Here's a problem that I've seen a few times of late, especially since the introduction of PHP version 8 and higher. WordPress sites using outdated themes are often showing errors in and around the site especially in the Dashboard, the specific error being: PHP [...]
Sometimes you may have a URL that has parameters or variables included in it that you wish to display on a page or post within WordPress. In cases like this all that's needed is a simple function to get the information from the URL onto [...]
If your WooCommerce variations aren't user friendly for the user because it's always asking them to choose from a huge selection, or showing "Choose an option" or "Please select" text even if there's only one variation, a simple fix will help make your WordPress [...]
Recently a client reached out concerning a critical error in WordPress using Avada when trying to access the wp-admin area of the website. It appears that the problem is due to an issue with Revolution Slider, specifically a metabox function that's including in the admin [...]
If like me you use the WordPress plugin Resize at Upload, or Resize at Upload Plus, it's quite likely that you'll be getting a mysql error when changing the settings. Something like: Access denied for user ''@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/accountname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/resize-at-upload/resize-upload.php on line 63 [...]
If you're having trouble getting Google Maps marker clustering working on IE8, this little snippet may be of use. A client recently came to me with an issue whereby Google Maps were showing the clusters on all browsers except Internet Explorer 8, but it's usually [...]
I've recently come across a slight problem with one of my clients whereby they wanted the RSS feed widget to open all incoming links in a new window. And why wouldn't they? Especially if they're external RSS feeds that are being parsed. We could have [...]
This handy function will search and replace all instances of a search term in every file with the PHP extension, across all directories and subdirectories. Upload the file to your root directory and run it. function callbackDir($dir){ $searchString = "searchforthis"; $newValue = "replacewiththis"; // directory, [...]
Unfortunately, the default Recent Comments widget also includes trackbacks and pingbacks and the sight ain’t so lovely thus I had to add this hack to weed out the trackbacks and pingbacks. Open your theme's functions.php file and add the following code if ( !$comments = [...]
1. Open your index.php and find <?php get_footer(); ?> 2. Place a HTML comment that you can easily recognize, before and after Something like: <!– footer content starts Here –> <?php get_footer(); ?> <!– footer content ends Here –> 3. Visit your blog 4. View the [...]
Creating breadcrumbs in WordPress themes can be a pain. With that in mind, this handy function should be exactly what you need. function waz_breadcrumbs() { $delimiter = '»'; $name = 'Home'; //text for the 'Home' link $currentBefore = '<span>'; $currentAfter = '</span>'; if ( !is_home() [...]
Adding a user to a Google Analytics account is a necessary step in SEO projects, but many people don't realise how simple it is. The process is quite easy, and you should be able to get through the steps in just a few minutes. Log [...]
