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 →
Posts Tagged ‘WordPress’
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 →
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 →
Block external requests for faster local development
I always develop sites locally. My local environment is using Docker, which I will probably cover in an upcoming blog post series. Sometimes I’m experiencing really long request times, especially in the WordPress backend. As I also usually use the … Read more →
Migrate a WordPress installation in less then 5 minutes
Working on a WordPress project I always develop locally. For many projects, there is also a staging server. So migrating WordPress installations is a very frequent task for me. Therefore a good process is key. Easy migrations without plugins When … Read more →
Correct quotes in WordPress
Different languages use different quotation marks. In English, is usually looks like this: “…”. In Germany it looks like this: „…“. And in French they use other symbols: « … ». Correct typography is not always easy to get, especially when you … Read more →
Selfish WordPress support
I love the WordPress community. They are wonderful people and I enjoy it very much to attend as many WordCamps in new cities/countries as I can to meet even more new members of the global community. That also the reason … Read more →
Global WordPress Translation Day 3
On Saturday, the third Global WordPress Translation Day took place all around the world. Starting at midnight UTC, the day was filled with a 24h schedule with 22 presentations. Local events Just as on the first two WP Translation Days, there … Read more →
Disable self pings on a multisite
On a project, the client wanted to disable any pingsbacks from it’s own site. I found a snippet for that and there is also a plugin with this snippet. But this will only work for the current page. What if … Read more →