Change the WordPress Post Type name to Something Else

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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 =…

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Create Shortcode for the Permalink in WordPress

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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(); }…

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Add Search Icon After Menu using Beaver Themer with the Beaver Theme

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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…

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Add and Show Featured Images in Taxonomy Templates and in Single and Archive Posts

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You can add a featured 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  …

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Add phpMyAdmin to ServerPilot

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By default when you set up a ServerPilot instance no GUI app is installed for MySQL interaction, ServerPilot recommend using Adminer which has a similar interface to phpMyAdmin and sits as a standalone single php file which you can use for individual database users. This guide however goes through using phpMyAdmin instead and using it…

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Add Link to the Count in WooCommerce Product Category Menu

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The WooCommerce product category menu can be manipulated by making a copy of the walker class it is defined in and editing it. The WC_Product_Cat_List_walker class lives in wooc0mmerce/includes/walkers/class-product-cat-list-walker.php, you can make a copy of this and include it in your child theme and include it. Best to create a classes subfolder in your child…

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