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TV Show database - Best way for structuring it?
I want to make a TV Show database in Wordpress that has this URL format:
/tvshows/friends/01/12/
/tvshows/ would list all series
/tvshows/friends/ would list all the seasons available for Friends ...
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Linking Two Post Types
and thanks in advance for your help.
I've done some searching, and this question has been answered a couple of times with reference to the "posts 2 posts" plugin, but the documentation on that is ...
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Customizing the Subject Field in WordPress' Notification Emails?
Can I customize and edit the subject field in the "Password Reset" notification mails sent from our multisite blogs? I have tried some plugins like My brand login and white label CMS etc. But I can't ...
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Adding another state (spam, reject, approve) to wordpress comments?
i know this might sound a bit weird, but what I'm trying to do is rather simple in mind but may be technically difficult.
I'm running small contests on my wordpress site where I ask users to leave a ...
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When to use esc_url, esc_html, esc_attr, and friends?
Discovered esc_url today while customizing an _s theme. I understand what the function does (sanitizes the URL inside), but what I'm unsure of is the scope of its use.
It makes sense to me that if ...
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What is the best practice for customizing a plugin's JavaScript/jQuery?
Most well written plugins support a safe means for a developer to customize/theme the plugin by copying PHP files to the theme directory and modifying the copies rather than the original plugin file. ...
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How to force one column layout on custom post type edit page?
I've created a plugin using custom post types and I need to force the default two column post page to a single column. At the same time, the Publish metabox must move to the bottom. I need to do this ...
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Editing theme files and access to the Code pages only to super-admin?
When I deal with Multisite installation.Some themes like mystique and aparatus provide the widget areas with in the theme-settings page to enter Advertising codes in the form of HTML or java script ...
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Associating an “author” with a custom taxonomy
I have a custom role, "Ministry Representative", which is able to log in and create and manage their own "Opportunities" and "Events", which is each a custom post type.
On the front end of the site, ...
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Disable Specific Widgets on Selected Pages of a WordPress Website?
I would like to give a CMS look to some of my pages. I want to customize them by removing the default widgets and adding other widgets as my wish (I will use plugins like My Custom Widget to add ...
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What are the ways to use WordPress as a user generated content site
What are the methods to create a user-generated-content website?
I know each has his own favorite way to do that, please elaborate on your own method, how to implement it and the pros/cons.
(This is ...
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Adding Custom Fields to WordPress Comment Forms?
What is the best way to add custom fields to a WordPress comment form?
(for example subject, image, etc...)
And how do I use the data entered afterwards...
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One site, 2 distinct sections: two different top nav menus?
I have a site that is in two distinct halves. I'd like the same template to apply to the whole site (from a look & feel perspective), but for each 'half' of the site to have its own top nav menu. ...
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Custom Taxonomy-specific JavaScript
I'm looking to add some scripts and styles to particular taxonomy page. For example, I want to have a banner rotator only appear for posts that fall under the "issue" custom taxonomy. I've tried ...
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Custom maintenance page
Is there a way to add a custom maintenance page from theme folder?
I have the code for the activate maintenance mode but i can't get the styling..
function activate_maintenance_mode() {
if ( ...
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Localization: I want the backend: english and frontend in defined language
I'd like to have the backend of Wordpress in English and use a different locale for the frontend
so far I figure out perhaps I could do it by setting in the wpconfig the locale I want to use in the ...
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Custom Fields and performance
My question : how many custom fields or even taxonomies WordPress can handle without affecting performance?
The reason I ask, is because I started building a custom theme and I might need to have ...
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Is there a Wordpress Event Manager that links with your user database?
I'm presently moving my site from a different CMS. Geeklog to Wordpress. They have an event plugin that I used which is very simple. This is it... ...
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How to set up sub-categories for author pages?
I am setting up Wordpress for a school. They want to enable teachers to have their own section of the site where they can create posts in different categories (assignments, events, etc).
I know that ...
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What specific database privileges does WordPress need?
I want to create a new database user for my WordPress installation. Usually on localhost, i can just use root, but it is good practice to use a user with as little rights as possible.
What are those ...
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how to enable different number of revisions for different blogs when using WPMU?
for example i would like blog1 to have at most 3 revisions for each post
but i want blog2 can have at most 10 revisions since this blog may have more than one editors that i want to enable this blog ...
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Any way to create a revision of a post ONLY with a new button in the Meta Box?
Quite sure there isn't a way baked in to do this, but anyone have any ideas on how I would get something like this done? I want to turn autorevisions off and ONLY have a revision created when a button ...
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Pagination Help on Crazy Custom Authors Page
I've got a custom authors page for a multi-author blog.
http://blog.securitytechnologies.com/meet-the-team/
Here's the code I'm using to generate the page (thanks to other folks in the support ...
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Converting primary keys from autoincrement integers to UUIDs
The Goal
I'd like to have WordPress use a unique identifier instead of auto incrementing on the primary key, which is currently the WP standard approach, in order to facilitate integration of several ...
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Is there a way to do multiple ordering on a multiple meta_query?
I'm experimenting with searches and multiple criterias and ordering. Let's say we have a real estate site, all posts have 2 custom fields (price and surface), and we want the visitor to be able to ...
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How to fix a theme with page.php Default Template that accidentally deleted?
I am having a quite odd case with WP today, and after spending about an hour searching on google and forums, can't find any answers. I hope posting here might allow me some chance to get help from ...
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Localization For Two Different Regions/Domains with the Same Language
I have a site which is based in US (ex. www.example.com). We've been tasked to create a UK/GB version of the site which has it's own domain (ex. www.example.co.uk), but shares the same common ...
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Custom taxonomy: same terms, but for different years
I'm building a directory of people in a boarding house. What I'd like to do, is to be able to assign the following metadata to each person:
Room number
Parking space number
Leadership positions
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How do I prevent one of two multiple loops from repeating on a second page?
I have a page with multiple loops, but the first loop repeats on the second (or Older) page. I want to keep the formatting but stop the post from repeating.
You can see the problem here: ...
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Use the user_activation_key for other purposes
I need to know if it is safe to use user_activation_key (from WP_User) for other purpose like email verification (a functionality that I would be creating that would send an email verification first ...
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get_the_term_list without links in 3.1
What function will display custom taxonomies associated with a post as text?
I'm currently using get_the_term_list which works great for a singular page but not so much when using a taxonomy in the ...
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Fast way to add countries as a custom taxonomy term?
Is there a quick way to add a list of countries as terms to a custom taxonomy called "Country"?
Is there an existing import file, SQL script ect...
I don't want to be there all day manually adding ...
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How do I read the value of a custom field of the page?
When creating custom page templates, how do I get the value of a custom field of the displayed page?
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Check before publishing, if already exist post with current custom field value
I have a custom post type with only 3 custom fields in it.
$post_types = get_post_meta($post->ID,'post_types',true);
$post_taxonomies = get_post_meta($post->ID,'post_taxonomies',true);
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Custom function for user register in wp?
I have a custom template for user registration. I want to use a function to insert users. Can I directly call wp_insert_user() function?
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Upgrading a custom theme through the Dashboard
I can't seem to upgrade my custom theme. Whenever I try to uploaded a new package, all I get is:
Unpacking the package…
Installing the theme…
Destination folder
already exists. ...
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Will activating a different theme preserve custom settings to current theme?
I have theme A currently active, and theme A has custom settings (like header image, custom CSS, etc). I am having issues with theme A, and want to activate theme B while I troubleshoot these issues. ...
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Post/Page Preview Template
Is there a way to have a custom template php file that is only used for previews instead of it using the single.php file? This way the user knows they are in preview mode?
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Post Ancestor and Child Post in Custom Post Type
Hierarchical structure of custom post type "Book" (for example).
When we are on Post 2-95, I want to know:
Does the post has this post ancestor(Post 1-31)?
Does it have child posts(Post 3-19, ...
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Edit Custom Database Tables in Wordpress
I have a site that uses custom database tables to manage info that is inserted by a process completely independent from Wordpress. The data from the table is used in the Wordpress site but it is not ...
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Can this navigation be done easily in WordPress?
Can anyone please let me know if a dual navigation style is easily achievable or not possible.
A WordPress developer I'm in touch with is telling me it's not.
Basically, we would like the navigation ...
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Can I change what fields are displayed in the Comments form?
Is it possible to change the fields that are available in the comments form? By default my comments form is asking for Name, Email, Website, and then the actual message. I'd like to remove website and ...
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modify all posts of a category to “no comments allowed”
I'm looking for a way to modify all posts of a certain category to be "no comments allowed" without going into each post settings, one by one, and modifying manually.
Perhaps a MySQL statement?
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Custom comment type maybe?
(First of all, sorry for bad english)
If there are people here using wordpress as cms, you probably realize that you dont need comment system that much. Esspecially custom post types like products ...
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can I orderby one custom field and meta_query another in the same query
I have a custom query and I am filtering out events by custom field: event-month. I simple filter our the events that dont have a month_number = to date("n");
Its a pretty great little query, but I ...
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User fields that can be edited by administrator?
How can I add custom user fields for a user profile that an administrator can edit? I want the user to be able to see the value of the field on their profile, but I don't want them to edit it. How can ...
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I need to add a custom “cover” to every new post — plugin or custom setup?
I'm creating a site that's basically like an online book, and every post is a chapter. Each chapter gets a customized, specially designed "cover" page that can't really be designed in the Wordpress ...
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Add a checkbox to post screen that adds a class to the title
I'm needing some posts to have different title colors than others, and I figured this would be most conveniently accomplished by some sort of check box on the post creation/edit screen. How would I go ...
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Restrict custom post type to only site administrator role
How can I remove this custom post type from being shown in the dashboard for non admin users?
/* Add Websites Custom Post Type */
add_action( 'init', 'create_website_type' );
function ...
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WordPress Paginate $wpdb->get_results
Due to a complex multisite config, I have a query which combines the posts from two blogs and I would like to paginate the results. I am grateful for any help. I have posted my query.
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