Recently, during a website makeover, I began working on a new site and while developing it, new comments had been added to the live site. As I had already made a copy of the site to work on at the start of the project, the latest comments wouldn’t have been included in my copy when … Continued
To hide the login signup link (for example if you have signup during checkout in an ecommerce store), you can add this snippet to your functions.php file or in a custom plugin to disable registration links on the login screen etc
It can be a little annoying when there is a new version of WordPress available and you’re not sure what version your are currently running. Sometimes it’s worth waiting a while after a new major update to see if it brings bugs and it would be worth to know how far behind you are to … Continued
If you want to push the Yoast SEO plugin metabox down – particularly if using other plugins like Advanced Custom Fields for building content – then you can add this little snippet to push it down:
So this one stumped me for a little while. I built a site for a client who wanted to use Advanced Custom Fields flexible content layouts to build content on a page. One of those layouts was an accordion, which was built using an ACF repeater. So far, all good. However, the client needs to … Continued
I had some trouble getting the Bootstrap 4 Navwalker into a new Sage Roots 9x theme. I tried the instructions seen on the navwalker page but kept getting errors and whitescreens. Eventually, here’s what I did to get it working: 1. Download the Bootstrap 4 Navwalker file and add it to the theme: https://github.com/MWDelaney/sage-bootstrap4-navwalker Be … Continued
Woocommerce has updated a few times since, but I ran into a confusion when trying to understand how a clients product images were looking blurry as thumbnails on the product page. The Settings -> Media were set to 300×300 The Appearance -> Customize -> Woocommerce -> Product images were set to 300×300 The themes functions … Continued
While you can use a plugin to accomplish this, I always prefer to code this manually without the need for a plugin. To explain what we’re trying to achieve here, usually, creating a CPT (Custom Post Type) just adds this onto the site domain or where WP is installed. So normally, the URL would look … Continued
With pretty much the entire population now having a Facebook profile, it can be advantageous to use Facebook tools wherever possible to encourage interaction to those who use Facebook regularly. While there are pros and cons to using such tools, Facebook comments can be a good introduction to the benefits. The way this works, is … Continued
I have been building a member-based website recently for a client and needed to display the age on the profile page. I was using Advanced Custom Fields to build the profiles and used the datepicker field to set the date. To calculate this, use the snippet below to achieve what you need. Note, I … Continued