While building and testing WooCommerce addons, I find myself in need of quickly deleting all WooCommerce products from the database. WPCLI is the easiest way to go, as you can achieve the desired results via a single line. NOTE: if your database prefix isn’t the default wp_, you’ll need to change it with your actual database … Read full article →
The constant FS_METHOD determines the filesystem method that WordPress should use for reading, writing, modifying, or deleting files. To set a different method for file editing, simply edit your wp-config.php file and add the line: The FS_METHOD forces the filesystem method and accepts the following values: Method Description direct Use Direct File I/O requests from within … Read full article →
WordPress Missed Schedule error means that the Scheduled post was not published for some reason: There are a few possible reasons for the WordPress Missed Schedule Error: 12.12.2022 UPDATE: There is a bug in WordPress 6.1 that causes this error WordPress Timezone Settings WordPress Timezone Settings are located under Settings → General From there, make … Read full article →
By default .css and .js files used in WordPress themes and plugins will add a version number using ?ver= To disable this add the following inside your theme functions.php file or as a new plugin:
Here is a simple code snippet that you can add to your theme functions.php file to show the “last updated” date in your posts. A new line will be added to the beginning of the post content if the last modified and published time is different:
Here is an example of a simple WordPress plugin that uses a shortcode to display a list of files from the WordPress repository on GitHub: <?php /* Plugin Name: List WordPress Core Files Description: Displays a list of files from the WordPress repository on GitHub. */ function wpfl_shortcode_handler( $atts ) { // Parse shortcode attributes … Read full article →
I recently encountered this awesome plugin Custom Highlight Color by Nick Halsey that allows you to set custom color for highlighted text on your WordPress website. And the plugin is great, does what it is supposed to, but I just wanted to take it one step further and set random colors. To set a custom … Read full article →
Instruction: Parameter PARAMETER TYPE DESCRIPTION DEFAULT REQUIRED $format string Output can be PHP date format or Unix timestamp. no yes $date string mysql2date() only recognizes “Ymd H:i:s” format, so the original timestamp string needs to be converted to this format. no yes $translate boolean If true, the specified date and format string will be passed … Read full article →
I recently did a series of articles regarding Types of WordPress Malware Attacks and What They Do and this is just one example of a poor security practice that most people engage in. For example, this Montenegrin website that can be found by Google Dorking has a backup of the wp-config.php file named c2onfig.txt If … Read full article →
Preventing the site from being indexed by search engines is a feature that is often used when building a site for a client because we don’t want Google to index it until it is ready. Preventing indexing in this case is necessary because the site is in the development phase and the links of the … Read full article →