wp-admin/plugins.php displays the plugins list table using the array $plugins_all which contains information on all installed plugins. We can use pre_current_active_plugins hook to perform actions before the plugin information is displayed on this page. TIP: The best way to understand what a hook does is to look at where it occurs in the source code. … Read full article →
In this article, we’ll add the next and previous links on a WordPress theme. First We declare the previous and next variables: Then to show them inside the post, add the following snippets to the theme’s single.php file: If you want to further customize the links and maybe even display post name inside the links, … Read full article →
Here is a snippet that allows you to set a custom image on the WordPress login page and set a custom link: Replace https://your-domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/custom-logo.png with your logo https://your-domain.com with your link
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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: