WordPress Tutorials

Like I wrote about in a previous post about migrating to SiteGround, my blog was migrated from wordpress.com to a hosted wordpress.org. But that is not all to it, we still have some other activities to do to optimize this blog. It takes some effort and time to find out what the settings and plugins […]

Learn how to programmatically find unused shortcodes in WordPress. You will see how to search for such shortcodes by using code and WordPress functions

While working on a WordPress theme, I noticed a low MySQL query cache hit rate. There were a lot of SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS queries that were not cached and were slowing down the database. It appears Word…

I’ve written a lightweight plugin to make it extremely easy to create Posts 2 Posts connections via the WordPress WP-API (Rest API). If you don’t know about Posts 2 Posts, it’s an extremely powerful (…

It's hard to edit content on an archive page in WordPress. Create a page to use for your custom post type archive instead.

Customizing the WordPress Admin Menu is a common task. Learn how to place Custom Post Type links and Custom Taxonomy links under ANY WordPress admin menu.

While developing a website or blog in WordPress with Custom Post Type's there may come a time when you do not want to actually display the Single Post. In this

How to create a post type that is fully featured with custom fields, meta boxes, helps tabs, and much more with only code and not a single plugin.

As a WordPress developer it is a painful (and all too familiar) feeling of angst, when I find a plugin that does almost exactly what I want but the author has left no way for me to modify the behavior…

Learn how to add your own settings in widgets, that you can't otherwise touch their code.

Most of you will have heard about WooCommerce extensions by now, and WooCommerce sure is great for extending because it has loads of hooks and filters to play with, but in truth you can extend any Wor…

This article covers how to add existing taxonomies to a custom post type, and how to make that custom post type show up in those taxonomies' archive pages.

This white paper will familiarize you all things headless and brainless including definitions, use cases, benefits, and how-tos on WP Engine.

Permalink post_type structure with taxonomy slug in it · GitHub

If you’re trying to determine what page caused a form submission to occur, and need to get the referrer URL, here’s how to do it. Setup Create a hidden field on your form. Add a label to it such as Re…

You know that a fast site == happier users, improved ranking from Google, and increased conversions. Maybe you even think your WordPress site is as fast as it can be – you’ve looked at site performanc…

Learn how to programmatically find unused shortcodes in WordPress. You will see how to search for such shortcodes by using code and WordPress functions

Edit plugin strings that get loaded in the front-end. Works with any WordPress theme and plugin that uses gettext functions.

Code to remove landing pages from site search results. Assumes that templates are in the templates directory inside the theme.

Custom post navigation by meta key and meta value

When using number fields, you are able to easily perform calculations. In this article, we will show you how to set up a calculation field. Note: The Total fields cannot be used within calculations. W…

Gravity Forms provides the ability to perform basic calculations in ‘number’ fields, such as ‘field 1 x 2’ or ‘field 1 + field 2’.As of Gravity Forms 1.9.15 these formulas do not support any advanced …

Using Math by GravityView, we can use the [gv_math] shortcode to add up the values of all the entries in the form. We need two things to find the total value of

Add tax to your Gravity Forms' submissions in 5 minutes or less. by David Smith Leave a Comment Overview GF eCommerce Field offers several powerful new field types. For this tutorial, we’ll be working…

The REST API is finally integrated into WordPress’ core, yet so many developers seem to be at a loss for how to use it in their real world projects. We get it – interacting with APIs can be an intimid…

The decoupled or “headless” CMS is rising in popularity among developers because of its capabilities for innovation, flexibility, and future-proofing. Building WordPress-powered websites via the WordP…

One of the very first things people tend to learn when writing plugins is how to attach custom HTML to the bottom of their WordPress posts using the filter called "the_content". This is good, as it...

Learn to limit WordPress the_content words. The best way to limit the_content function words in WordPress. Step by step tutorial with example explain...

Overtime a wp_postmeta WordPress database table may become bloated and use redundant custom field meta_keys. The table may have thousands of rows worth of dead data such as old custom fields. You can …

In this tutorial we'll learn how to programmatically add a custom field to the default WordPress registration form.