Here is How to display current CryptoCurrency prices on a WordPress website without using any plugins. Add these snippets to the functions.php file of your active theme and then add the shortcode where you want to display the content. Bitcoin Price This snippet uses the CoinDesk API to retrieve the current Bitcoin price: Then just … Read full article →
I’ve tested the most used WordPress backup plugins and compared their compression level and backup&restore speed. The website on which I performed the tests is a WP blog (pcx3.com) that has 2.7 GB in files and database size is 130.8 MB Tested plugins: New plugins might be added later on. 🙂 Spoiler alert – the … Read full article →
From September 30, 2021, WordPress websites that use Let’s Encrypt certificates are having issues with HTTP API requests. For example, here is an example that will cause this error: $res = wp_remote_get( ‘https://abcdef.com/’ ); if( is_wp_error( $res ) ){ echo $res->get_error_message(); } the error message: cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired What causes this error? … Read full article →
Here are a few ways you can change the active theme in WordPress: Using WP Dashboard Using the WordPress Administration Screens: You can change the active theme by going to the “Appearance” -> “Themes” page in the WordPress Administration Screens and selecting a new theme. Using functions.php or a custom plugin Using the wp_set_theme function: … Read full article →
To display the number of total views for all posts inside a WordPress category the simplest solution is to count the page views of each post, and then call the post views on the category page. Open the functions.php file of the current template and add the following code: And to display the number of … Read full article →
Here is a simple WordPress plugin that uses the [site] shortcode to display the website name: It uses the get_bloginfo() function to retrieve website information, and do_shortcode() function to display the information in the WordPress post or page. We can use get_bloginfo() function to also display additional information such as URL, WordPress version, etc. Here … 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 →
wp_postmeta table should be the biggest table in your database, if not, there is a problem. Read wp_actionscheduler_actions & wp_actionscheduler_logs tables When you install WordPress for the first time, tables are created in the database, for example for the wp_postmeta table: the problem? solution: On an existing tables, We can add high-performance keys that match … Read full article →
Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool gives you a score between 0-100, with 100 being the fastest loading time. Slow websites rank lower in Google, have lower conversion rates, and generate less revenue with higher expenses. In this guide We will first check what is actually showing down a WordPress website by running a test for a … Read full article →
Here are a few WP-CLI tricks and tips that might be useful: Aliases Use aliases to make commands shorter and easier to remember. You can use the –alias=<alias> flag when defining a command to specify a shorter alias for the command. For example, if you use a command wp my-command: you could define a command … Read full article →