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Adding dynamic shortcode to dynamic link on wordpress?

If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to make this link open a messages page, where the better-messages plugin is installed, the page would open with the users name already ...
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What's wrong in my PHP code? I'm using Wordpress Astra Theme and I can't insert data into my SQL

<form method="post" action="functions.php"> <div class="form-group"> <input id="customer" name="Customer Name&...
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How to edit a Wordpress project(files) website?

I have project files of the Wordpress website on my computer but I don't know how to edit it on Wordpress. We don't have the Wordpress account that was used to develop the Wordpress website. Is it ...
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logo wont show on any of my the wordpress theme

So I'm using oceanwp theme. I upload a logo and it wont override the original logo. So I decided to switch themes. Same issue. My uploaded logo won't show. my site: www.magnagoldenhealing.com
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Modify Contextual Help

Currently I have searched a lot of pages and information covering the contextual help tab (much like here:: 50787, 51861, 77308. Search term:: centextual help), and while there are many useful bits ...
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how to add active entries to static page

I want to create new static page (to share news - weblinks) where I will upload everyday interesting entries with web links, my short comments, to news from web with tags and page would something look ...
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Custom plugin development get help context to work in WP 4.3

I am stuck with the help tab for a custom plugin. In the past i used //ADD HELP INFO // add_action('contextual_help', array($this, 'my_plugin_help')); and now i am trying to convert the plugin ...
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Adding inline help to category/taxonomy checkboxes in admin sidebar

My site uses blog categories and several custom taxonomies. I need a way to add 1-2 sentences of inline help above the checklist of terms in the admin. The custom taxonomies are associated with ...
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Proper context for wp_remote_post()

I would like to use wp_remote_post() within a function to send an HTTP Post Request to a php script inside a plug-in. I'm successfully posting to the plug-in script, but having trouble with the ...
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Custom Post Type - Admin Columns

I'm getting these 0's in front of my categories and tags: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7v9hvf25wsw15p8/Screenshot%202014-11-08%2020.50.02.png?dl=0 Here's what the code in function looks like: // Work ...
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Help migrating from joomla to wordpress

Greetings I hope are well, I have a problem migrating my joomla site to wordpress 3.3 4. these are the steps I did: 1- uploaded the wordpress to the server where I have the web with joomla 2 ...
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How to translate add_contextual_help to get_current_screen()->add_help_tab()

I followed this tutorial: http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/using-the-settings-api-part-1-create-a-theme-options-page/ There is a deprecated tag add_contextual_help It says to use this instead ...
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How to add a help tab to all admin pages - including plugin pages

I have working code which adds a help tab to all screens in the admin which already have help options or a help screen - however, screens which don't have contextual help - such as the plugin I ...
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Adding Help Tabs To Custom Post Types

Using this well written post - tutorial Edit dashboard's help tab I have full control over all standard WordPress admin screens. Can this be modified to add "Help" Tabs to custom post types?
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Edit dashboard's help tab

I wish to edit the text in the dashboard's help tab. I can add help to other pages, but I want to change the text in the grey box with links on the right-hand side of the help tab. It is on the 'For ...
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Click link on plugin/theme page and open the contextual help on a specific tab

I've added a help section using the add_help_tab() function. I'd like to be able to click a link somewhere on the theme/plugin page and have the help panel open at whichever tab I need. Can someone ...
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Contextual help in wp-admin for non admins

I'm having a problem. I have my WP with custom roles, capabilities and so on.. But I'm having a problem in displaying the context help (in top right corner). If I log in as admin-it's all right - it's ...
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Help Tabs with: add_help_tab() callback - How does the argument work?

I just tried to add a simple help tab, from within a class (example to test below). I wanted to use a helper/callback fn to prepare the content for different help tabs. According to core, the function ...
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contextual_help, change the "Help" tab label

Is there any way to change the "Help" tabs label? I speak about the top right tab to toggle the contextual help. I'm looking to change "Help" label by "Documentation". I work on WordPress 3.3 and 3....
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How to remove contextual help on WP 3.3.2?

How to remove the contextual help and its tab completely from Wordpress v3.3.2? The add_filter for contextual help that used to work like wonder on older version no longer work now. Update: (trimmed ...
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How to remove help tabs?

Is there any way to remove the help tabs? I'm looking to remove these tabs not to hide them with CSS. On the wp-admin/includes/screen.php there are a couple of lines that mention this but no idea ...
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Positioning Screen (Contextual) Help Tabs

Using the new WP_Screen class makes it pretty easy to add help text to a screen. <?php add_action( "load-{$somepage}", 'wpse_load_reading' ); function wpse_load_reading() { get_current_screen()...
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Customizing contextual help for every page

How can i change the content of the help section for all of my admin pages? I've removed a lot of the admin that won't be used, but i want to add information to the help section for the additional ...
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Custom metabox field help tips popups

Is there anything built-in to core that displays a little (?) icon next to admin-side input fields (custom metabox input fields, for example) that provide tooltips or a contextual help popup when ...
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Editing Help Section

I was trying to find the contextual help section for all the admin pages so I could add some additional text. The main pages I need to hit are the "Pages" page and the "Widgets" page but I'm not sure ...
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Where can I edit Admin Panel Page file

I need to edit the "Help" section of the "Page" page in the Admin panel. Since wordpress doesn't allow multiple line breaks I need to make sure the user knows that if they add the "" tag in the HTML ...
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Issue with contextual help overwriting existing content

I'm missing something here: function page_help($contextual_help, $screen_id, $screen) { if ($screen_id == 'page') { $contextual_help = ' <h5>Shortcodes</h5> <p>...
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Instructions/Rules Inside Text Area

I know it is possible to change the "Enter Title Here". But is there’s a function to add text (“how to...”, “simple rules to post...”) inside the post text/input area! Any help?
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How to control contextual help section by code?

I had added some content to contextual help section for plugin options page. Now I'd like that page defaulted/toggled to contextual help section open on specific condition in my PHP code. My only ...
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