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Automatically determine minimum WordPress version required for a plugin?
When developing a plugin, is there a way to automatically determine the minimum version of WordPress that's required to run it? I want to make sure that the Requires header is accurate, but manually ...
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Why are there updates for obsolete WordPress versions?
Today milestone 3.3.3 was completed – five days after version 3.4. I have seen the same with milestone 3.2.2 which was never released.
WordPress does not offer any long term support as Matt once ...
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How can I create a bash install script for my Wordpress sites setup (WP+plugins+theme)?
I build a lot of websites with Wordpress, and my initial setup is basically always the same :
Latest version of WP
Latest versions of about 5 plugins
My naked development theme
Instead of ...
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Is it necessary to bump a plug-in's version if you're just updating the “Tested up to” attribute?
I've got a number of plug-in's hosted on the wordpress.org svn server ... with the immenent release of 3.1, I would like to update the "Tested up to" meta data.
There will be no functional changes to ...
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How to prevent plugin, theme installation failures on Wordpress?
I am unable to install any theme/plugin to my wordpress 3.0
Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/contact-form-7.2.3.1.zip…
Unpacking the package…
Installing ...
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What's the difference between post thumbnails and featured images (if any)?
On the Codex on Post Thumbnails, I see:
Post Thumbnails is a theme feature introduced with Version 2.9. It was quickly changed to Featured Images with Version 3.0. Post Thumbnail, now Featured ...
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Update to older wordpress version from admin?
I have a Wordpress 2.7.x setup that I would like to migrate to the latest version 3.2.1, however I need to make a stepped-upgrade as some plugins need an older version first (3.0.6 IIRC).
However ...
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Determining WordPress' Version from the Host's Command Line?
Given that I can't access the dashboard/admin pages on my blog (that's a future question), and that I have shell access to my hosting server, can I find out the current version of WordPress from the ...
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How to remove file versions from the file source links in wp_head?
I observed the inside the wp_head function in the source links of every .css, .js files a ?ver=1 (or other number based on the file's/library version) is added. How can I overwrite them, to remove ...
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Supporting older WordPress versions in a Plugin/Theme? [closed]
The practice of only supporting latest WP version seems popular in WP development circles, yet there is massive percentage of blogs running outdated versions. Not supporting those plugins seems it can ...
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How to check plugin compatibility before upgrading Wordpress
When you're upgrading a plugin you can quickly check if the plugin version you are about to upgrade to works with your current version of Wordpress. Is there a way of checking that your current ...
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A Way to Auto update plugins using cron?
Is there a solution to keep plugins updated with wordpress by auto upgrade them without need to access to the admin panel every time?
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Where does WordPress store version number?
Easy question. Where does the self-hosted WordPress store version information?
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Downloading Wordpress: Nightly Build vs. Stable Download
Whats the difference between a nightly build and the latest stable download, and what is the ideal use case for each?
On the Nightly Build Page it says:
Development of WordPress moves fairly ...
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How to make alert for new version on theme options?
Let say my theme host on my server. User download my theme and use it. Now I want notify @ alert for new version of my theme.
Example to show "New version has been release. Please download at ..."
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What are WordPress installation percentages by version?
I'm in the process of developing a plugin, and I'd like to figure out which versions of WordPress to support. But to get a good idea I'd need to know what percentages of old Wordpress versions make up ...
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Remotely identify the version of a WordPress installation?
How does DD32's tool determine the WordPress version of an installation. Its not working fine for WP 3.1 but it doesn't uses meta generator tag or the readme.txt of WP. So what else can it be?
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Plugin development: How many plugin and WordPress version combinations to support?
I'm developing a plugin (my first plugin), and I wonder how to think about [supporting and testing various plugin version and WordPress version combinations].
For example, if I develop a plugin, and ...
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Where is the changelog for 3.5? where is the list of added removed files?
This: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/3.5 is not a changelog.
This: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5 gives a few changes, etc, but no list of files added and removed. Where might I find a ...
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Is there any way to allow a plugin to write over a previous version?
When installing a plugin, it will not install if the directory to which it is attempting to install already exists. This means that users of our plugin must first manually deactivate and delete the ...
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Wordpress get current user data from external php page
I have a php page at the same level as the template / theme on wordpress.
What I need it be able to get the current logged in user details from this page.
I have tried this:
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Featured Image missing in Wordpress 3.2 Admin
I've just upgraded from 3.1.2 to 3.2, and now "featured image" is no longer listed at the bottom right of a post in admin.
Has this feature of WP been removed?
Can it be added back, or turned back ...
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How to display a static HTML page while setting up a WordPress site?
I just installed Wordpress. I have a non Wordpress splash page at [root folder]/index.html. I'd like to keep the splash page up while I work on skinning Wordpress. When I try to access index.php ...
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Add “Post Options” for new wordpress post
How i can add "Post Options" section under wysiwyg editor?
Like this
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Where can I get Wordpress Version in Dashboard?
On the botton of the dashboard WP proposes to upgrade to next version but it doesn't even show current version: does it show it somewhere else ?
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How to take options from form fields and turn them in to links?
I have a form in WordPress with options when clicked they retrieve a filtered posts. I want to take the options from the form and place it like normal links. Can this be done? Thank You all in advance ...
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I Want to Get A Plugin Version Number Dynamically
Howdy, I recently cribbed W3TC to implement an "in-update" changelist display (very cool), in my plugin, but there's an awkward bit of code I'd prefer to avoid.
If you look at the top of this file, ...
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Errors when uploading images in WP 3.5
I'm trying to upload images in WP 3.5 to set featured images for posts. Unfortunately I get the following error message:
An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.
The installed ...
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Wordpress plugin compatibility explaination when wordpress releases its new version (theoretical)
Recently i updated my wordpress to its latest version 3.4.1 and noticed that few of my plugins are only compatible upto 3.3 although they are working correctly for my site even with the latest ...
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TinyMCE Advanced newline problem
I am using TinyMCE Advanced plugin according to qTranslate in a wordpress 3.3 installation. My question is: why does tinymce translate visual editor new line ("enter" key) in a ...
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category_description() shows raw html after version 3.x?
Just looking for some history on the output of category_description()
I have categories whose "description" fields are formatted with rich text and I'm trying to understand the differences in WP ...
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Beta Versioning of Plugins
When I'm writing a fix to some bugs, I often increment the version and send it to the bug finder to see if my fix works. If I have 1.2.5 and I want to create a beta that will become redundant once I ...
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How to order images in a post in Wordpress 3.3?
In wordpress 3.2 when uploading images to a post, I would get a Gallery that is linked to the post. That is, I could see in the media uploader of the post a tab that contains only the images of this ...
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Remove Wordpress Scripts
I am working on a custom page template in my theme, i want to remove all other styles and scripts which are loaded, like default theme style, jquery & other scripts, i want to remove all for the ...
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Call to undefined function nocache_headers() [closed]
After updating a 3.4.2 network install to 3.5, I receive
Fatal error: Call to undefined function nocache_headers() in /wp-admin/admin.php on line 32
This happens in Chrome, and in Firefox (when I ...
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Switch from Beta to Stable workaround
So, I am currently running the WordPress 3.5-beta2-22265 version on a new site i'm testing. Now, it's about time to go live and I was wondering what should I do in order to get back to the stable ...
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Why orderbyb meta_value_num won't affect the generated SQL Query order?
I've exhausted myself with this and I couldn't figure out why when I do this
$myposts = new WP_Query( array('numberposts' => 5,
'offset' => '0',
'post_type' => 'noticias',
'orderby' => ...
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Image caption with apostrophe breaks the text with qTranslate [closed]
I created my own theme and I use on two different websites, along with a very few plugins (among them, qTranslate!). I noticed that recently (I don't think it was happening before) that all my image ...
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Version 3.04 or 3.5?
I am a first time user and about to build a website with wordpress and depending on guides for version 3.0. Should I install version 3.04 or 3.5?
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Which Versions of WordPress Ship with the Patched TimThumb?
Do you recall when the TimThumb exploit occurred? Which versions of WordPress bundled with this exploit? I need to inform a client that they should be upgrading to at least the version of WP when this ...
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How to display site title with post title?
Is it possible to have the site title prepended before each post title, separated by a hyphen? For example:
[my site title] - [my post title]
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Is it safe to update from 2.6.2 to the newest version?
I'm using Wordpress version 2.6.2 and now it shows in the page that
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in ...
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Any plans for a non backwords compatible WP release? [closed]
Imagine all the old_functions_that_do_the_same_thing_as_new_functions() being ripped out. Think of the consistency and improved work flow while working with different themes and plugins.
Is there ...
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Bandwidth usage increased in WordPress 3.5
I am facing bandwidth issue, for last (2012) whole year bandwidth usage of my WordPress site was 11.66 GB, after updating WordPress to version 3.5 in early January 2013, bandwidth usage for my site in ...
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Wordpress 2.7 upgrade protocol
I have been entrusted with this site http://equanimityconcepts.com.au and it's running wordpress 2.7. It's theme is a custom designed theme and hasn't had any plugin updates since about 2010. I am ...
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Save both current and new version of post meta
I want to save two versions of my custom meta box data called "sidebar". I want to compare a new and old version of this data later on, so that is why I want to save a copy of the current "sidebar" to ...
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Browse Happy in 3.2
The Browse Happy interruption would only appear to logged-in admin users, correct? It won't show up on my public facing site?
I can't really fire up IE6 very easily to find out.
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Content DISAPPEARS when simply adding normal text for ONE POST ONLY
This is the oddest thing I've ever seen on wordpress. Here's my problem:
I have a whole ton of text. But the last few lines I have this:
< blockquote>[Laughs] I'm doing the
exact same ...
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Fix Admin Dashboard Posts tab
I have WordPress v3.5.1 and using a theme from WPZoom. I added an SEO plugin called WordPress SEO which in turn added 4 more columns to my Posts Admin table which caused the columns to squish together ...
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Get style and script file versions and use them while writing a cache manifest file
Earlier I've learned how to remove file versions from wordpress style and script file source links inside the wp_head function. From here: How to remove file versions from the file source links in ...
