A function is a sequence of program instructions that perform a specific task. It is packaged as a unit that can be used wherever the according task should be performed.
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Doing action based on input from options menu
This is my first time writing plugin. I have managed to get options menu with the html form:
<?php
add_action('admin_menu', 'menu');
function menu(){
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wp_get_theme Warning: Illegal offset type
I'm using Post templates plugin. But its very outdated.
I'm getting Warning: Illegal offset type at this line
$templates = $themes[$theme]['Template Files'];
Here is my full function code.
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Is there a way to direct unregistered user to registration page when click a link?
everyone:
this question seems pretty commmon to ask, but I did not find any answer.
I was wondering, if there is a php function that I could use to direct a user to the site's registartion page, so ...
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Custom Metabox Not Saving
I've simplified a problem of saving custom metaboxes on update and still can't get the box to save the custom-field input to the database.
This is the call from functions.php to an external file ...
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Add Login and logout buttons to top menu bar
I got this code to insert menu bar in the PRIMARY menubar, but I can not find a way to insert it into my secondary, or top menubar above the primary menu bar.
Could anyone teach me how to do that?
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Have h2 tag not show up if there are no blog posts
On our current site we have different company profiles. Some companies have blog posts that display on their profile and some don't. Their is an h2 tag above posts that is in the page template then ...
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How do I edit wp_head and/or functions.php to remove rss-feed which isnt used and dont validate?
When using w3.org's validation tool Unicorn I get the following error/warning:
URI: http://energyshop.se/hem/feed/
This feed does not validate.
After looking into my source its there crystal clear ...
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Adding a user's ID behind the <a> tag ref link address
Good day, everyone:
I want to make wordpress to add the user's id number behind the ref's link string, so that, for example
<div class="toolsbutton">
<a ...
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Hook into a function without a hook?
I have just got into using hooks and have now understand the beauty of them. I understand that I can hook into the following by using add_filter('hook_name','my_hook_name', $variable);
function ...
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Wordpress function like is_category for subcategory? is_subcategory?
Is there a function in WordPress that will check if the page you are on is a sub-category archive page?
Like the way is_category checks if it's a category page?
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WooCommerce - Want to show multiple currency for a single product
Am using woocommerce - and want to show multiple currency for a single product. I know there is a currency converter widget extension. But am not able to buy it for now.
So if can some one assist me ...
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plugins_url() works everywhere but wp_reqister_script()
So I should probably mention up front that I'm developing a plugin so my url is 'mysite.com/plugin' (Just in case this is related to my issue.
So, In my main plugin file (myplugin.php) I have added ...
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How to set and use global variables? Or why not to use them at all
UPDATE: My original question has been solved, but this is turning into a valid discussion about why not to use global variables, so I am updating the question to reflect that. The solution was ...
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get a simple array of all of the term names that exist in all taxonomies
I may be going about this all wrong but I'm trying to use get terms to get all of the terms that exist in every taxonomy.
I think this might be a php question.
get_terms allows you to specify which ...
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Using PHP to toggle stylesheet and header image, set in cookie
I haven't done a lot of work with cookies or Wordpress before so I think I've been a bit over-optimistic in my quest :p I have created two themes for my site, night and day. I would like the user to ...
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Log in / Log Out Custom Button
On our website we have a "Join" button in the top right corner and a log in / log out link using <?php wp_loginout(); ?> . Instead of having the log in / log out link we would like to have it ...
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Trouble using wordpress functions in a pop-up modal form
I'm working on a plugin and I've added a button to the tinymce editor that pops up a modal form, with options for the shortcode, and then inserts the shortcode with the selected options in to the ...
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How to use author meta in shortcode?
I am trying to create a shortcode that will return a link to a book on Amazon with a specific affiliate tracking code specific to the author. I created a user option called "amz" to hold the author's ...
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Placement of Code in Plugin for hooking `save_post`
I ran into a strange Problem today developing a new Plugin.
I set it up as usual, creating the f711-roomprice folder in the Plugindirectory, and creating the f711-roomprice.php as well as an inc ...
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new to javascript - using in <head> instead of functions.php, not loading correctly
Live site.
I've decided to incorporate javascript in my new theme; this is my first time doing so and have pieced together what I've down with help of blog posts and forums. I have the javascript ...
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Using multiple line variable inside a function?
I am using the commenting system to all users to add a private note that only they can see to posts and I am using the wordpress comments system to do it. I wrote a function to call the logged in user ...
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Defining a global array in functions.php?
I try to create an array of years, which is avaible in my template-files and in at least one other function in the functions.php.
function get_the_years()
{
global $year_arr = range(2001, ...
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When to use esc_url, esc_html, esc_attr, and friends?
Discovered esc_url today while customizing an _s theme. I understand what the function does (sanitizes the URL inside), but what I'm unsure of is the scope of its use.
It makes sense to me that if ...
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Overwriting TwentyTwelve template file with child theme template, but lower in the hierarchy
I've (I think) an interesting problem here. What I want to do is create a global archive page, with everything on it. Dates, authors, categories etc all on one page.
I have a child theme, with ...
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Debugging an error: wp_enqueue_style was called incorrectly
I've just uploaded a new, custom theme to find that the container is a fraction of the intended width, and the sections below the home section(this is one single page, long site utilizing ids/anchors ...
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Compare post levels and user levels wishlist member
I'm using Wishlist Member plugin and I'm building a function which compares user_levels and post_levels, but I can't get my function to work:
check_user_access($userid, $postid){
// get ...
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Remove Menu Page Giving Error
I have a snippet of code I've written in the functions.php file which is simply to remove menu pages if the user cannot activate plugins. It works as intended; however it is showing a PHP error in ...
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BuddyPress: Re-using plugin function inside of Members Loop
I've been studying the source of a plugin which calls the following function to display an image inside of a user's profile (BuddyPress). My aim is to call the exact same function to do the same thing ...
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Excerpt length: get first paragraph
I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to get an excerpt from each post, grabbing the first paragraph from each one. I'm currently using the ACF plugin and have custom post types and custom fields.
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WordPress Automatic Filename Changer
So I used this function that allows me to change the literal filename in the directory on upload. But, it doesn't actually change the filename, hence changing the slug to the ID when attaching to a ...
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Edit Yoast SEO breadcrumbs output
I want to customise the output of Yoast SEO breadcrumbs, I have this so far which works great:
add_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_single_link', 'ss_breadcrumb_single_link', 10, 2 );
function ...
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I would like to use create a function in my custom plugin to tell WP to use a different header
I am well aware of the use of child themes for this. I know about get_header($name). I already understand the use of conditional tags.
I want my plugin to remove the function:
function get_header( ...
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Getting Featured Image Caption to Only Show if Populated
Good evening!
I'm trying to hide the featured image caption from showing. Currently, it'll show build the div (but not populate it because it's empty). What I'd like to do, ideally, is only show the ...
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What is user_trailingslashit() for?
What does the user_trailingslashit() function do, and when should I use it? How is it different from the trailingslashit() function?
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admin-ajax.php loading many times
My site is running slow, because the file "admin-ajax.php" is loaded many times. see screenshot here:
http://f.cl.ly/items/2b0O3Q0X27433X2F2j3U/Bildschirmfoto%202013-02-23%20um%2014.13.14.png
Here ...
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Featured Image keeps cropping
I've spent hours trying to figure this out and its driving me mad. I'm not great with php code so I'm not sure if I'm doing this the best way anyway...
It should be simple - I have built a custom ...
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Custom metabox not working
Morning!
I have a call in my functions.php file to include a custom meta-box php file in my theme's directory called: /metaboxes/home-meta.php
The code is as follows for the call:
add_action( ...
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Function Suddenly Stopped Working
I have a function which allows users to choose between pagination and next/previous links. In fact, I was provided the function on this site. I tested it today and it suddenly isn't working. I ...
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How to Display Frontend CSS for Administrator only
I've been asked to restyle the css of a WordPress website frontend.
The website can't be in maintenance mode while working on it as it must stay up and running all the time.
I assume that if I can add ...
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jQuery Plugin to use Wordpress functions in AJAX request
I'm using Chained Selects jQuery Plugin to create multiple chained selection fields. I'm using the remote version of the plugin to build the related options by means of AJAX request from a separate ...
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Display additional page templates and a sidebar on plugin activation
I'm developing a child-theme off of the Twenty Twelve (1.1), using Wordpress (3.5.1) and the Woocommerce plugin (1.6.6).
I've noticed that the problem with creating the online shop, single product ...
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Different functions file for each site in multisite installation?
I'm trying to create two (for now) sites in multisite WP installation that use same theme, but require somewhat different functionality i.e homepage has a bit different layout and there will be some ...
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Multisite 404 on pages - rewrite error breaks database
After updating my reading settings on my multisites, I get 404 errors on all my pages.
The only way to fix the issue is by reverting the database to previous version, that is the only way it can be ...
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Prevent creating multiple image resizes in twentytwelve template
I am using wordpress twentytweleve template and I notice every time I upload an image it creates 3 different thumbnail sizes. In my media settings I have already set medium & large size to 0. It ...
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Referencing a logo image from options panel [duplicate]
I've been toying with wordpress on the ac and I'm in the process of creating an options panel for my themes I hope to one day sell.
I'm struggling to find an answer to a question which I hope you ...
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Should I ask a theme developer to use locate_template rather than require_once
I was creating a child theme today and needed to overwrite a php file which was included using this code in the themes functions.php file
require_once( get_template_directory() . ...
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Why is this function crashing my wordpress installation? [closed]
I'm new to wordpress and programming in general. For my first site there is a custom template in which I want to load a javascript library. After registering and enqueueing it in functions.php my site ...
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Call current post parameters inside a plugin
I edited the plugin WP User Frontend (for editing posts from frontend) to have two different edit pages for two different post types.
Here's the original function which handles the edit_link.
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wp_get_post_terms Order by not working
wp_get_post_terms Order by not working
My code is here
query_posts(array('post_type' => 'product','post__in' => $product_ids,));
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
global $post;
$args = ...
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Content filter won't work
I'm trying to filter my content and on matches on flow I would like to change my html structure, but my rule doesn't really apply. I have the following filter which searches the first image of posts ...
