Category Archive: WordPress
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WordPress check if plugin is active
Developing WordPress plugins, it’s super useful to know if another specific plugin is active. Fortunately WordPress makes it easy to do, read on to learn how..
WordPress Exclude Custom Post Type from Search
Out of the box, WordPress search results include matches from any Custom Post Types that may be enabled via the theme template. For example, at htaccessbook.com, any matching content found in forum posts will be included in search results. This default behavior can be super convenient, but it is not always desirable. In this quick […]
WordPress Change Default Number of Displayed Posts
By default, WordPress displays the same number of posts for the home page (when it is set to display posts) and all types of archive views. To change the default number of posts displayed for any specific view, you can add this simple function to your theme’s functions.php file.
WordPress Shortcode Display Search Form
Here is an easy custom WordPress function to display your theme’s search form via shortcode. This makes it easy to display the search form on any Post or Page.
WordPress Prefix Post Titles
A reader recently asked how they can prepend the post date to the post title. Here is a quick and easy way to do it by filtering WordPress’ the_title hook.
WordPress repair and optimize InnoDB
This tutorial explains how to use WordPress’ built-in tools for optimizing database tables that are of the InnoDB type. Also works for good ’ol MyISAM database tables.
WordPress Change Excerpt Length
This code snippet is SO easy.. check it out if you want to change the default number of words included by default in WordPress excerpts.
WordPress Create New User
Two ways to programmatically create new users in WordPress. The first method uses wp_create_user() and the second method uses wp_insert_user().
Filter pre tags in bbPress
A couple of functions used at htaccessbook.com to enable unescaped/unencoded pre and code tags in bbPress forum posts.
Display a Simple “Tweet This” Link
Twitter changes their API quite a bit, however it is still possible to display a simple “tweet this” link anywhere on your web pages.
WordPress Create Shortcode
Ultra-quick guide to help you create a WordPress Shortcode. Aimed at experienced WordPress users who need a basic example of how to create shortcodes.
WordPress Check PHP Version
When working with the WP API, you may need to check the current version of PHP to ensure compatibility.
WordPress Resources
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