On a recent project my client needed WordPress username restrictions but didn’t want to use a plugin. There are a few plugins out there that allow username restrictions but they are a bit overkill for this project and so I decided to just implemented it via a snippet in functions.php. Basically, there’s a list of […]
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Remove page numbers from wp_head for post type archives with WordPress SEO
If you’ve got WordPress SEO enabled this can be a tricky one. Took a while to track down exactly where those /page/2s were being added to my custom post type archive. I removed get_pagenum_link and start_post_rel_link and finally figured out the culprit was WordPress SEO! Just add something like the following to your functions.php // […]
Looking for a WordPress Subscription Plugin? You Likely Need Several Plugins
Many of you have asked how to quickly set up a premium WordPress subscription membership site that supports limiting access to content for paying subscribers. The fastest way to go, without doing any programming or hiring a developer is to use a combination of free and premium WordPress tools. In this How To, I’ll quickly […]
How to Hook Into WooCommerce to Trigger Something After an Order is Placed
It could be anything, but if you’re offering a service of some kind, rather than a simple downloadable product, you may need to trigger something to happen when an order is complete. Here’s a simple snippet illustrating how you can add an action to woocommerce_payment_complete. Add something like the following to your functions.php. You’ll need […]
Add Author Field to bbPress Topics
Simple snippet to add an Author field to bbPress Topics: // Add Author field to Topics add_action( ‘init’, ‘custom_add_author_to_topics’ ); function custom_add_author_to_topics() { add_post_type_support( ‘topic’, ‘author’ ); } Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn
How To Avoid Browser Security Errors And Embed YouTube Videos Properly On Your SSL WordPress Site
This is hopefully going to be fixed in core soon, but if you’re running into this problem, the solution is to add the following functions to functions.php: // Enbed YouTube Videos over SSL wp_oembed_add_provider(‘#https://(www\.)?youtube.com/watch.*#i’, ‘http://youtube.com/oembed?scheme=https’, true); wp_oembed_add_provider(‘https://youtu.be/*’, ‘http://youtube.com/oembed?scheme=https’, false ); Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn
Customize WooCommerce Checkout Fields
You can use a filter to override the WooCommerce checkout fields that display, and also change their content. Here’s an example snippet of how to do that. Add it to your functions.php: // Customize Checkout Fields function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) { $fields[‘billing’][‘billing_company’][‘label’] = ‘Organization’; $fields[‘billing’][‘billing_company’][‘required’] = true; $fields[‘billing’][‘billing_company’][‘placeholder’] = ‘Your Organization\’s Name’; $fields[‘order’][‘order_comments’][‘placeholder’] = ”; […]
Remove WooThemes Author and Other Post Meta
Simple one, just add the following to your functions.php: // Remove post-meta function woo_post_meta( ) { } Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn
Remove the Admin Bar From WordPress Public Side
Add the following snippet to your functions.php to remove the Admin bar from all logged in users except administrators: // Remove the admin bar function dont_show_admin_bar($content) { return ( current_user_can(“administrator”) ) ? $content : false; } add_filter( ‘show_admin_bar’ , ‘dont_show_admin_bar’); Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn
Customize the WordPress RSS Feed For a Custom Post Type
Sometimes you want to customize the RSS Feed just for a custom post type, and leave the default alone. Here’s a snippet you can add to your functions.php that will allow you to do just that. You will need to add your custom-feed.php which you can base on one of WordPress’s default feed templates, found […]