WooCommerce workflow can be a little too long for simple products, here’s how to get the product to skip past the cart page and go straight to the checkout page. First uncheck the cart options in WooCommerce Settings -> Products. Then add in your functions.php add_filter(‘add_to_cart_redirect’, ‘themeprefix_add_to_cart_redirect’); function themeprefix_add_to_cart_redirect() { global $woocommerce; $checkout_url = $woocommerce->cart->get_checkout_url();… Read More
Hide WooCommerce Product Categories on Shop or other Page
You can hide certain WooCommerce product categories from the shop or other targetted page, by using an action called woocommerce_product_query Add it in via functions.php and it works like so… So the action is wrapped in a conditional statement that targets the pages you want the Product Categories to not display. Then in the $tax_query array set… Read More
Install fail2ban for SSH on ServerPilot / Vultr Instance
ServerPilot out of the box does not have a solution to deal with brute force attacks, it does have a sister company called Heatshield which rejects IP addresses that try and constantly connect to your site, you can also do the same with the opensource fail2ban. fail2ban is an app which bans access to your site… Read More
Set Up LMD Maldet and ClamAV on ServerPilot and VULTR
Set up a malware scanner with LMD Maldet and ClamAV on ServerPilot and an instance like Vultr or Digital Ocean. One of the key server malware scanners is Linux Malware Detect and works very nicely scanning any Linux distribution, it keeps an updated database of known malware exploits from an updated registry. The Linux Malware Detect tool can also integrate… Read More
Changing the SSH Port in ServerPilot
ServerPilot comes with a default firewall which is enabled and comes in the form of a toggle in the ServerPilot control panel. The panel is a front for the ufw (uncomplicated firewall) app which in turn is a front for ip tables but with a lower learning curve, by default the below rules are the… Read More
Change My Account Page Intro Text in WooCommerce
Here is how to change the default text on login to my-account page in WooCommerce. Hello admin (not admin? Log out) From your account sidebar you can view your recent orders, manage your shipping and billing addresses and edit your password and account details. Make a woocommerce/myaccount folder structure in your theme if not already… Read More
Change, Edit & Rename WooCommerce Endpoints in My Accounts Page
Here is how you can change, edit and rename WooCommerce Endpoints in My Accounts Page. Since the release of WooCommerce 2.6 Woo has a revamped My-Account page, it appears as a vertical menu of links that display the corresponding table of data to the right, similar to a tabbed layout. This certainly is a better user… Read More
Change the WooCommerce Shop Page URL
You can change the WooCommerce shop URL with a filter that WooCommerce provides, this can be helpful especially if you have a one product based shop and you want your users to return to that product and not the default shop page URL. The filter to use is aptly named – woocommerce_return_to_shop_redirect add_filter( ‘woocommerce_return_to_shop_redirect’, ‘st_woocommerce_shop_url’ );… Read More
Add a ‘Continue Shopping’ Button to Woo Commerce Checkout and Cart Page
By default WooCommerce Cart page does not have a ‘Continue Shopping’ or ‘Return to Store’ button. However if you go to the cart page when the cart is empty, there is a ‘Return to Store’ button. We just need to add this button code to the cart page when the cart has items. Copy WooCommerce Templates into… Read More
Remove Post Info and Post Meta from Custom Post Types in Genesis Theme in WordPress
After creating custom post types in WordPress on a Genesis theme by default the post info is displayed which contains the post author, post date and comments info and the post meta is also displayed which contains the category and tag values. You may want to have these values removed for your custom post types… Read More