AJAX enables tasks such as fetching, inserting and deleting records from a MySQL database, as well as file uploading. AJAX sent URL should be admin-ajax.php. wp_ajax action hooks. Here are well-explained tutorials from Yogesh Singh on how to send AJAX requests from a WordPress theme and a WordPress plugin:
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 →
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 →
It seems everyone is always looking for new ways to get backlinks to their website but sometimes they forget about interlinking posts in their own blog, In WordPress, there are several ways how you can interlink blog posts and many great WordPress interlinking plugins to help you do that Why Interlink Your Blog Posts in WordPress? … Read full article →
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:
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 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:
Step 1. Add the following inside your theme functions.php file or create a new Child theme first and add the code to it: Step 2. Add the shortcode [total_posts] anywhere on the website where you want to display the total number of posts: And it will display the number. 🙂
Magic Quotes is a PHP function where strings are automatically escaped (special characters are prefixed with a backslash) before being passed. This is considered a bad practice and as of PHP 7.4, they are deprecated. This article by Sebastian Bergmann explains in detail Why Magic Quotes are gone in PHP 7 WordPress doesn’t use magic … Read full article →
The ‘Remember Me’ option is a checkbox on the WordPress login screen that lets your users save their username and password. If checked, WordPress will remember the login session for 14 days. If you want to disable the Remember Me option in WordPress, here is how to do it: 1. Hide the option using CSS … Read full article →