How To Define A Minimum Word Count Per Post In WordPress

February 7, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

Simply copying and pasting the snippet to your theme’s functions.php file and you will be able to define a minimum word count per post in WordPress.

function minWord($content){
	global $post;
        $num = 100; //set this to the minimum number of words
	$content = $post->post_content;
	if (str_word_count($content) <  $num)
	    wp_die( __('Error: your post is below the minimum word count.') );
}
add_action('publish_post', 'minWord');

function minWord($content){

global $post;

$num = 100; //set this to the minimum number of words

$content = $post->post_content;

if (str_word_count($content) < $num)

wp_die( __('Error: your post is below the minimum word count.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'minWord');

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How To Load jQuery From Google CDN In WordPress

February 1, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

Using the following snippet, you will be able to load jQuery from Google CDN in WordPress.

function jquery_cdn() {
   if (!is_admin()) {
      wp_deregister_script('jquery');
      wp_register_script('jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js', false, '1.8.3');
      wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
   }
}
add_action('init', 'jquery_cdn');

function jquery_cdn() {

if (!is_admin()) {

wp_deregister_script('jquery');

wp_register_script('jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js', false, '1.8.3');

wp_enqueue_script('jquery');

}

add_action('init', 'jquery_cdn');

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How To Get Category Slug In WordPress

January 30, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet below will let you get category slug in WordPress.

if(is_category()) {
	$cat = get_query_var('cat');
	$yourcat = get_category($cat);
	echo "the slug is" . $yourcat->slug;
}

if(is_category()) {

$cat = get_query_var('cat');

$yourcat = get_category($cat);

echo "the slug is" . $yourcat->slug;

}

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How To Exclude WordPress Categories On Secondary Front Pages

January 25, 2017 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet will let you exclude WordPress categories on secondary front pages.

Note: You can change the number “4” below to whichever category you will want to exclude on secondary front pages.

<?php if ( is_home() ) {
    query_posts("paged=$paged&cat=-3");
}
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php if ( is_home() ) {

query_posts("paged=$paged&cat=-3");

}

while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

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How To Set Default Editor In WordPress

January 23, 2017 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

Adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file will let you set default editor in WordPress.

# This sets the Visual Editor as default #
add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "tinymce";') );
# This sets the HTML Editor as default #
add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "html";') );

# This sets the Visual Editor as default #

add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "tinymce";') );

# This sets the HTML Editor as default #

add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "html";') );

How To Set WordPress Post Expiration Code

January 18, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

The following snippet will let you set WordPress post expiration code.

<?php  //to check against expiration date;
$timestamp = strtotime("now + 8 hours");
$currentdate = date('YmdHis', $timestamp);
$expirationdate = get_post_custom_values('expiration');
if (is_null($expirationdate)) {
  			$expirestring = '30005050235959'; //MAKE UN-EXPIRING POSTS ALWAYS SHOW UP;
} else {
if (is_array($expirationdate)) {
  						$expirestringarray = implode($expirationdate);
						}
$markup = array("/",":"," ");
$expirestring = str_replace($markup,"",$expirestringarray);
} //else
if (( $expirestring > $currentdate ) || (is_archive())) { ?>
<?php } //end if for expiration; ?>

<?php //to check against expiration date;

$timestamp = strtotime("now + 8 hours");

$currentdate = date('YmdHis', $timestamp);

$expirationdate = get_post_custom_values('expiration');

if (is_null($expirationdate)) {

$expirestring = '30005050235959'; //MAKE UN-EXPIRING POSTS ALWAYS SHOW UP;

} else {

if (is_array($expirationdate)) {

$expirestringarray = implode($expirationdate);

}

$markup = array("/",":"," ");

$expirestring = str_replace($markup,"",$expirestringarray);

} //else

if (( $expirestring > $currentdate ) || (is_archive())) { ?>

<?php } //end if for expiration; ?>

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How To Have WordPress Remember FTP Details

January 16, 2017 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

Using the following snippet will let you have WordPress remember all the FTP details of your website.

define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext');
define('FTP_USER', 'username');
define('FTP_PASS', 'password');
define('FTP_HOST', 'host');
define('FTP_SSL', false);

define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext');

define('FTP_USER', 'username');

define('FTP_PASS', 'password');

define('FTP_HOST', 'host');

define('FTP_SSL', false);

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How To Redirect If You’re Not Logged In WordPress

January 11, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

Adding the following snippet in your theme’s functions.php file will let you redirect if you are not logged in WordPress.

if(!is_user_logged_in() && $pagenow != 'wp-login.php') {
    wp_redirect( '/comingsoon.html', 302 );
}

if(!is_user_logged_in() && $pagenow != 'wp-login.php') {

wp_redirect( '/comingsoon.html', 302 );

}

How To Have Vertical Submenu In WordPress

January 9, 2017 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

The following snippet will let you have vertical submenu in WordPress.

<?php
if($post->post_parent)
 $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0"); else
 $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
if ($children && is_page()) { ?>
 <ul id="L2">
 <?php echo $children; ?>
 </ul>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php } ?>

<?php

if($post->post_parent)

$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0"); else

$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");

if ($children && is_page()) { ?>

<?php echo $children; ?>

</ul>

<?php } else { ?>

<?php } ?>

How To Have WordPress Recursive Page Listing

January 4, 2017 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet

The following snippet will let you WordPress recursive page listing.

function pagesRecursive($parentId, $lvl){
	$args=array('child_of' => $parentId, 'parent' => $parentId);
	$pages = get_pages($args);
	if ($pages) {
		$lvl ++;
		foreach ($pages as $page) {
			print "<div style='margin-left:".($lvl * 30)."; border:solid 1px #000; margin-bottom:10px; '>";
			print $page->ID."<br>";
			print $page->post_date."<br>";
			print $page->post_title."<br>";
			print $page->post_content."<br>";
			print "</div>";
			pagesRecursive($page->ID, $lvl);
		}
	}
}
pagesRecursive(20, 0);

function pagesRecursive($parentId, $lvl){

$args=array('child_of' => $parentId, 'parent' => $parentId);

$pages = get_pages($args);

if ($pages) {

$lvl ++;

foreach ($pages as $page) {

print "<div style='margin-left:".($lvl * 30)."; border:solid 1px #000; margin-bottom:10px; '>";

print $page->ID."<br>";

print $page->post_date."<br>";

print $page->post_title."<br>";

print $page->post_content."<br>";

print "</div>";

pagesRecursive($page->ID, $lvl);

}

pagesRecursive(20, 0);