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Ten ‘Must’ WordPress Snippets

On April 29, 2019

Remove or Hide Admin Menu Links for Certain or Specific Users or Roles

The following snippet will let you remove as well as hide admin menu links for certain users or role.

if (current_user_can('hide_jobs')) {

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_remove_menu_jobs' );

function my_remove_menu_jobs() {

remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=job');

remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=solution');

remove_meta_box('dashboard_right_now', 'dashboard', 'normal'); // right now

}

}

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if (current_user_can('hide_jobs')) {

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_remove_menu_jobs' );

function my_remove_menu_jobs() {

remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=job');

remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=solution');

remove_meta_box('dashboard_right_now', 'dashboard', 'normal'); // right now

}

Source: Snipplr

Get all media attached to a post

The following snippet will allow you to get all Read More

15 Most Useful And Required WordPress Snippets

By The Editorial Team

On December 5, 2018

In Snippets, Tutorials

Computer Program

Change footer-text in WP Admin

Using the code will change the text in the bottom of the WP admin pages.

<?php

function remove_footer_admin () {

  echo 'My footer text. Thank you &lt;a href="http://wordpress.org">Wordpress&lt;/a> for giving me this filter.';

}

add_filter('admin_footer_text', 'remove_footer_admin');

?>

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<?php

function remove_footer_admin () {

echo 'My footer text. Thank you <a href="http://wordpress.org">Wordpress</a> for giving me this filter.';

}

add_filter('admin_footer_text', 'remove_footer_admin');

?>

Include Future Posts in RSS Feed

Adding the snippet to your theme’s functions.php file will let you appear your future Read More

10 WordPress Snippets That You Don’t Want To Miss

By The Editorial Team

On October 31, 2018

In Snippets

Update WordPress URL

Adding the following snippet to function.php file will let you update WordPress URL

<?php

update_option('siteurl','http://EURE-SITE.de/');

update_option('home','http://EURE-SITE.de/');

?>

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<?php

update_option('siteurl','http://EURE-SITE.de/');

update_option('home','http://EURE-SITE.de/');

?>

Source: Snipplr

WordPress WP_ Settings

The snippet let you set some WordPress directories / paths directly Read More

WordPress Snippets – The ‘One’ You Don’t Want To Miss

By The Editorial Team

On April 5, 2017

In Snippets

Loading All Posts From The Current Week

The following snippet will allow you to load all the posts from the current week.

$query_args = array(

'w' => date( 'W' ),

'year' => date( 'Y' ),

);

$posts = get_posts( $query_args );

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$query_args = array(

'w' => date( 'W' ),

'year' => date( 'Y' ),

);

$posts = get_posts( $query_args );

Source: MarketPress – Christian Brückner

Breadcrumb Without Plugin

While there are numbers of plugins available Read More

Snippets Collection 5

By The Editorial Team

On September 7, 2016

In Snippets

WordPress

Author Bio Excerpt

The snippet below will let you have the author bio excerpt.

<?php
// Paste the code below to the functions.php file inside the theme directory you're using.
function author_excerpt (){
$word_limit = 20; // Limit the number of words
$more_txt = 'read more about:'; // The read more text
$txt_end = '...'; // Display text end
$authorName = get_the_author();
$authorUrl = get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID'));
$authorDescription = explode(" ", get_the_author_meta('description'));
$displayAuthorPageLink = count($authorDescription) > $word_limit ? $txt_end.' '.$more_txt.' <a href="'.$authorUrl.'">'.$authorName.'</a>' : '' ;
$authorDescriptionShort = array_slice($authorDescription, 0, ($word_limit));
return (implode($authorDescriptionShort, ' ')).$displayAuthorPageLink;
}
?>
<?php
// Add this code snippet to the single.php file where you like to display the author bio excerpt.
if (function_exists('author_excerpt')){echo author_excerpt();}
?>

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<?php

// Paste the code below to the functions.php file inside the theme directory you're using.

function author_excerpt (){

$word_limit = 20; // Limit the number of words

$more_txt = 'read more about:'; // The read more text

$txt_end = '...'; // Display text end

$authorName = get_the_author();

$authorUrl = get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID'));

$authorDescription = explode(" ", get_the_author_meta('description'));

$displayAuthorPageLink = count($authorDescription) > $word_limit ? $txt_end.' '.$more_txt.' <a href="'.$authorUrl.'">'.$authorName.'</a>' : '' ;

$authorDescriptionShort = array_slice($authorDescription, 0, ($word_limit));

return (implode($authorDescriptionShort, ' ')).$displayAuthorPageLink;

}

?>

<?php

// Add this code snippet to the single.php file where you like to display the author bio excerpt.

if (function_exists('author_excerpt')){echo author_excerpt();}

?>

Disable Self Trackbacks

The following snippet will let you disable self trackbacks.

<?php
function disable_self_ping( &$links ) {
foreach ( $links as $l => $link )
if ( 0 === strpos( $link, get_option( 'home' ) ) )
unset($links[$l]);
}
add_action( 'pre_ping', 'disable_self_ping' );
?>

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<?php

function disable_self_ping( &$links ) {

foreach ( $links as $l => $link )

if ( 0 === strpos( $link, get_option( 'home' ) ) )

unset($links[$l]);

}

add_action( 'pre_ping', 'disable_self_ping' );

?>

Remove Login Shake

The following Read More

Snippets Collection 4

By The Editorial Team

On August 29, 2016

In Snippets

WordPress

Disable Plugin Updates

The snippet below will allow you to disable plugin updates.

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

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<?php

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

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

?>

List all categories with posts

The snippet below will let you list all categories with posts.

<?php
//for each category, show all posts
$cat_args=array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC'
);
$categories=get_categories($cat_args);
foreach($categories as $category) {
$args=array(
'showposts' => -1,
'category__in' => array($category->term_id),
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);
$posts=get_posts($args);
if ($posts) {
echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
foreach($posts as $post) {
setup_postdata($post); ?>
<p><a href="
<?php the_permalink() ?>
" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to
<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>
">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></p>
<?php
} // foreach($posts
} // if ($posts
} // foreach($categories
?>

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<?php

//for each category, show all posts

$cat_args=array(

'orderby' => 'name',

'order' => 'ASC'

);

$categories=get_categories($cat_args);

foreach($categories as $category) {

$args=array(

'showposts' => -1,

'category__in' => array($category->term_id),

'caller_get_posts'=>1

);

$posts=get_posts($args);

if ($posts) {

echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';

foreach($posts as $post) {

setup_postdata($post); ?>

<p><a href="

<?php the_permalink() ?>

" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to

<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>

">

<?php the_title(); ?>

</a></p>

<?php

} // foreach($posts

} // if ($posts

} // foreach($categories

?>

Override WordPress and Site URL

The following Read More

Snippets Collection 3

By The Editorial Team

On August 10, 2016

In Snippets

WordPress

Redirect your Author archive link to your “About” page

The following snippet will let you redirect your author archive link to your website’s about us page.

add_filter( 'author_link', 'my_author_link');
function my_author_link() {
return home_url( 'about' );
}

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add_filter( 'author_link', 'my_author_link');

function my_author_link() {

return home_url( 'about' );

}

Change Image Path Only

The following snippet will let you change image path only.
Read More

Snippets Collection 2

By The Editorial Team

On August 1, 2016

In Snippets

Temporary Maintenance

The following snippet will let you temporarily close down your site for visits while your website can still be accessed by admins resulting in letting you do the changes that you are planning for
Read More

Snippets Collection 1

By The Editorial Team

On July 18, 2016

In Snippets

WordPress

Remove URL from Comment Form

The following snippet will let you remove URL from comment form.

add_filter('comment_form_default_fields', 'unset_url_field');
function unset_url_field($fields){
if(isset($fields['url']))
unset($fields['url']);
return $fields;
}

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add_filter('comment_form_default_fields', 'unset_url_field');

function unset_url_field($fields){

if(isset($fields['url']))

unset($fields['url']);

return $fields;

}

Display a Random Post

The snippet below will let you display some random post.

<ul>
<?php
$rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&orderby=rand');
foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

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<ul>

<?php

$rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&orderby=rand');

foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :

?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

</ul>

Customize the Default Avatar

The following Read More

Snippets Collection 5

By The Editorial Team

On July 6, 2016

In Snippets

WordPress

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.') );
}
add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

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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.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

Snippet Source/Credit: Pippin

Displaying WordPress Excerpt Dynamic Length

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Remove or Hide Admin Menu Links for Certain or Specific Users or Roles

Get all media attached to a post

Change footer-text in WP Admin

Include Future Posts in RSS Feed

Update WordPress URL

WordPress WP_ Settings

Loading All Posts From The Current Week

Breadcrumb Without Plugin

Author Bio Excerpt

Disable Self Trackbacks

Remove Login Shake

Disable Plugin Updates

List all categories with posts

Override WordPress and Site URL

Redirect your Author archive link to your “About” page

Change Image Path Only

Temporary Maintenance

Remove URL from Comment Form

Display a Random Post

Customize the Default Avatar

How To Set A Maximum Word Count On Post Titles

Displaying WordPress Excerpt Dynamic Length

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