Category: WordPress

function hide_yoast_seo_meta_box_for_cpt() {
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘testimonials’, ‘normal’ );
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘faqs’, ‘normal’ );
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘links’, ‘normal’ );
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘team’, ‘normal’ );
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘events’, ‘normal’ );
remove_meta_box( ‘wpseo_meta’, ‘volunteer_events’, ‘normal’ );
}
add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘hide_yoast_seo_meta_box_for_cpt’, 99 );

function remove_menus() {
if ( !current_user_can( ‘administrator’ ) ) {
remove_menu_page(‘edit.php’);
remove_menu_page(‘edit-comments.php’);
remove_menu_page(‘tools.php’);
remove_menu_page(‘wpseo_workouts’);
remove_submenu_page(‘wpseo_workouts’, ‘wpseo_redirects’);
remove_submenu_page(‘wpseo_workouts’, ‘wpseo_workouts’);
}
}
add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘remove_menus’ );

add_filter( ‘map_meta_cap’, ‘manage_privacy_options’, 1, 4 );
function manage_privacy_options( $caps, $cap, $user_id, $args ) {
if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) return $caps;

if ( 'manage_privacy_options' === $cap ) {
    $manage_name = is_multisite() ? 'manage_network' : 'manage_options';
    $caps = array_diff( $caps, [ $manage_name ] );
}
return $caps;

}

function stay_logged_in($expires) {
return 172800; // default 48 hours
// return YEAR_IN_SECONDS;
}
add_filter(‘auth_cookie_expiration’, ‘stay_logged_in’);

To include styling for Administrators:

function admin_style() {
wp_enqueue_style(‘admin-styles’, get_template_directory_uri().’/admin.css’);
}
add_action(‘admin_enqueue_scripts’, ‘admin_style’);

If WordPress category template file is not working, add the following in category.php, before the loop:

$cat_id = get_query_var(‘cat’);
query_posts(“post_type=&cat=$cat_id”);

$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, ‘mediaitem’ );
$args = array(
‘in_same_term’ => true,
‘category’ => $term->slug,
‘screen_reader_text’ => ‘Post navigation’
);
the_post_navigation($args);

$post_type = ‘category’;
$args = array(
‘true’ => false,
‘orderby’ => ‘term_id’,
‘order’ => ‘ASC’
);
$tax = get_terms( ‘category’ , $args);
if ( have_posts() ) {
foreach( $tax as $cat ) {
echo $cat->name;
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
the_title();
the_content();
endwhile;
}
}

Replace WordPress Media with Enable Media Replace

Audit WordPress changes using Stream

Change WordPress administrator menu options with Admin Menu Editor

Simplify Look and feel for WordPress Editors with White Label CMS

Easy WordPress Updates Manager with Easy Updates Manager

Aide memoir for the WordPress template hiearchy…

Default for everything – archive pages, single posts and single pages (as well as all other content types):

1st: index.php

Select template by page for specific archive displays, like category and taxonomy archives or templates for different page layouts:

1st: template_{$custom-post-type}.php or template_{NOSIDEBAR}.php
2nd: index.php

For all pages that do not exist:

1st: 404.php
2nd: index.php

The user submits a search:

1st: search.php
2nd: index.php

Latest blog posts:

1st: front-page.php
2nd: home.php
3rd: index.php

For whichever page is assigned as the front page:

1st: front-page.php
2nd: home.php
3rd: index.php

For a single post page:

1st: single-{$post-type}-{$slug}.php
2nd: single-{$post-type}.php
3rd: single.php
4th: singular.php (fallback for single.php AND page.php)
3rd: index.php

For a single page:

1st: custom_template.php
2nd: page-{$slug}.php
3rd: page-{$id}.php
4th: page.php
5th: singular.php (fallback for single.php AND page.php)
6th: index.php

For a category page:

1st: category-{$slug}.php
2nd: category-{$id}.php
3rd: category.php
4th: archive.php
5th: index.php

for a tag page:

1st: tag-{$slug}.php
2nd: tag-{$id}.php
3rd: tag.php
4th: archive.php
5th: index.php

For custom taxonomy pages:

1st: taxonomy-{$taxonomy}-{$term}.php
2nd: taxonomy-{$taxonomy}.php
3rd: taxonomy.php
4th: archive.php
5th: index.php

For Custom Post Types:

1st: archive-{post_type}.php
2nd: archive.php
3rd: index.php

For an author info page:

1st: author-{$author-nicename}.php
2nd: author-{$author-id}.php
3rd: author.php
4th: archive.php
5th: index.php

For a date page archive:

1st: date.php
2nd: archive.php
3rd: index.php

For an attachment page:

1st: {$MIME-type}.php (one of: image.php, video.php, pdf.php, application.php, etc.)
2nd: attachment.php
3rd: single-attachment-{$slug}.php
4th: single-attachment.php
5th: single.php
6th: singular.php
7th: index.php

For embeds:
1st: embed-{$post-type}-{$post_format}.php
2nd: embed-{$post-type}.php
3rd: embed.php
4th: wp-includes/theme-compat/embed.php

/*
* Useful snippets for functions.php
/*

/*
* Add support for the following:
*/
add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ );
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
add_theme_support( ‘html5’, array( ‘search-form’, ‘comment-form’, ‘comment-list’ ) );

/*
* Register Menus
*/
function register_my_menus(){
register_nav_menus(
array( ‘primary’ => __(‘Primary Menu’, ‘AD’), ) );
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘register_my_menus’);

/*
* Allow php in widget
*/
function howman_php_execute( $html ) {
if ( strpos($html,”<“.”?php”) !==false ) {
ob_start();
eval(“?”.”>”.$html);
$html=ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
}
return $html;
}
add_filter(‘widget_text’,’howman_php_execute’, 100);

/*
*Enqueue Datepicker + jQuery UI CSS
*/
wp_enqueue_script( ‘jquery-ui-datepicker’ );
wp_enqueue_style( ‘jquery-ui-style’, ‘//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css’, true);

/*
* Add widgets
*/
function bootstrapstarter_widgets_init() {

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Footer – Copyright Text’,
‘id’ => ‘footer-copyright-text’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div class=”footer_copyright_text”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h4>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h4>’,
) );

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Sidebar – Inset’,
‘id’ => ‘sidebar-1’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div class=”sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h4>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h4>’,
) );

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Sidebar – Default’,
‘id’ => ‘sidebar-2’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div class=”sidebar-module”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h4>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h4>’,
) );

}
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘bootstrapstarter_widgets_init’ );

/*
* Register jQuery
*/
if (!is_admin()) {
wp_deregister_script(‘jquery’);
wp_register_script(‘jquery’, (“https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js”), false);
wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’);
}

/*
* Custom Excerpt Length
*/
function custom_excerpt_length($length) {
return 25;
}
add_filter(‘excerpt_length’, ‘custom_excerpt_length’);

/*
* Add scripts, stylesheets, fonts, etc.
*/
function mysite_enqueue_styles() {
wp_register_style(‘bootstrap’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css’ );
$dependencies = array(‘bootstrap’);
wp_enqueue_style( ‘mysite-style’, get_stylesheet_uri(), $dependencies );
}
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘mysite_enqueue_styles’ );

function startwordpress_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bootstrap’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/js/bootstrap.min.js’, array( ‘jquery’ ), ‘3.3.6’, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘validator’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/js/jquery.validate.min.js’, array ( ‘jquery’ ), ‘3.3.6’, true);
}
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘startwordpress_scripts’ );

function startwordpress_google_fonts() {
wp_register_style(‘Lato’, ‘http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:100,200,400,600,700,800’);
wp_enqueue_style( ‘Lato’);
wp_register_style(‘Nunito’, ‘https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito+Sans” rel=”stylesheet”>’);
wp_enqueue_style( ‘Nunito’);
// wp_register_style(‘OpenSans’, ‘https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans” rel=”stylesheet”>’);
// wp_enqueue_style( ‘OpenSans’);
}
add_action(‘wp_print_styles’, ‘startwordpress_google_fonts’);

Must Haves

All In One SEO Pack
Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog.

WordFence
THE security plugin.

WP Optimize
Clean Up / Optimise your WordPress installation.

WP Super Cache
WordPress Caching.

WP Smush It
Optimise graphics files.

WP Migrate DB
WordPress database migration.

Used in Specific Circumstances

Advanced Custom Fields
Provides simple flexibility.

Post Types Order
Provides simple and easy sorting.

Superceded

These we still use occassionally, but simpler to build on the fly:

Contact Form 7

These we no longer used as they’re all done by All in One SEO:

Google Analytics for WordPress
Google XML Sitemaps

1) Ensure you have added <!–more–>  in page content. Use the more button!

2) Use the following code to display content in two columns:
global $more;
$more = 0;
echo ‘<div id=”column_one”>’;
echo ‘&nbsp;’;
the_content(”);
echo ‘</div>’;

$more = 1;
echo ‘<div id=”column_two”>’;
the_content(‘read more’, true);
echo ‘</div>’;

3) CSS to tidy it up:
#column_one, #column_two {
float: left;
width: 35%;
margin: 0px 7.5%;
}
#column_one {
padding-left: 5%;
}
#column_two {
padding-right: 5%;
}
#column_one h6, #column_two h6 {
display: none;
}
#column_one p, #column_two p {
text-align: center;
}

This code snippet will list all the queries executed on your WordPress page
Add this to the bottom of the page:

<?php
if (current_user_can(‘administrator’)){
global $wpdb;
echo “<pre>”;
print_r($wpdb->queries);
echo “</pre>”;
}
?>

Site:

body {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Single Page:

body.page-id-78 {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Several Pages:

body.page-id-78, body.page-id-79, body.page-id-82 {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Single Category:

.category-CatName {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Multiple Categories:

.category-CatName1, .category-CatName-2 {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Archive Pages:

.archive {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

Custom Template, Post or Category:

.page-template-name {
background-image:url(‘background.jpg’);
}

All In One SEO Pack

Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog.

Contact Form 7

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Google Analytics for WordPress

This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics to your WordPress blog, adding lots of features, eg. custom variables and automatic clickout and download tracking.

Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

NextGEN Gallery

A NextGENeration Photo gallery for the Web 2.0.

Display Posts Shortcode

The Display Posts Shortcode was written to allow users to easily display listings of posts without knowing PHP or editing template files.

MapPress Easy Google Maps

MapPress adds an interactive map to the wordpress editing screens. When editing a post or page just enter any addresses you’d like to map.

In HTML, it’s relatively simple to add a Shortcut Icon, you would need to add the following between <head> and </head> in all your html pages:

<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”http://www.domain.com/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon”>The word ‘shortcut’ is not always used (ie; rel=”icon” is ok), it’s added for backwards browser compatibility.

Only type=”image/gif”, type=”image/x-icon” and type=”image/png” are supported in all browsers.

You could do the same in WordPress by adding the above between the <head> </head> tags in header.php in the relevant theme (http://www.domain.com/wp-content/themes/theme/header.php).

However because the page is created dynamically, for correctness, the path is supplied as a variable:

<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/favicon.ico”>