Handle pagination in wordpress custom php code
In case you are writing wordpress custom code and need to show lot of content, it may be a good idea to support pagination. The read more
How to and why disable wordpress cron
WordPress crons are different from traditional Linux or Windows crons. Traditional cron runs as independent processes at regular interval. WordPress crons are php hooks which read more
How to customize wordpress image alt tag
In case you want to beautify image alt tag for all your wordpress posts, you can use filter hook the_content. Attach a filter function to read more
How to display date in wordpress pages
The default Twenty Twelve theme which comes with wordpress and many other themes display creation date in wordpress posts but do not display any date read more
How to display wordpress page list with specific custom field value
WordPress lets you display a list of pages as links with many customizations. You can use wp_list_pages or get_pages to display or get list of pages. read more
How to display wordpress top level pages
Displaying wordpress top level pages may be useful for displaying sitemap or browse interface on a wordpress site. Here is the code you can use read more
How to hide a post from home and RSS feed in wordpress
Sometime we want to hide a post from wordpress home page. One not-so-good alternative is to create it as a page. One drawback of that read more
How to include bootstrap javascript and css in wordpress post
Bootstrap is pretty handy javascript and css library/layer over jquery which provides many useful pre-built functionalities like responsive design, transitions, modals, buttons, etc. In case read more
How to include wordpress pages in archives
WordPress archives are very useful in providing users and search engine bots like Googlebot a great way to browse all content on a wordpress site. read more
How to override priority and change frequency in Yoast xml sitemap
It is important to maintain healthy xml sitemap for your site. In case you are using Yoast SEO plugin to generate xml sitemap for a read more
How to remove xmlrpc from wordpress headers
If you don’t need xmlrpc in your wordpress, you can disable it at various places like http x-pingback header, html meta tags, etc. Here are read more
How to setup wordpress custom query params with pretty url format
WordPress pages can handle query parameters in url in the traditional format of “key=value”. e.g. If you want to create a page to display details read more
How to show wordpress pages on front page with skip_home custom field
By default WordPress pages donot show up on home page. Only posts are displayed on home page. Here is wordpress php code which can be read more
How to use google custom search for wordpress site
WordPress comes with a default search which searches posts and pages from your site. It works pretty decent. Here is why you should consider switching read more
How to write custom php in wordpress
If you are just writing text articles then you never need to write any custom php in wordpress. In case you want to write dynamic read more
No frills social share links for WordPress sites
There are many plugins available for WordPress which lets visitors share the post or current page on various social networking sites like Google Plus, Facebook, read more
Using WordPress custom field for displaying code
WordPress custom fields (post meta keys) can be used to store key value pairs for a post. This can be very useful to store code read more
WordPress – add content filter after shortcode execution
Sometimes we need to add content filter in wordpress which should execute after all the shortcodes. The shortcodes in wordpress are executed by filter do_shortcode read more
WordPress – customize category and tag links
In case you need to create a custom link for category or tag, the you can term_link filter. This can be useful in case you read more
WordPress – customize facebook plugin opengraph meta tags
If you are using facebook plugin in workdpress, it adds opengraph meta tags in wordpress posts. At times we want to remove or customize some read more
WordPress – customize posts per page for tag, category and date archive pages
The following code can be used to have separate value of posts per page for various archive pages (category, tag, date, author, etc.)
WordPress – exclude specific posts from archive pages
Sometime we need to exclude specic posts and pages from wordpress archive pages. If there are some internal pages behind auth, you may want to read more
WordPress – get posts/pages with missing meta key
Get post_type page with missing meta_key Get post_type post with missing meta_key
WordPress – how to add filter to description meta tag
If you using Yoast seo plugin, then you can use its filter wpseo_metadesc to change meta description tag as per your needs. Typically you want read more
WordPress – how to create custom tag cloud
WordPress has support for displaying tag cloud using wp_tag_cloud. It displays tag cloud and has support for including and excluding tags and specifying mininum and read more
WordPress – how to exclude specific tag posts from a tag archive page
WordPress will display all posts on a tag archive page which are tagged with that tag. Sometimes we want to exclude posts of more specific read more
WordPress – write custom php log to separate file
Why write php log to separate file Using default php error log in wordpress php code for informational messages can pollute php error log file. read more
WordPress how to check if a post is being viewed by admin
In WordPress you may want to do certain things only when admin user is viewing a post. Here is quick code snippet to know if read more