While developing a custom site I was in a need to represent how many minutes/hours/days the post was published ago instead of the published date. The logic of the code is simple: TIME DISPLAY less than 1 hour XX minutes ago 1 – 24 hours XX hours ago 24 hours – 7 days XX days … Read full article →
In some cases, you may need to add a function to your WordPress website, either to hook something into the theme or use a filter to change something in the theme. One method of making changes to your site using code snippets is through the use of the theme functions.php file. To edit PHP files make sure … Read full article →
The following code snippet will automatically generate Alt Text for all featured images from the Post Title. If you are looking for more settings, check the SEO Friendly Images plugin.
This is another neat feature that I needed but didn’t really want to use another plugin to accomplish it. To display user roles inside WordPress comments like on the image above ? use the following code snippet:
Here is a small snippet that you can add to your functions.php file to show different menus to logged-in users in WordPress. In this example 5 is the menu ID of the menu shown to logged-in users and 6 is the ID for the menu shown to guests. So, create two menus and copy their … Read full article →
WordPress uses the wp_commentmeta and wp_comments tables to store comments and their data. To delete all comments in WordPress simply empty those tables in the database: To delete all spam comments use: To delete all unapproved comments use: NOTE: In the above commands change wp_ prefix with the table prefix that you are using *(view … 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 →
This WordPress snippet will add an “edit page” link on the WordPress posts and pages. Only users who are logged in and have the necessary rights to edit that page will be able to see this link (administrator or author). Add the snippet to the theme page where you want the link to appear, for … Read full article →
Here is a simple WordPress plugin that will create a [activeplugin] shortcode: Add it as plugin and activate, then add shortcode [activeplugins] anywhere on your website and it will display all active plugins:
Figuring out templates that are being used while you are building and developing a custom WordPress website can be problematic. Using the following snippets you can quickly and easily display template name or full path to the file in your wp-admin bar. Display Template name To display just template name add the following to functions.php … Read full article →