There is finally a way to programmatically assign a template to a custom post type in WordPress. Most documentation online talks about how to create new templates either in the Full Site Editor or making custom templates for themes. Neither of these solutions work if you want to make a plugin that creates a custom … Continued
For years my companies website has used WordPress’s password protection function to hide posts that we wanted people to review before going live. I needed a solution that affected the main loop, otherwise I could just use WP_Query arguments. So to hide those posts from the main query we’ve used this code snippet. The snippet … Continued
It’s been nearly 6 years since I wrote a WP plugin list article. This time around I’m focusing on some small & simple/basic plugins. WP User Avatar Out of the box, WordPress uses Gravatar for users images. This works if you’re a blogger, but falls flat when working on a corporate website that want to … Continued
WordPress has evolved far beyond the blog platform that it originated from. Yet comments are still core feature that come with every install by default and are not used very often. If you plan to not have comments on your site, your theme should not have the comments column in the page overview. Below is … Continued
Recently I started working on modal plugin because haven’t found any of the free plugins that work. One of the features i wanted was a “layout” choice. Here’s the end result, I’ll go over how I did this: Adding The images First Things first, you need to have your images already created and uploaded to … Continued
Recently I found myself needing to Query a group of Posts (Custom Post Types actually). I had created an ACF Checkbox called Tours, and there were 3 types of Tours: Guided, Unguided, and Pre-booked (The only one where you had to pay/get tickets). So I wanted to create a page with only the Pre-Booked Tours. … Continued
The Fix In Fall of 2019, WordPress 5.3.0 was released. If you have an old theme built on Roots (Sage before it was redeveloped), then your site backend is a hot mess right now. Thankfully, the fix is easy enough if you can access the theme in an editor. Either download the theme (do it … Continued
A month ago, I switched my theme development to Sage (version 9). I’ve been using an ancient build slowly upgraded over the years, and wasn’t the epitome of proper development. It even had a LESS compiler in php. Since switching, I’ve been documenting a few things I learned in my upgrade process. Home Template will … Continued
SmoothState.js is a javascript library that adds transitions between pages on your site using AJAX. I use it on this site to help create a more seamless experience when going through pages. Aside from transitions, it can also be used to increase the speed of your site slightly. Requirements jQuery is required for SmoothState. If you … Continued
When working on a site, sometimes an a rogue plugin or caching problem can take your whole site offline with little to no indicator as to what caused it. Here are a few places to check if your site breaks. Reset Permalinks If you come to your site and only the homepage works, you may … Continued