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Common issue on shared hosting. Debug is unable to be deactivated due to host settings.

Solution:

ini_set('log_errors','On');
ini_set('display_errors','Off');
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL );
define('WP_DEBUG', false);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);

Membership type websites need to be customized to prevent Subscribers from accessing certain areas of WordPress core. After setting up a front-end Profile page or Dashboard, it is necessary to redirect to these areas for the appropriate user types.

This will search Posts and Post Types for Taxonomies that match the search terms and will return the Posts (not the taxonomies).

The site health widget can alert you to issues on the website, but this can also be confusing to clients and increase maintenance requests to resolve “issues” when the website is functioning properly. Hide this widget using the following snippet.

Place in functions.php

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_site_health_dashboard_widget');
function remove_site_health_dashboard_widget()
{
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_site_health', 'dashboard', 'normal');
}

Source.

Handy snippet for updating the default title text on a Comment Form.

I needed to query multiple post types and specific taxonomies and meta for a featured banner on a website, and found that using an array for post_type wasn’t working with the tax_query.

I’ve seen a lot of suggestions online to copy the Logout link shown in the WordPress backend into a Custom Link when using wp_nav_menu().

However, this will redirect users to the Logout Confirmation screen, and they will be prompted to logout once more.

The below is used to check between two date fields and display only the items that fall within that parameter.

Style images differently according to weather the image is landscape, portrait, or even square.

This also works with Post Types created by Plugins.

To add a Custom Post Type to the Appearance > Menus section of the backend, add show_in_nav_menus => true to the Post Type args.

Building a custom website for a client or a friend, it might be easier to setup the site / brand colours as the defaults available in the Colour Settings dropdown.

Thank you so much to Chittaranjan for posting this on Stackexchange…

This function targets wp_nav_menu by it’s theme_location, and dynamically adds a Login / Logout button to it, including nonce.

Want to hide the editor from the WordPress editor because:

• there are several users accessing the WordPress backend
• a client has requested this feature be disabled
• you never user it

Add the following line to wp-config.php above the “That’s it, happy blogging” comment line.

define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true );

Works in relationship with has_children();

The following works in multiple languages and can be used inline:

I previously attempted this using post_parent, grandparent and ancestor information in an if statement, but I find this method is cleaner.

Adjust your post feed according to which Posts are using Read More tags.

Working on heavily cached servers with limited access to cPanel / server resources makes it difficult to apply website updates in a timely fashion.

On the category archive, or the single post page, use the following loop to retrieve the name, slug or ID of the top most category to use as a header, or link.

Building custom menus and filters is unavoidable. If you’re not comfortable triggering the active item with jQuery to add an active class, you can find the current page ID, and use existing WordPress CSS classes to reapply styles already within your stylesheet.

If you’ve built a custom Registration Page with a form that is gathering all of your customer’s information, the default WordPress Register link, has become null and void.

I recently worked in a website that had multiple skins within a single domain. The different themes were controlled and activated by their related parent pages. I’ve already gone over how to add an ancestor class to the body, but I needed to add a couple additional features to this website as well.

A deep number of page levels in a website can make navigation difficult for front end users. In addition to breadcrumbs, it is worthwhile to maintain your Top-Most Page Title in all areas to help your visitors find their way between the hierarchical sections of your site.

Get_terms does not natively support exclude children. Here is a function that you can use to help keep your front end organized, and structured.

More often than not, content is added to a website for aesthetic purposes (carousels, widgets, call to action buttons, etc.), not necessarily to provide information.

Setup page titles for different page levels using the following statement. Below example is using the Thematic WordPress Theme.

Great way to hide categories from the front end if they are reserved for a different purpose: