WordPress comes with different roles, and it’s usually best not to give everyone the “Administrator” role. The next best role would be the “Editor” role, which enables a user to edit all contents, their own one and the content from … Read more →
When using custom JavaScript and CSS files, you usually use the wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style() functions. If not, please start doing so. Using them is really easy, but when it comes to effective usage, there are some little things to keep … Read more →
In a Facebook group someone wanted to know how to order the posts on a category page alphabetically. In this blog post want to show, how you can easily sort posts on a category (or any other) archive page. Sorting … Read more →
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 →
When we have to create more complex forms, we often use the Gravity Forms plugins. In one project, we wanted to use it to implement a form with multiple steps, each only having one radio group. Users should see the … Read more →
I regularly maintain about 40 WordPress websites. Updating plugins and themes can cause issue, but updating core usually goes without any issue. Not so this week on a new website I updated for the first time. After the core update … Read more →
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 →
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 →
Shortcode can be very useful, when you want to insert dynamic content into a static page or a post. WordPress is offering some internal shortcodes such as the shortcode (which is usually rendered in the backend). By default, shortcodes can … Read more →
I am pretty sure that everyone of you is using plugins from the official directory. All of those plugins are reviewed before they went live and if they haven’t been updated in the last two years, you can’t find them … Read more →