As WordPress continues to gain popularity in the CMS market, it attracts developers from various backgrounds, including those with strong PHP skills. However, some PHP habits, such as directly using cURL for making HTTP requests, can lead to less maintainable and less secure code. WordPress offers a powerful alternative with its built-in HTTP API, which […]
Download the article as PDF Debugging is an essential process in any software to figure out what and when it went wrong. WordPress has a way to enable debugging. It is normally turned off by default because it's not very professional to show errors on the site and this causes users to trust less that
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We noticed that this error: No matching template found shows up with different WordPress themes. We tried cleaning up the cache, changing to other default WordPress themes but it didn't work. Solution Try installing a different theme to see if the problem will still persist. If you have access to wp-cli you can run this
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Usually when WordPress updates itself or if it's a fresh installation it would generate this Welcome to WordPress huge banner.It takes a lot of space. If you're a beginner you may take a look at it for a few seconds but no more than that. If you're more advanced WordPress user you'll go straight to
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So you've decided to try WordPress Multisite?Awesome! WordPress Multisite has its uses even though many people don't usually recommend it.It is probably because not many WordPress plugins are compatible with it. You can use WordPress multisite for different subsections of the site. e.g. support, help, developer docs etc. i.e. everything that's related to a product
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Normally to modify the WordPress pages' meta title you can use the following filter.doc ref: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_title/ the callback will receive $post_title, $post_id as arguments. If you're using RankMath for your SEO stuff you need to use this filter: rank_math/frontend/title to modify the meta title. I didn't have the time to fully investigate why that's the
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RankMath and other WordPress plugins tend to inject some HTML into the content of the page. This code is not normally seen by the end users but when somebody views the page's source code they will see it. It's extra 200-300 characters. Of course if you've worked hard on a plugin you'd want the sites
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So you've created a cool custom post type in WordPress but can't find a way to edit its slug/link/permalink? Editing the slug is not that obvious for a custom post types. We know. WordPress shows the default/classic WordPress editor and not the block editor for custom post types. So you've added a custom post type
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How many times did you want to delete some test data? You can paste the following snippet into your functions.php file (temporarily) or in a custom plugin. You need to update my_custom_post_type to match your custom post type. Then login as admin and then access your site e.g. example.com/?admin_del_cpt_posts and you'll see the post ids
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In the dynamic world of website management, particularly for those utilizing WordPress, the question of handling unused plugins is a common yet critical consideration. This article delves into the best practices for managing unused WordPress plugins, offering insights and guidelines that cater to both novice and seasoned WordPress users. The focus is on understanding the
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