Change Number of Posts Displaying on a Custom Post Type (CPT) Archive Page

Pre Get Posts Display

To change the number of posts that appear in an archive page for a custom post type you can change the number using the pre_get_posts action with some passed in parameters. Normally the number of posts displayed per page is…

Adding 7G WAF Firewall for NGINX to CloudPanel

Cloudpanel 7g Waf Firewall

The 7G WAF firewall by Jeff Starr at Perishable Press is a great addition for server level WAF protection, here is a guide on how to add it to CloudPanel’s NGINX stack. Download the 7G WAF NGNIX version Download the…

Disable default WordPress emails on WordPress, themes and plugin updates

Disable Wordpress Default Update Emails

The PHP constants below will disable the default WordPress emails on WordPress, themes and plugin updates. They should be added into your wp-config.php file. // Disable WordPress core update emails add_filter( ‘auto_core_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ ); // Disable WordPress plugin update emails…

Getting Browsersync running with Gulp 4 and Valet on macOS

Browsersync Gulp Valet

Get Browsersync going with Gulp 4+ and Valet as a local development environment. With Gulp 4+ there has been some code upgrades that require any older gulp.js files to be updated, this guide looks at making Browsersync work with Gulp…

Converting MySQL/MariaDB database tables from MyISAM to InnoDB

Myisam Convert Innodb Storage Engine Wordpress

The InnoDB storage engine in MySQL/MariaDB is more performant than MyISAM – here are a few ways to change that database structure, using both the command line and also some WordPress plugins. Changing from MyISAM to InnoDB via the command…

Set Memory Limit for PHP CLI on RunCloud, OpenLiteSpeed

Php8 Macos Update

On a RunCloud instance, PHP CLI is a separate server setting which is a toggle control to set the version of PHP that applies to using PHP commands on the command line for the whole server. You can set it…

Syncing RunCloud and Cloudflare firewalls for fail2ban IPs

Cloudflare Fail2ban Serverpilot

This guide looks at adding a proxied Cloudflare service to a server set up with RunCloud and fail2ban with a WordPress jail conf set up. Once you start using Cloudflare as a CDN solution for your hosting, you are adding…

Add a WooCommerce missing action hook with shortcode in Beaver Builder

Add Shortcode Hook Woocommerce

Some themes or plugins remove native action hooks in WordPress / WooCommerce, however you can add them back in the layout with another action hook or shortcode insertion. Beaver Builder is missing some WooCommerce action hooks one such one is…

Aligning the last element in a Beaver Builder Posts Module

Beaver Builder Align Buttons

Here is how to align the last element across multiple columns in Beaver Builder Posts Module with Flexbox – this would typically be a button or a read more link. In the Posts Module ensure Equal Heights is enabled as…

Add Dot Pagination to WooCommerce Product Gallery Image Slider

Woocommerce Dot Navigation

You can add dot pagination to WooCommerce Product Gallery images by adding a filter and then some CSS. WooCommerce uses a slider called Flexslider which it has a few more configurable options. By default the product gallery navigation uses thumbnails…