Set Up Valet on macOS for Local WordPress Development
This is a guide on how to set up Laravel Valet on macOS for a WordPress local development environment. Using Valet as a WordPress local dev solution has the main benefits of speed, being light weight and using less configurations to go wrong than say a solution like Vagrant. Valet runs only on macOS and…
Read MoreInstalling WordPress wp-cli on macOS
Installing wp-cli on macOS – WordPress has a command line tool which operates similar to what Drush does for Drupal, it is called wp-cli and runs on macOS/Linux operating systems with a minimum of PHP 5.3.2 or later and WordPress 3.5.2 or later. Install wp-cli on macOS curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar Verify Install [email protected][~]: php wp-cli.phar –info PHP binary: /usr/bin/php PHP…
Read MoreAdd Taxonomy Terms as CSS Classes to a Post
You can use the body_class filter in WordPress to add the Taxonomy Terms of a Custom Taxonomy as CSS classes to a post. The CSS class appears in the body element and is only used if the post has been assigned to the taxonomy. The code goes in your functions.php file. add_filter( ‘body_class’, ‘themeprefix_add_taxonomy_class’…
Read MoreChange the WordPress Post Type name to Something Else
You can change the default Post type name in WordPress from Posts to something else like News using the get_post_type_object, normal behaviour of the Posts occur just the label name in the WordPress dashboard has been changed. add_action( ‘init’, ‘cp_change_post_object’ ); // Change dashboard Posts to News function cp_change_post_object() { $get_post_type = get_post_type_object(‘post’); $labels =…
Read MoreCreate Shortcode for the Permalink in WordPress
You can create a shortcode for the permalink in WordPress to use in a string output or more likely as a value for a link attribute, this can be handy if you can’t use PHP in a certain interface. add_shortcode( ‘my_permalink’, ‘my_permalink’ ); // The Permalink Shortcode function my_permalink() { ob_start(); the_permalink(); return ob_get_clean(); }…
Read MoreAnchor Link Offset to Other Pages with Fixed Header Size
Here is a snippet of code that will link to a anchor link on another page with an offset which allows for a fixed header size, so the link appears just below the header. The code snippet is documented. View the code on Gist.
Read MoreAdd Search Icon After Menu using B Themer with the Beaver Theme
Here’s how you can add a search icon after a menu in a header done in the Beaver Theme using Beaver Themer. Create a Shortcode for the Beaver Builder Search function add_shortcode( ‘bb_search’,’bb_search_shortcode’ ); /* Add Search via shortcode */ function bb_search_shortcode() { ob_start(); FLTheme::nav_search(); return ob_get_clean(); } Create the Header in Beaver Themer Create…
Read MoreAdd and Show Images in Taxonomy Templates and in Single and Archive Posts
You can add an image to a Category Taxonomy in WordPress by using ACF and selecting the categories taxonomy, so now a new image field appears in the category back end page, the same process can be applied to other taxonomy templates such as custom taxonomies. Create a ACF Image Field for Taxonomy Create…
Read MoreShow All Post Meta Keys and Values for a Post in WordPress
If you wanted to see all the post meta keys and values for a post,page or custom post type in WordPress you can either see them in the database in the wp_postmeta table or you could use the get_post_meta function to retrieve all the post meta or a specific key. To output the data to…
Read MoreDon’t Output Empty Rows and HTML Mark Up in Beaver Builder
When you are using ACF field connections or insertions in Beaver Builder with Beaver Themer if the field is not populated the HTML mark up is still rendered on the page, even though the field is blank some of its HTML markup will have valid CSS applied to it and affect the spacing on the…
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