Tag: WordPress
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Easy Related Posts WordPress Query
Sometimes you just need to output some posts based on the post you are already on. You could place this code on your single post template and it would return 3 posts based on the categories said post are associated with. The ‘post__not_in’ => array(get_the_ID()), line ensures the post you are currently on doesn’t show […]
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Upload vCard files to WordPress
We use the upload_mimes Hook to add the vcard file formats to our allowed mime types. This can be placed in your custom or child themes functions.php file or in a custom plugin. You can craft this function to allow other file formats also, but be careful as you may be opening your site up […]
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Custom Animated Submit Button for Ninja Forms
Ninja Forms is easily one of my favorite WordPress plugins. It’s one of the most design agnostic form building plugins I’ve come across and has saved me time on every project. Every now and then a designer asks for some UI that isn’t easily accommodated by most form markup. I needed to animate a submit […]
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Generate Post Title and Slug from Advanced Custom Fields
I often need to create post titles in WordPress based on fields I’ve generated using Advanced Custom Fields. Below is an example that assumes we have a Custom Post Type registered to “staff” and two Custom Fields with the name of “first_name” and “last_name”. Using the “update_value” hook provided by Advanced Custom Fields and “wp_update_post” […]
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How WordPress default themes add Google Fonts
I spent some time diving into Twenty Seventeen in preparation to develop for the theme directory. I was curious as to how the developers of very popular theme would enqueue a Google Font. I am no stranger to using a @import tag in the stylesheet, but I assumed there had to be a more sustainable solution. What […]
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Free Plugins to Enhance your WordPress Experience!
The WordPress UI is one of the best CMS’s on the market and continues to improve with every version. That being said there are a few features that seem to be missing which could make your experience a whole lot better and I am going to show you a few plugins to fill that void! […]
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Adding a ‘Client’ User Role to WordPress
In an effort to make a better boilerplate my co-worker Jim Floss and I set out to create a new User Role inside our WordPress client sites. This role closely resembles the Editor role and Admin role but allows us to turn different functionality on a per-client basis if need be, but by default locks […]
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Switch from Dreamweaver to Sublime
So several months ago I switched from Adobe Dreamweaver to Sublime Text. I switch for a number of reasons, many of which I will talk about below. If you are thinking about switching here is some good information to have during the transition. Reasons to switch to Sublime Text 1. It’s much faster. In every […]
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5 Free Plugins Everyone With a WordPress Site Should Be Using
I have been developing WordPress sites for a long while now and have found a handful of plugins I couldn’t live without. I list them below in no particular order. I would love to hear what some of your must have plugins are in the comments. WordPress SEO by Yoast Do you like traffic to your […]
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