💡 functions.php is the theme functions file included in every WordPress theme.
Here you can find thousands of code snippets that you can insert into the functions.php file to add new features or change default settings on a WordPress site.
This code snippet will create a new Filter option for WooCommerce: Availability that will allow users to sort products based on stock number. Add the code to your active theme functions.php or create a new Child theme first to make sure that your edits are not deleted after theme update.
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 →
To change Post published date each time it is viewed, we can use the the_post action hook that gets fired every time a post is set up in the global $post variable. Here’s an example code snippet that you can add to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin: Changing the post timestamp each … Read full article →
This is a simple solution to automatically change the copyright year in the WordPress footer, using the date(). php function and specifying just Y will display the current year. I use it on this site:
WordPress hooks are a powerful feature that allows you to customize and extend the functionality of your WordPress website without modifying the core code. They are essentialy points in the WordPress code where you can add your own custom code or functions. There are two types of hooks in WordPress: actions and filters. Action hooks … Read full article →
One of the biggest disadvantages of the Gutenberg editor is that the width of the editor is not as full-width as the classic editor. In many themes, the background editing interface is very narrow compared to the actual article page, resulting in different front and back layouts, which affects the article. In this article, We’ll … 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 →
is_home() and is_front_page() are both conditional tags in WordPress that can be used to check whether the currently viewed page is the site’s Home Page. However, they have slightly different meanings and use cases: What is the difference between is_home and is_front_page functions in WordPress? is_home() check if the current page is the main blog posts index (latest posts) … 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 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 →