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Ten ‘Must’ WordPress Snippets For Your Blog

By The Editorial Team

On September 30, 2019

In Snippets, Tutorials

Reduce spam by using .htaccess

Adding the following shortcode will let you reduce spam on your WordPress blog by using .htaccess. Simply paste the following lines into your .htaccess file but also make a note that you do make a backup of your .htaccess file before editing it.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourdomainname.* [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$

RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]

</IfModule>

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RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourdomainname.* [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$

RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]

</IfModule>

Source: AllGuru.net

Display a thumbnail of any website

Simply paste the code below into your functions.php file.

function gk_snap($atts, $content = null) {

        extract(shortcode_atts(array(

                                    "snap" => 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/',

                                    "url" => 'http://www.geekeries.fr',

                                    "alt" => 'Mon image',

                                    "w" => '400', // largeur

                                    "h" => '300' // hauteur

        ), $atts));

                        $img = '<img src="' . $snap . '' . urlencode($url) . '?w=' . $w . '&h=' . $h . '" alt="' . $alt . '"/>';

        return $img;

}

add_shortcode("snap", "gk_snap");unction gk_snap($atts, $content = null) {

        extract(shortcode_atts(array(

                                    "snap" => 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/',

                                    "url" => 'http://www.geekeries.fr',

                                    "alt" => 'Mon image',

                                    "w" => '400', // largeur

                                    "h" => '300' // hauteur

        ), $atts));

                        $img = '<img src="' . $snap . '' . urlencode($url) . '?w=' . $w . '&h=' . $h . '" alt="' . $alt . '"/>';

        return $img;

}

add_shortcode("snap", "gk_snap");

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function gk_snap($atts, $content = null) {

extract(shortcode_atts(array(

"snap" => 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/',

"url" => 'http://www.geekeries.fr',

"alt" => 'Mon image',

"w" => '400', // largeur

"h" => '300' // hauteur

), $atts));

$img = '<img src="' . $snap . '' . urlencode($url) . '?w=' . $w . '&h=' . $h . '" alt="' . $alt . '"/>';

return $img;

}

add_shortcode("snap", "gk_snap");unction gk_snap($atts, $content = null) {

extract(shortcode_atts(array(

"snap" => 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/',

"url" => 'http://www.geekeries.fr',

"alt" => 'Mon image',

"w" => '400', // largeur

"h" => '300' // hauteur

), $atts));

$img = '<img src="' . $snap . '' . urlencode($url) . '?w=' . $w . '&h=' . $h . '" alt="' . $alt . '"/>';

return $img;

}

add_shortcode("snap", "gk_snap");

Once done, you can use the snap shortcode:

[snap url="http://www.geekeries.fr/publicites/" alt="Ma description" w="400" h="300"]

1	[snap url="http://www.geekeries.fr/publicites/" alt="Ma description" w="400" h="300"]

Source: Geekeries.fr

Easily remove weird characters from your WordPress database

The shortcode will remove the weird characters from your WordPress database. All you have to do is simply run the following SQL query on your nWordPress database via the command line client or PhpMyAdmin.

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€œ', '“');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€', '”');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€™', '’');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€˜', '‘');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€”', '–');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€“', '—');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€¢', '-');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€¦', '…');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€œ', '“');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€', '”');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€™', '’');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€˜', '‘');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€”', '–');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€“', '—');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€¢', '-');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€¦', '…');

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UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€œ', '“');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€', '”');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€™', '’');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€˜', '‘');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€”', '–');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€“', '—');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€¢', '-');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'â€¦', '…');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€œ', '“');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€', '”');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€™', '’');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€˜', '‘');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€”', '–');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€“', '—');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€¢', '-');

UPDATE wp_comments SET comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, 'â€¦', '…');

Source: Jeff Starr

How to change WordPress editor font

Adding the following shortcode to your functions.php file will let you change the default WordPress editor font.

add_action( 'admin_head-post.php', 'devpress_fix_html_editor_font' );

add_action( 'admin_head-post-new.php', 'devpress_fix_html_editor_font' );

function devpress_fix_html_editor_font() { ?>

<style type="text/css">#editorcontainer #content, #wp_mce_fullscreen { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif; }</style>

<?php }

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add_action( 'admin_head-post.php', 'devpress_fix_html_editor_font' );

add_action( 'admin_head-post-new.php', 'devpress_fix_html_editor_font' );

function devpress_fix_html_editor_font() { ?>

<?php }

Source: DevPress

Removing the “read more” jump

Adding the shortcode into your functions.php file will remove the “read more” link from your blog which will automatically takes you to the article page.

function wdc_no_more_jumping($post) {

     return '<a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'" class="read-more">'.'Continue Reading'.'</a>';

}

add_filter('excerpt_more', 'wdc_no_more_jumping');

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function wdc_no_more_jumping($post) {

return '<a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'" class="read-more">'.'Continue Reading'.'</a>';

}

add_filter('excerpt_more', 'wdc_no_more_jumping');

Source: Alex Denning
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Best WordPress YouTube Plugin

By The Editorial Team

On September 23, 2019

In Plugins, Showcase

YouTube is a fantastic video website, use to watch and share videos on web. But, it will be better, if having YouTube videos embed on your WordPress blog. While there are number of plugins available which makes a fit for you to use YouTube plugin for your WordPress blog but the best bet is the one from which you can choose from. In this article, I have showcased the best WordPress YouTube plugins available which I believe will be the right fit for your blog.

Best WordPress Security Plugins

By The Editorial Team

On September 2, 2019

In Plugins

Security plays an important role for one’s site. Whether you are running a whole new website or you are running a decade old website, it needs to be secure at first. Well here in this article, we have rounded up the best of WordPress security plugins which you can opt for using it out in your website.

WP Security Audit Log

The plugin keeps a WordPress audit log of all users’ changes and other under the hood activity.

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Reduce spam by using .htaccess

Display a thumbnail of any website

Easily remove weird characters from your WordPress database

How to change WordPress editor font

Removing the “read more” jump

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