Do you like writing git commit messages? Do you like commenting your code? It is super helpful to provide descriptive git commit messages. It’s not just for you but for other developers as well. When you comment the code it’s always good to start with why. When you add your reasons why a piece of […]
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WordPress has lots of filters and actions which are known as actions. That way you can achieve a lot of things without having to modify the WordPress source code directly also known as hacking the core. There is a WordPress filter for the http_request_args but there isn’t one for ‘http_request_url‘ just yet. To modify the
WordPress permalinks define how your site links will look to your visitors and search engines. It’s good to pick a nice structure. To configure them, go to WP-Admin > Settings > Permalinks We recommend this permalink structure This will include the post id to the link and years down the road you can change the
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What is the ajaxurl? The ajaxurl is a JavaScript variable in WordPress that specifies the URL that handles WordPress Ajax requests. It points to the admin-ajax.php file, typically found in the WordPress admin directory. For example, if your WordPress site is installed at https://example.com, the ajaxurl would be https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. Why is ajaxurl not defined on
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Migrating your WordPress site is a significant task, and you’re now at the crucial final step: ensuring that your DNS changes propagate quickly. One effective way to achieve this is by temporarily reducing the TTL (Time-To-Live) value for your domain’s DNS records (@ and www). The idea is to reduce the time as much as
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Migrating a WordPress site to a new host can be a daunting task. Your site has been sitting on the old hosting for quite some time and for this reason is relatively stable but it’s time for a switch. Why testing the new WordPress hosting is important before you flip the DNS switch? One of
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Let’s say you have been tasked to upgrade an older version of WordPress. WordPress team has been doing a great job keeping versions compatible and the upgrades succeed in 99.99% of the time which is awesome and is probably taking them lots of time and effort to do this. Backups Before you do anything. It’s
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If you’re seeing this error, it means that your web application is trying to upload a file that’s over the allowed upload limit. This can happen due to restrictions set in your PHP configuration. Understanding the Error When a client attempts to upload a file via a POST request, PHP checks the file size against
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To clone a git repository from BitBucket you can do that either via HTTPS (port 443) or via ssh which is port 22. So your administrator may have to allow outgoing connections to port 22. https/443 are probably allowed already. To open port 22 on Ubuntu run this command repo url should look like this
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Creating clickable links within WordPress post excerpts can significantly enhance user experience, making it easier for readers to navigate to the intended URLs. If you’d like to transform plain text links in excerpts into clickable links, you can use the following PHP code. This code snippet can be added to your functions.php file or, preferably,
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