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  • November 15, 2020
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Deactivate blocks for specific post types

In my project I use WordPress as a backend for a native app, I have implemented two custom post types. For booth post types only a limited set of blocks should be available. That’s simply due to the fact, that … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • November 1, 2020
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Change the default email “from name” and “from email”

In WordPress, emails are sent from different places. Most typically are mails sent by a form plugin. In probably most of them you can set the “from name” and “form email”. But there are also mails that are sent from … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • October 18, 2020
  • 3 comments

Create users in WordPress using the REST API

For a current project, we use WordPress as the backend for a native mobile app. The app is developed by another company. I’m responsible for the WordPress part. The content for the app is being created using multiple custom post … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • October 4, 2020
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Deactivate individual block styles

In my last blog post I’ve showed you how to deactivate page templates in a child theme and this week I have another tip on how to deactivate some of the things that might come with a parent theme or … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • September 20, 2020
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Deactivate or replace a page templates in a child theme

This week one of my colleagues was working on a new project, where a page template in the parent theme was broken. There was a better similar page template to use instead, but there might still be the chance that … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • September 6, 2020
  • 2 comments

Manually update or downgrade plugins and themes with WordPress 5.5

The lastest WordPress major release 5.5 was released mid August. There have been some nice new features. But one of these new features has not been mentioned in many posts about the new release. It’s the possibility to replace an … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • August 23, 2020
  • 2 comments

Order post type navigation by name

On many client projects, there is a need to create custom post types. I usually create them using the wp scaffold post-type command from the WP-CLI. This will create the necessary PHP functions with the most common definitions and a … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • August 8, 2020
  • 3 comments

Organizing WordCamps in times of a world wide pandemic

Around two weeks ago, the Global Leads, the Local Lead and the Mentor of WordCamp Europe 2021 took the hard decision to postpone the in-person event in 2021 in Porto for another year and organize the next edition of WCEU … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordCamp
  • July 26, 2020
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Use startup tasks as a replacement for file watchers in PhpStorm

Last week I started with a new project and developed a theme using Underscores as the base theme. I always use the “sassified” version and create it with the WP-CLI scaffold command. When I inspected the files, I could see … Read more →

  • Posted in: Software
  • July 12, 2020
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Cleaning up space on your development environment

Even the largest hard drive has a limit. From time to time, you have to clean up some file to be able to work on some new projects. Working on multiple WordPress projects, old and new ones, can use up … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
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Portrait Bernhard Kau

 

My name is Bernhard Kau. I am a PHP developer, living in Berlin and a passionate WordPress user. I code plugins as a hobby and organize WordPress events, like the Meetup in Berlin.

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  • Plugin Report – keeping track of your installed plugins and their status
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