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How do I make an HTML table from a database table?

is there a built-in wordpress function to make the HTML or should I use plain-old PHP?
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414 views

Style reply form different than comment form

Is there a way to display (css and html) in a different way the "reply" form and the main "comment" form?
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How can I alter the [gallery] markup?

I would like to change the markup created by [gallery] from what is it as standard (dl) to a unordered-list with a difference. Below is the desired markup: <ul> <li><a ...
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How to customize the default HTML for Wordpress Attachments

I'm using Wordpress 3.0.1 (most recent as of now) and working around the Whiteboard theme. It seems that for attachments (images, specifically), Wordpress generates the HTML automatically and it ...
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Why doesn't default Wordpress page view use force_balance_tags?

I noticed that the default WP theme uses force_balance_tags for listing posts' excerpts. This way, it doesn't cause major html breakage whenever someone writes a post like <div><b>This is ...
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551 views

dealing with large HTML output via plugin code

I recently wrote my first WP plugin that adds a shortcode for embedding a custom jquery image gallery into posts. It's primarily just dumps a good chunk of HTML into the post, along with javascript ...
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Output in XHTML or HTML 5 for plugins?

I'm currently writing a plugin that displays some images - possibly with captions. So, I was wondering whether to use XHTML (<div>s and <span>s) or HTML 5 (<figure> and ...
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Can I force WordPress to use <i> instead of <em>?

For example, Did you know that <em>hot</em> was used to mean "<a title="What is the origin of “hot” as “good-looking” or “attractive”?" ...
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How to use tinyMCE for user “biographical info”?

I would like to provide our WP users (authors) with a tinyMCE editor instead of standard textarea for their "Biographical Info" on the Profile page. I have spent a lot of time searching online for ...
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Will my Wordpress site become vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) if I allow img tags in the comments area?

I'm planning to follow this tutorial in order to allow my subscribers to add images to comments (actually a custom post type called "Replies"). Wordpress filters <img> tags by default (except ...
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Allowing more elements in comments via functions.php

I would like to allow certain HTML elements in my comments and have edited kses.php directly in the past. However, I have been hacked recently and replaced all the core Wordpress files and feel I ...
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When switching from html to visual editor the <iframe> tag gets corrupted

I'm trying to embed an iFrame, and because I set up some CSS using responsive design, I wish to NOT have width="" and height="" attributes whatsoever. When I type this into the HTML editor field.. ...
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How can HTML be allowed in Author Bio?

Is there a way to prevent WP from stripping the HTML from the author bio? I need it to keep my paragraphs. Thanks in advance! :) Edit - Although this question has been answered, I will clarify that ...
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I want to have my custom field use HTML, how do I do that?

I want to have my custom field use HTML, how do I do that in such a way that I can use a rich text editor to view the content?
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Using tabs for wordpress plugin

Done my research and found this is how to call the built-in ui tabs jquery script in wp for the admin area but I'm stuck on implementing the other jquery scripts needed that I believe are built into ...
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1answer
3k views

Is there a way to send HTML formatted emails with Wordpress' wp_mail function?

Is there an action_hook or something similar that could help me achieve this? I tried adding markup in a PHP string variable and just fired off an email with the wp_mail function like so: $email_to ...
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WordPress function that makes HTML safe to be sent via AJAX request

What is correct way to send HTML back to an AJAX request in WordPress? I currently have this: add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_get-location-info', 'sc_locations_get_location_info' ); add_action( ...
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<form> inside a metabox

I'm trying to write a plugin that allows a user to upload a video to Vimeo through the Vimeo upload API. In order to avoid trying to upload a video to a potentially shared hosting account and then ...
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jQuery UI Datepicker not working

i want to add a datepicker on a custom page but i doesn not work. WP version is 3.2.1. Those are the init string i used on wp code: wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui-core'); ...
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Wordpress custom taxonomy description for each post?

In a Wordpress blog, I'd like to put the term description of a specific custom taxonomy in the footer of each article. Is this possible? I've tried <?php term_description( $term_id, $taxonomy ) ...
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Retaining old HTML archives and displaying themes conditionally

I am converting a website from straight html (with tables! Ugh!) to WordPress. The company has a new design every year, and but keeps an archive of their old site(s) with the old design(s) on their ...
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How do I make my wordpress page more friendly for mobile viewers?

My basic question is How do I make my wordpress page more friendly for mobile viewers? I have seen some answers such as wptouch, wordpress mobile pack, and mobilepress http ...
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2k views

How can I publish Word files to a WordPress blog without losing the footnotes?

I would like to take the contents from Microsoft Word files and convert them into WordPress blog posts without losing the footnotes. I've tried many different methods but have not found a simple ...
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Add .html extension to only one page in my Wordpress site

We had an old site that had html pages in it. One of the pages in that site was linked to from many other sites. Now we moved to a WordPress site, and we created a page with that name, but of course ...
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Why is WordPress WYSIWYMG and how do I make it WYSIWYG?

WordPress may have a text editor that appears to be WYSIWYG, but upon using it I discovered that it is actually WYSIWYMG- What You See Is What You Might Get (once it's done screwing with the HTML). ...
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Wordpress Wysiwyg Content not being displayed

My Wordpress website really isn't working to how I want?! It was working fine, with nothing being touched, Then lately I find every-page is displaying the same content on each page. Not the ...
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Add visual editor capability to custom excerpt window?

The custom excerpt field (under Add New Post) only accepts html. Thus, you can't just cut and paste a segment from the Visual Editor. If you want links to appear in custom excerpt, you have to know ...
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172 views

Preserve white-space in Page

I frequently post pages with code examples. However, Wordpress strips out whitespace, thus ruining the indentation and formatting of my code. So this: <pre> selector { property: ...
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392 views

HTML code in Custom field

I'm using a custom field to display images in a slider on each post, but when I update the post after having entered the HTML code in the custom field, the code disappears. I'm assuming that there is ...
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4k views

Keep HTML format when switching from Visual to HTML editor

I've been looking around for a solution that will allow me to edit HTML code and have it remain after a switch to the Visual editor and back. I've tried a bunch of things with no luck: the ...
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How do I make wordpress comment fields required?

Here is my form: <form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="validate"> <?php if($user_ID) : ?> <?php ...
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298 views

How to use code sample into WordPress post?

I am using WordPress, and when I post some post data into my WordPress post, including some html code, as follows: <code><div id="access"></div></code> I want the code to be ...
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raw code vs wordpress

I am currently a CS student and an aspiring programmer/web developer. I am wondering whether it is worth taking the time to master html and css to make websites when CMS services/wysiwyg like ...
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wp_editor adds HTML entities to the content

I'm building my theme options page and I want to use Wordpress TinyMCE editor here, so I'm calling wp_editor. But when I'm saving data some entities are added to the content for example, lets say I ...
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407 views

Get entire page content (generated HTML in browser)

I'm looking for a filter that provides the full page generated in WordPress - including the head section with meta tags, body, styling and dynamic content. the_content() and the_excerpt() do work only ...
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Simplest way to add a second html editor to the post/page admin?

What's the simplest way to add a second html editor to the post/page admin and show the content in a template? What I need is something like a custom field that supports html, but I don't need the ...
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262 views

What exactly does “Posts page” do in WordPress?

Hay, I'm making a WordPress template, and i have 4 main pages. HOME BLOG CONTACT ABOUT US As you can see "Blog" is a page (i need it to display when i call wp_list_pages()), but how do i edit this ...
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384 views

How do I add a front menu button that redirects to another website or sub-domain?

Hello there, I would like to add a front menu button (viz. Home, About, Archive etc.) to my blog that links to another website. WordPress only shows the pages that I have created using ...
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How to resolve - IE 6 ignores img “width” properties

In this post: http://humus101.com/?p=1734 We've got 4 images set (in the img property) to a width of 246 pixel. In chrome it looks fine. In IE6 it doesn't. Any suggestions on how to solve this?
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Add code just after Post content

I am in a bit of dilemma here so bare with me. I want to add something like this code just after the content in a post: <p>Please let me know what you think by <a href="#comment">leaving ...
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289 views

Change Default Image HTML

I am making a Wordpress theme and want to change the default image html. For example if you upload an image using Wordpress uploader it generates the following html for your images <a ...
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972 views

How to prevent pages from automatically adding line breaks?

I'm trying to style a form on a website, but I'm hitting a snag. Wordpress is automatically generating <br> tags when I directly edit the HTML for pages. What I've got is this: ...
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1answer
1k views

How do I stop HTML entities in a custom meta box from being un-htmlentitied?

I have a custom meta box that is supposed to accept HTML, but the text I'm trying to input contains both double and single quotes (and ampersands), and it's messing up the saved data - each time I ...
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1k views

How to wrap every image in a post with a div?

When I add an image to a post I want it to be in a div e.g. , and I want that to be done automatically, so I don't have to do that in HTML editor. I don't want to use js to accomplish this and by the ...
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1k views

Switching From HTML to Visual Editor and Back Completely Strips Page Contents

I have a page (not a blog post) I need to embed an iframe on (it's to "integrate" an external service's product catalog). I added the iframe code in the raw HTML editor and saved the page. I viewed ...
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Adding HTML to the Header, Screws up in IE7

Working on a site for a client: http://esteyprinting.jasinternetmarketing.com/ I added an HTML table to header.php to include the "Call us at..." and the social media icons. It renders fine in most ...
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107 views

Custom image upload

I'm trying to setup upload for for attachments for my custom post form. At first I add to my form tag enctype="multipart/form-data" For testing purposes I have two upload forms, but in future I'm ...
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Add a css class to a taxonomy permalink

I need to add a css class to every <a> element retrieved by the_terms() (or similar function) in order to open the taxonomy permalink in a fancybox modal window. I've been searching this whole ...
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How can I hide Home in my menu in a specific page?

I want to how can I hide the home in the menu without setting show_home in functions.php to false, I just want to do is hide it in a specific page. How can I do this? I am using the Twenty-Eleven ...
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Protect HTML in Comment

In wordpress comments system, it work HTML. I want to protect inserting HTML in wordpress comment system.

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