Questions tagged [formatting]
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Page formatting lost when I attempt a revision
This may be a duplicate post (Lost formatting after saving), but it doesn't seem like it was properly answered...
I have the most recent version of Wordpress (v 5.2.2) and just created a page (using ...
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Editing Default Columns in WooCommerce admin orders page?
I'm not a programmer by any means, but decently tech-savvy. The Orders page of WooCommerce has a "Ship To" column, where it lists the address to ship. The Orders page is generally just used by our ...
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Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /formatting.php
I'm working on a WordPress site with Chinese language which use WP Bakery plugin.
I added woocommerce product category short code on home page to show some products from a category
It works on a all ...
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Generating a number based on post ID
I am trying to generate a number that will be 5 digits including the post ID. For example: if post ID is 25, the number will be 00025.
So far my codes are below. It's working but is there any better ...
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Paste as plain text but keep the spaces
I use paste_as_text = true to remove all styling from forum posts in the frontend. But this also removes all the leading spaces on each line. Is there a simple way to avoid the latter?
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Remove formatting in rich text with Gutenbergs Block editor
In the classic editor, an option for removing all formatting in a selected text was possible in the visual tab.
Is there such a function for Gutenberg?
If not, is it planned at some point?
What ...
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Images that copy code to clipboard when you click on them
I run a website about a programming language which is very well-integrated with a front-end which adds a lot of styling to the code that cannot be replicated in the browser. For that reason, I publish ...
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Exporting posts from wordpress to medium
I've a blog with a couple of articles, recently I tried exporting those articles to medium (in order to reach a bigger audience). I used the default medium import tool and found the formatting to be ...
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How to change text size of Gutenberg editor
Is there a setting in WordPress Gutenberg editor to change the font size of the text we type while writing posts? I mean the text size inside the editor itself, not the published text that blog ...
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Woocommerce - adding multiple products to a post stacks them vertically not horizontally
Using Woocommerce shortcodes such as [products tag="mugs"] or [products limit="3" columns="3" best_selling="true" ] or even multiple product IDs adds products vertically in posts. I would like them to ...
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How to get year, month and hour in Wordpress?
Here is the code which gives me only day and month.
I want to show all: year, month, day, hour and minutes.
How can I do this?
print '<time class="entry-date updated" datetime="' . esc_attr( ...
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trigger html cleanup for all posts
So i know that wordpress will auto clean / format html within posts / pages automatically when switching back and forth from text to visual:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9907757/wordpress-...
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How to completely prevent WordPress from destroying/modifying my shortcode outputs?
Here I have written a (pretty safe) shortcode for embedding iFrames in WordPress:
add_shortcode( 'r2o_iframe', 'r2o_display_iframe' );
function r2o_display_iframe($atts) {
ob_start();
$src ...
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Page takes on two different formats
I want to show a list generated from two tables. I have a page with a shortcode that loads the information just like I want. The shortcode runs a function called member_list. In this function, I have ...
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$content = $post->post_content; with formating
I'm trying to get formating but with no luck. My code looks like this
global $post;
$content = $post->post_content;
And to output here
<div class="tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-...
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How to amend time format of comments, using child-theme?
How to amend (override) the time format of the comments (of the posts and pages), not touching the wordpress initial installation? I use a child theme and if it is possible in any way to do it from ...
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How do I change the content of an element for a theme without losing the styling?
For example the theme I am using has a built in "coin calculator" that displays live prices for cryptocurrencies to fiat. It looks like this:
When I go to edit the page the code for this is just a ...
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Get last seen date/time in wordpress get_comments() [closed]
I could get comment_date with a loop.
And it shows like 2018-03-19 12:30:06.
Here, I just want to get Last seen format.
(For instance, 3 min ago , 1 hour ago , 1 day ago , 2 week ago )
How can I ...
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Understanding automatic text formatting in the Wordpress editor
Why does the text editor remove paragraphs and line breaks?
Surely maintaining basic formatting such as paragraphs or line breaks is a basic requirement in all CMS systems. It's hard to believe that ...
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Adding padding above menu
I am not sure why but after I done some editing the menu now has no space from the type of the page. How do I create this ?
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Let custom text widget use the same font as the theme
On this page, I have created a text widget. I don't know how to match this up with the font on the rest of the site. The theme uses the Playfair Display font. I don't have extensive knowledge of ...
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Keep pasted pre formatted code as it is -with tabs- in visual editor
I need a manual code to my functions php to extend the visual editor from removing tabs when pasting code blocks.
I tried this code, found at this site, but it does not work as I want. If I got:
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function sanitize_title() does not appear to be working
Spent quite a while trying to figure this out. I've implemented a stop-gap function that mimics what I believe this function is supposed to be doing, but I would like to use the native libs/functions ...
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Inconsistent behavior from number_format
I'm trying to format a number in a table cell with comma separators between thousands. The number is coming from a custom field generated in Advanced Custom Fields plugin, where it is required to be a ...
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Paste Function Broken
My paste function appears to be broken for my Wordpress site. I have tried on multiple computers, and browsers, and the results are the same: I cannot post anything, whether it be text, an image, or ...
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Decimal stripped from metabox number
I am working on a Wordpress website for a client to show several property listings and their associated prices. When I enter the number in the metabox created by the developer it strips out all ...
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Date is showing in unreadable format. How to convert to readable date?
I am using the following code to show the expiration date of my coupon;
<?php _e('Expiration Date:','wpestate'); echo esc_html($expiration_date); ?>
But, it is showing in following ...
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Paste from word not preserving formatting
When I paste from word, it adding a lot of extra spacing around each block of text. If I look in html editor, it's putting a <strong> </strong> in between each block of text, which makes ...
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Problem in wordpress with “-”
I have problem in Wordpress after migrating my website.
In title tag (<title>) I have
"–"
instead of
"-"
For the browser it's good, in the title it shows good.
But in html code is "&...
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Post formatting bug in WordPress
I have a Math counterexamples blog. One post contains the string
<strong>We now prove that</strong>
\begin{align*}
However, when that post is displayed without the "Continue reading" ...
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Editing the formatting.php file vs functions.php file?
I'd like to format the time-ago date format from 5 min to 5m. I can edit the formatting.php file and make the edit but should I? Should I instead declare the edit in the functions.php file?
From the ...
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Formatting poetry in wordpress
I am (a novice) editing a poetry blog. Poetry has weird spacing, and I can't get any combination of code to do what I need. For example, one poem needs to be single spaced, but it also needs an ...
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My custom theme text and content format
Hi I am new to Wordpress development and I have learned a lot already but I do not understand why the text and content in the pages and posts does not keep the format that the user sets in the back-...
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What's the best way to trim content from WYSIWYG editor?
I have done an excessive amount of googling and haven't found exactly what I need yet.
The client uses the editor (WYSIWYG) to create posts. She adds photos, links to external photos, videos, embeds ...
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Disable TinyMCE Table formatting width/height
Hi there I want to disable automatic formatting of table/td/tr widths and heights in WordPress TinyMCE.
I create the table, literally type the data in (not copying it from word or anything like that) ...
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Trim content without stripping formatting
I've tried
<?php $trimmed = wp_trim_words( get_the_content(), 55, "" ); ?>
<?php echo $trimmed; ?>
and
<?php $trimmed = wp_trim_words( the_content(), 55, "" ); ?>
<?php echo $...
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How to paste source code from IDE to posts directly?
I have tried preformatted button, Paste as text button or Text tab element before pasting source code, WordPress always stripped indent tabs and broke code formatting.
For example, the source code:
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Calling PHP Titles inside Javascript Markup
I have a video gallery, and all the titles are generated by php. They are coming from my Wordpress media library's attachment titles.
The lightbox for these videos, however, is customized in ...
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WordPress get_the_content losing formatting when emailed
I'm pulling the content of a post outside of the loop to send in an email like so:
$content = get_the_content();
However, when I craft the body of the email:
$body = 'Hello:
<br/><br/>...
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How to add a spoiler without using shortcode-based plugins [closed]
I read it is advised not to use shortcode-based plugins, so I was wondering about an alternative elegant way to implement spoilers
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Updating to Version 4.5 bumped my “main sidebar” widget out of place
I updated to the newest version of word press and it changed my home screen. Essentially it shifted my text to the right and as a result shifted my "main sidebar" widget downward to now begin below ...
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How to display html code normally?
I want to display my html code as it write in edited format.
Here is my edited html code.
It display as following after publishing it.
How to make it displayed as the following?
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Visual/Text Editor displays blank pages in WP-Admin- but HTML on client side displays correctly
Theme: Hemingway, Twenty-Sixteen
Host: Bluehost
Browser(s): Safari, Chrome
OS: OSX El Capitan 10.10.5 (14F1605)
Website
When I try to "Edit Page" visual editor screen is blank, in both Text and ...
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WordPress menu>Custom Link: removing my link formatting and adding %20
I am pasting this url:
<a href="#" id="event_inquiryToggle">TEST</a>
into WordPress Custom Link menu item. When I hit save it saves it as such:
http://a%20href=#%20id=...
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Why does WP not like my <a> container?
Lately I've been working on some shortcodes where all the elements the shortcode produces are wrapped inside an tag. Unfortunately this is not rendered like wanted, because of the filter wpautop on ...
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Code Blocks with WYSIWYG in blog post
Is it possible to format code in the wysiwyg editor, up to now I use Blockquotes to represent code, but my problem is that it does automatically line breaks, and I don't want to have random line ...
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How to properly format if statement with html and php
I have an if statement that has some html and php in it. The way I have formatted it at them moment seems a bit messy:
EDIT
<?php
$audio_source = get_field( 'audio_source' );
...
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Selectively remove empty line after line change
In WP post editor, how can I change lines without adding an empty line?
I try to post this
One line
Second line
third line
But it always shows like this
One line
Second line
Third line
PS: I ...
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How to format the various types of custom fields?
So i am ready to throw in my custom post type a bunch of custom fields.
All these fields need specific handling for their input and validation.
Exmaples:
Numeric fields
E-mails
WYSIWYG editor
...
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Is there a way to disable formatting shortcuts in 4.3?
Since the WordPress 4.3 version was released there are these new things called formatting shortcuts. They can be helpful but I find them mostly annoying. Is there anyway to disable these new ...
