Here’s a handy snippet which I forgot about but have used on a couple of projects in the past. This can be very handy if you have posts of a persons name, so first and last and you need to order the posts in the loop by their last name, i.e for a directory. There … Continued
Here’s a quick little snippet for adding your own shortcode which generates a button in any post or page from a single shortcode. Within the shortcode, there are 2 options to add a url for the button and the text that appears on the button itself. Then, to add the button anywhere in a … Continued
During development of a site for a client, they requested the site to be built using Gutenberg blocks. On import of other existing posts from a previous site (that wasn’t using blocks), we found that content was simply put into the page on import. This was fine, except the blocks we designed were fullwidth with … Continued
During a recent build using Gutenberg editor, I needed to check the output of custom fields in a post as the fields weren’t displaying when getting called. To output all custom fields in a post loop, you can use this handy snippet to show all fields and it’s data. This also works for ACF (which … Continued
Quite often I have requirements to redirect users if they are not currently logged in to a site. This could be for numerous reasons, but a popular one would be to redirect all visitors to a coming soon page while allowing admins to login in and view the site. This is accomplished by adding the … Continued
Use the function below to strip out and disable the emoji support in WordPress. Emoji’s are enabled by default and add unnecessary styles and scripts in the header of the site, regardless of theme. Adding the below to your themes functions.php or in a standalone plugin (to override regardless of theme) will do the job: … Continued
While I’ve been working as a web designer and developer for nearly 10 years now, 5 of those have been as a freelancer and consultant specialising in WordPress development and bespoke design. Honestly, I don’t think I could ever go back to employment. Recently, I applied to become a certified expert at Codeable, and today … Continued
I recently stumbled upon an issue with updating WordPress. A brand new install without content, I couldn’t see why I was facing the issue of updating WordPress. All plugins had updated just fine, but when I went to update WordPress, I saw an ‘Internal Server Error’ message. Trying the core update again, I was then … Continued
I love Contact Form 7 and use it on 99% of my client and my own sites. It’s simple, lightweight and does a perfect job for mail. Depending on the form you use, you sometimes need to remove the <p> and <br> tags that appear in the form, which are auto-generated by the plugin. While … Continued
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