2022: An eventful year
I usually don’t post “New Years” blog posts – I usually only have a post on the blog’s birthday – but as it’s still the last calendar week of 2021, and I’m unsure if I have to post something for … Read more →
All Posts by Bernhard
Using Block Patterns for new entries of a Custom Post Type
When developing projects, I often use Custom Post Types (CPT). In a new project, the content of the entries were build completely with core blocks. In the past, I typically used custom meta fields and a fixed page template. But … Read more →
Debugging PHP functions in WordPress
When developing a plugin or theme, you sometimes want to debug one specific function. This function might be used in a larger context, which makes debugging quite difficult and/or slow. Let’s take the example of a function used in a … Read more →
Video documentation of a WordPress installation in the backend
While working on a client’s website this week, I found one very nice thing, I want to share with all of you. On the dashboard I found a widget with a YouTube video of a recorded training session. Adding a … Read more →
Overwriting the “Register” link
In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I used Gravity Forms to register users. This was done on a static page and not on the default WordPress registration page. When you want users to register using a different … Read more →
Fixing the “Illegal mix of collations” WordPress database error
When updating projects I also check the log files. In a project I maintained, I recently found the following error in the log files I have never seen before: As WordPress is not very strict with collations, your own WordPress … Read more →
Generate a dynamic username with the Gravity Forms User Registration add-on in a multisite
As mentioned in previous blog post, I use Gravity Forms quite often when creating forms. It also offers some great add-ons. One of this add-ons is the User Registation. With the help of this extension, you can create a WordPress … Read more →
Get a custom primary navigation per page
In my last blog post I wrote about how to create a simple landing page template. In the text I’ve also mentioned, that you might want to create a custom navigation for the pages you create using this page template. … Read more →
How to create a landind page without a plugin
A new client is using multiple WordPress plugins to create “landing pages”. Some of these plugins have been removed from the plugin directory. They will not receive any (security) update in the future. In a call it became clear, that … Read more →
Checking your domain security with Mozilla Observatory
In the last two blog posts I have presented two tools I use a lot. This week I want to continue with a third tool, that I have already briefly mentioned in my blog post Better security for WordPress with … Read more →