Hi everyone! Going to make this post short and sweet since I had such a long break from blogging. 🙂 I’ve been incredibly busy over the last year. – I’ve: changed jobs (from KHM Travel Group, where I spent nearly 6 and a half years, to Blackbird Digital), volunteered for […]
Category: WordPress
Any topic related to WordPress that could potentially be helpful to others. Specific applications for different WordPress features.
7 WordPress Features You Can Write a Simple Plugin For
Here are 7 examples of simple plugins you can write to get started with WordPress plugin development. Plugins in the WordPress repository should try to serve a single purpose. The “single purpose” concept is so the author can maintain the code more easily and so the end-user that doesn’t have […]
Why is my shortcode content showing before other content?
If you have created a shortcode but it’s showing up before the other content on your WordPress site, it might be because you used an “” instead of a “” in your callback function. add_shortcode() Incorrect: Correct:
Breaking vs Non-Breaking Plugin Changes
If you’re anything like me, when you open up old files, you like to clean them up while working in them. It only adds a small amount of time to your work and is the most convenient time to “get around” to cleaning things up. There are some things we […]
When is wpautop() going to grow up?
Every time I look at this function, I wonder when someone will rename the argument and the variables and . The Code Refactoring section in the Contributor Handbook suggests not to focus on style fixes, but I’m not sure if renaming variables is considered refactoring in terms of WordPress. “[Refactoring […]
Another Weird WordPress Mystery
I found this in a theme’s functions.php file: So this function only affects admins who cannot administrator…
Put Google’s Invisible reCAPTCHA on WordPress Login Without a Plugin
How to Integrate Google Invisible reCAPTCHA on WordPress Login If you’re looking to protect your WordPress site against brute force attacks, you can add features like a CAPTCHA or honeypot on your login page or enable 2-factor authentication. The code below is an example of how to add Google’s invisible […]