', '__return_false' );

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How To Add Custom Pinterest Button

Using the following snippet will let you add custom pinterest button in your WordPress website.

Add to your header above the body tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script>

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Edit and add to your page where you want your button to appear.

<div class="socialIcon-box"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyourdomain.com&media=<?php bloginfo(template_directory); ?>/images/youricon.png&description=Site%20Name%20and%20Description" class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal"><img src="<?php bloginfo(template_directory); ?>/images/youricon.png" /></a></div>

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Snippet Source/Credit: flashalexander.com

How To Add Facebook Comments In Your Website

Using the following line of codes below, you will be able to add Facebook comments in your website.

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=Your App ID Here";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="Your App ID Here"/> 
<div class="fb-comments" data-href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" data-num-posts="2" data-width="470" data-colorscheme="light" data-mobile="false"></div>
// Get combined FB and WordPress comment count
function get_full_comment_count() {
	global $post;
	$url = get_permalink($post->ID);
	$filecontent = file_get_contents('https://graph.facebook.com/?ids=' . $url);
	$json = json_decode($filecontent);
	$count = $json->$url->comments;
	$wpCount = get_comments_number();
	$realCount = $count + $wpCount;
	if ($realCount == 0 || !isset($realCount)) {
		$realCount = 0;
	}
	return $realCount;
}
function the_full_comment_count() {
	$realCount = get_full_comment_count();
	echo $realCount;
}
Snippet Source/Credit: TutsPlus
How To Clean Dashboard Meta Boxes
The following snippet will let you clean dashboard meta boxes in WordPress.
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_plugins', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_primary', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_secondary', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_right_now', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
        remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_activity', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_dashboard_meta' );

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fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);

}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>

<div class="fb-comments" data-href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" data-num-posts="2" data-width="470" data-colorscheme="light" data-mobile="false"></div>

// Get combined FB and WordPress comment count

function get_full_comment_count() {

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$url = get_permalink($post->ID);

$filecontent = file_get_contents('https://graph.facebook.com/?ids=' . $url);

$json = json_decode($filecontent);

$count = $json->$url->comments;

$wpCount = get_comments_number();

$realCount = $count + $wpCount;

if ($realCount == 0 || !isset($realCount)) {

$realCount = 0;

}

return $realCount;

}

function the_full_comment_count() {

$realCount = get_full_comment_count();

echo $realCount;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: TutsPlus

How To Clean Dashboard Meta Boxes

The following snippet will let you clean dashboard meta boxes in WordPress.

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_plugins', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_primary', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_secondary', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_right_now', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_activity', 'dashboard', 'normal' );

}

add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_dashboard_meta' );

Snippet Source/Credit: WordPress Codex

Best Of Snippets Collection – 5

By The Editorial Team

On August 31, 2015

In Snippets

How To Redirect Users To A Random Post

Using the following snippet, you will be able to redirect users to a random post.

// set arguments for get_posts()
$args = array(
    'numberposts' => 1,
    'orderby' => 'rand'
);
// get a random post from the database
$my_random_post = get_posts ( $args );
// process the database request through a foreach loop
foreach ( $my_random_post as $post ) {
  // redirect the user to the random post
  wp_redirect ( get_permalink ( $post->ID ) );
  exit;
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// set arguments for get_posts()

$args = array(

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// get a random post from the database

$my_random_post = get_posts ( $args );

// process the database request through a foreach loop

foreach ( $my_random_post as $post ) {

// redirect the user to the random post

wp_redirect ( get_permalink ( $post->ID ) );

exit;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Smashing Magazine

How To Add A Logo To A Template

Using the following snippet, you will be able to add a logo to a template.

<img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri()?>/images/logo.png" alt="My Logo">

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Snippet Source/Credit: WPSnipp

How To Set A Maximum Word Count On Post Titles

Adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file, you will be able to set a maximum word count on post titles.

function maxWord($title){
    global $post;
    $title = $post->post_title;
    if (str_word_count($title) >= 10 ) //set this to the maximum number of words
        wp_die( __('Error: your post title is over the maximum word count.') );
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$title = $post->post_title;

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wp_die( __('Error: your post title is over the maximum word count.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

Snippet Source/Credit: Pippin

How To Delete Links In Comments In WordPress

Using the following snippet, you will be able to delete links in comments in WordPress.

function delete_comment_link($id) {
    if (current_user_can('edit_post')) {
        echo '| <a href="'.get_bloginfo('wpurl').'/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c='.$id.'">borrar</a> ';
        echo '| <a href="'.get_bloginfo('wpurl').'/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c='.$id.'">spam</a>';
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function delete_comment_link($id) {

if (current_user_can('edit_post')) {

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echo '| <a href="'.get_bloginfo('wpurl').'/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c='.$id.'">spam</a>';

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

Best Of Snippets Collection – 4

By The Editorial Team

On August 24, 2015

In Snippets

How To Get Email Alerts For 404 Pages In Website

Using the following snippet, you will be able to get email alerts for 404 pages in website.

<?php // WP 404 ALERTS @ http://wp-mix.com/wordpress-404-email-alerts/
// set status
header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");
header("Status: 404 Not Found");
// site info
$blog  = get_bloginfo('name');
$site  = get_bloginfo('url') . '/';
$email = get_bloginfo('admin_email');
// theme info
if (!empty($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH])) {
	$theme = clean($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH]);
} else {
	$theme_data = wp_get_theme();
	$theme = clean($theme_data->Name);
}
// referrer
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {
	$referer = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
} else {
	$referer = "undefined";
}
// request URI
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"])) {
	$request = clean('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
} else {
	$request = "undefined";
}
// query string
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
	$string = clean($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
} else {
	$string = "undefined";
}
// IP address
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
	$address = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
} else {
	$address = "undefined";
}
// user agent
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
	$agent = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
} else {
	$agent = "undefined";
}
// identity
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT'])) {
	$remote = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT']);
} else {
	$remote = "undefined";
}
// log time
$time = clean(date("F jS Y, h:ia", time()));
// sanitize
function clean($string) {
	$string = rtrim($string); 
	$string = ltrim($string); 
	$string = htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES); 
	$string = str_replace("\n", "<br>", $string);

	if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
		$string = stripslashes($string);
	} 
	return $string;
}
$message = 
	"TIME: "            . $time    . "\n" . 
	"*404: "            . $request . "\n" . 
	"SITE: "            . $site    . "\n" . 
	"THEME: "           . $theme   . "\n" . 
	"REFERRER: "        . $referer . "\n" . 
	"QUERY STRING: "    . $string  . "\n" . 
	"REMOTE ADDRESS: "  . $address . "\n" . 
	"REMOTE IDENTITY: " . $remote  . "\n" . 
	"USER AGENT: "      . $agent   . "\n\n\n";
mail($email, "404 Alert: " . $blog . " [" . $theme . "]", $message, "From: $email"); 
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<?php // WP 404 ALERTS @ http://wp-mix.com/wordpress-404-email-alerts/

// set status

header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");

header("Status: 404 Not Found");

// site info

$blog = get_bloginfo('name');

$site = get_bloginfo('url') . '/';

$email = get_bloginfo('admin_email');

// theme info

if (!empty($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH])) {

$theme = clean($_COOKIE["nkthemeswitch" . COOKIEHASH]);

} else {

$theme_data = wp_get_theme();

$theme = clean($theme_data->Name);

}

// referrer

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {

$referer = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);

} else {

$referer = "undefined";

}

// request URI

if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"])) {

$request = clean('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);

} else {

$request = "undefined";

}

// query string

if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {

$string = clean($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);

} else {

$string = "undefined";

}

// IP address

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {

$address = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

} else {

$address = "undefined";

}

// user agent

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {

$agent = clean($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

} else {

$agent = "undefined";

}

// identity

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT'])) {

$remote = clean($_SERVER['REMOTE_IDENT']);

} else {

$remote = "undefined";

}

// log time

$time = clean(date("F jS Y, h:ia", time()));

// sanitize

function clean($string) {

$string = rtrim($string);

$string = ltrim($string);

$string = htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES);

$string = str_replace("\n", "<br>", $string);

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {

$string = stripslashes($string);

}

return $string;

}

$message =

"TIME: " . $time . "\n" .

"*404: " . $request . "\n" .

"SITE: " . $site . "\n" .

"THEME: " . $theme . "\n" .

"REFERRER: " . $referer . "\n" .

"QUERY STRING: " . $string . "\n" .

"REMOTE ADDRESS: " . $address . "\n" .

"REMOTE IDENTITY: " . $remote . "\n" .

"USER AGENT: " . $agent . "\n\n\n";

mail($email, "404 Alert: " . $blog . " [" . $theme . "]", $message, "From: $email");

?>

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Mix

How To Have Custom Favicon For Your WP-Admin

Using the following snippet, you will be able to have custom favicon for your WP-admin.

function admin_favicon() {
 echo '<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="' . get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/favicon.ico" />';
}
add_action( 'admin_head', 'admin_favicon' );

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function admin_favicon() {

echo '<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="' . get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/favicon.ico" />';

}

add_action( 'admin_head', 'admin_favicon' );

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To show All Active Plugins In Your WordPress Website

Using the following snippet, you will be able to know about all the active plugins in your WordPress website.

function wpse_54742_active_site_plugins() {
    $the_plugs = get_option('active_plugins'); 
    foreach($the_plugs as $key => $value) {
        $string = explode('/',$value); // Folder name will be displayed
        echo $string[0] ."\n";
    }
}
 wpse_54742_active_site_plugins();

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function wpse_54742_active_site_plugins() {

$the_plugs = get_option('active_plugins');

foreach($the_plugs as $key => $value) {

$string = explode('/',$value); // Folder name will be displayed

echo $string[0] ."\n";

}

wpse_54742_active_site_plugins();

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Rename WordPress Folder

Using the following snippet you will be able to rename WordPress folder.

define ( 'WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME', 'public' );
define ( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', ABSPATH . WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME );
define ( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/' );
define ( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', WP_SITEURL . WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME );

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define ( 'WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME', 'public' );

define ( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', ABSPATH . WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME );

define ( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/' );

define ( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', WP_SITEURL . WP_CONTENT_FOLDERNAME );

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Disable Plugins Update In Your WordPress Blog

Using the following snippet, you will be able to disable plugins update in your WordPress blog.

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

1 2	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

Best Of WordPress Snippets Part – 5

By The Editorial Team

On August 14, 2015

In Snippets

How To Integrate The WordPress Media Uploader Into Your Plugin

The following snippet will let you integrate the WordPress media uploader into your plugin.

// PHP, adds the appropriate scripts and styles in admin
add_action('admin_print_scripts',array(&$this,'uploader_scripts'));
add_action('admin_print_styles',array(&$this,'uploader_styles'));
public function uploader_scripts(){
    wp_enqueue_script('media-upload');
    wp_enqueue_script('thinkbox');
}
public function uploader_styles(){
    wp_enqueue_style('thickbox');
} 
// The html for the button and hidden input for result (super simple)
<input id="backdrop_upload_button" value="Upload/Select Image" type="button" class="button" />
<input type="hidden" name="the_image" id="the_image" value="<?= $settings['the_image'] ?>" /> 
// The jQuery to open the media uploader and get the response
var $ = jQuery;
// Handels image uploading
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("input#upload_button").click(function(){
        tb_show('','media-upload.php?type=image&post_id=1&TB_iframe=true&flash=0&backdrop=true');
        return false;
    })
    window.send_to_editor=function(html){
        var img = $('<div>'+html+'</div>').find('img').attr('src');
        $('#the_image').val(img);
        tb_remove();
    };
});

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// PHP, adds the appropriate scripts and styles in admin

add_action('admin_print_scripts',array(&$this,'uploader_scripts'));

add_action('admin_print_styles',array(&$this,'uploader_styles'));

public function uploader_scripts(){

wp_enqueue_script('media-upload');

wp_enqueue_script('thinkbox');

}

public function uploader_styles(){

wp_enqueue_style('thickbox');

}

// The html for the button and hidden input for result (super simple)

// The jQuery to open the media uploader and get the response

var $ = jQuery;

// Handels image uploading

$(document).ready(function(){

$("input#upload_button").click(function(){

tb_show('','media-upload.php?type=image&post_id=1&TB_iframe=true&flash=0&backdrop=true');

return false;

})

window.send_to_editor=function(html){

var img = $('<div>'+html+'</div>').find('img').attr('src');

$('#the_image').val(img);

tb_remove();

};

});

Snippet Source/Credit: FatFolderDesign

How To No-Follow WordPress Tag Cloud

The following snippet will let you have the no-follow WordPress tag cloud.

function add_nofollow_tag($sLink) {
return str_replace('<a href=', '<a rel="nofollow" href=', $sLink);
}
add_filter('wp_tag_cloud', 'add_nofollow_tag');

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function add_nofollow_tag($sLink) {

return str_replace('<a href=', '<a rel="nofollow" href=', $sLink);

}

add_filter('wp_tag_cloud', 'add_nofollow_tag');

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

How To Limit WordPress the_content By Words

With the help of snippet below, you will be able to limit WordPress the_content by words.

//Add this function to your functions.php file
function get_news($cat_slug, $limit){ 
 $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name='.$cat_slug.'&posts_per_page='.$limit); 
	$result = "<ul class='news-feed'>"; 
  	while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); 
		$result .= '<li class="news-item"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" target="_blank">' . get_the_title() . '</a><p>';
		$result .= apply_filters( 'the_content', wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 15, '&hellip;' ) ) . ' <a href="' . get_permalink() . '" target="_blank" class="read_more"><strong>read more</strong> &raquo;</a>';
		$result .= '</li>';
	endwhile; 
  		$result .= '</ul>';
  	return $result;
} 
//Usage:
// get company news from the 'news' category with limit of 2 posts
print get_news('news', 2);

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//Add this function to your functions.php file

function get_news($cat_slug, $limit){

$my_query = new WP_Query('category_name='.$cat_slug.'&posts_per_page='.$limit);

$result = "<ul class='news-feed'>";

while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();

$result .= '<li class="news-item"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" target="_blank">' . get_the_title() . '</a><p>';

$result .= apply_filters( 'the_content', wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 15, '…' ) ) . ' <a href="' . get_permalink() . '" target="_blank" class="read_more"><strong>read more</strong> »</a>';

$result .= '</li>';

endwhile;

$result .= '</ul>';

return $result;

}

//Usage:

// get company news from the 'news' category with limit of 2 posts

print get_news('news', 2);

Snippet Source/Credit: StackExchange

How To List Author Comments On Author Page

Using the following snippet, you will be able to list all the author comments on authors page.

function wpse19316_author_comments( $length )
{
    $final_length = (int) $length;
    $author_comments = get_comments( array( 'ID' => $GLOBALS['authordata']->ID ) );
    foreach ( $author_comments as $comment )
    {
        $comment_length = sublen( $comment->comment_content );
        $comment_excerpt = $comment->comment_content;
        if ( $comment_length > $final_length )
            $comment_excerpt = substr( $comment->comment_content, $final_length );
        echo $comment_excerpt.'<br />';
    }
}

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function wpse19316_author_comments( $length )

{

$final_length = (int) $length;

$author_comments = get_comments( array( 'ID' => $GLOBALS['authordata']->ID ) );

foreach ( $author_comments as $comment )

{

$comment_length = sublen( $comment->comment_content );

$comment_excerpt = $comment->comment_content;

if ( $comment_length > $final_length )

$comment_excerpt = substr( $comment->comment_content, $final_length );

echo $comment_excerpt.'<br />';

}

Snippet Source/Credit: StachExchange

First And Last Result Of WP_Query In WordPress

With the help of snippet below, one can get to know that when was the first and last time, user called the query.

$firstQuizSql = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT id, datetaken, person FROM aw_wpsqt_all_results WHERE person_name='$user_info->user_login' ORDER BY id");
	$i = 1;
	foreach ($firstQuizSql as $firstQuizResult) {
		//first quiz result
		if ($i == 1) {
			echo $firstQuizResult->id . " ";
		} 
		//last quiz result
		if ($i == count($firstQuizSql)) {
			echo $firstQuizResult->id . " ";
		}
 
		$i++;
	}

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$firstQuizSql = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT id, datetaken, person FROM aw_wpsqt_all_results WHERE person_name='$user_info->user_login' ORDER BY id");

$i = 1;

foreach ($firstQuizSql as $firstQuizResult) {

//first quiz result

if ($i == 1) {

echo $firstQuizResult->id . " ";

}

//last quiz result

if ($i == count($firstQuizSql)) {

echo $firstQuizResult->id . " ";

}

$i++;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

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