Count WordPress Website Blogroll Links

October 22, 2018 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet will let you count on your WordPress website blogroll links.

<?php
$numlinks = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_visible = 'Y'");
if (0 < $numlinks) $numlinks = number_format($numlinks);
echo $numlinks;
?>

<?php

$numlinks = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_visible = 'Y'");

if (0 < $numlinks) $numlinks = number_format($numlinks);

echo $numlinks;

Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

Setting Up Post Expiration Code For WordPress Website

October 17, 2018 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

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

<?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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Set Role And Capabilities In WordPress

October 15, 2018 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet will let you set role and capabilities in WordPress.

Add this capabilities for every custom post type.

[edit_post]          => "edit_{$capability_type}"
[read_post]          => "read_{$capability_type}"
[delete_post]          => "delete_{$capability_type}"
[edit_posts]          => "edit_{$capability_type}s"
[edit_others_posts]     => "edit_others_{$capability_type}s"
[publish_posts]          => "publish_{$capability_type}s"
[read_private_posts]     => "read_private_{$capability_type}s"
[delete_posts]           => "delete_{$capability_type}s"
[delete_private_posts]   => "delete_private_{$capability_type}s"
[delete_published_posts] => "delete_published_{$capability_type}s"
[delete_others_posts]    => "delete_others_{$capability_type}s"
[edit_private_posts]     => "edit_private_{$capability_type}s"
[edit_published_posts]   => "edit_published_{$capability_type}s"
edit_members
read_members
delete_members
edit_memberss
edit_others_memberss
publish_memberss
read_private_memberss
delete_memberss
delete_private_memberss
delete_published_memberss
delete_others_memberss
edit_private_memberss
edit_published_memberss

[edit_post] => "edit_{$capability_type}"

[read_post] => "read_{$capability_type}"

[delete_post] => "delete_{$capability_type}"

[edit_posts] => "edit_{$capability_type}s"

[edit_others_posts] => "edit_others_{$capability_type}s"

[publish_posts] => "publish_{$capability_type}s"

[read_private_posts] => "read_private_{$capability_type}s"

[delete_posts] => "delete_{$capability_type}s"

[delete_private_posts] => "delete_private_{$capability_type}s"

[delete_published_posts] => "delete_published_{$capability_type}s"

[delete_others_posts] => "delete_others_{$capability_type}s"

[edit_private_posts] => "edit_private_{$capability_type}s"

[edit_published_posts] => "edit_published_{$capability_type}s"

edit_members

read_members

delete_members

edit_memberss

edit_others_memberss

publish_memberss

read_private_memberss

delete_memberss

delete_private_memberss

delete_published_memberss

delete_others_memberss

edit_private_memberss

edit_published_memberss

Snippet Credit/Source: WordPress Codex

Counting Your WordPress Website Blogroll Links

October 10, 2018 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code, Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet will let you count your WordPress blogroll links.

<?php
$numlinks = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_visible = 'Y'");
if (0 < $numlinks) $numlinks = number_format($numlinks);
echo $numlinks;
?>

<?php

$numlinks = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_visible = 'Y'");

if (0 < $numlinks) $numlinks = number_format($numlinks);

echo $numlinks;

Snippet Source/Credit: Jeff Starr

How To Use WordPress Shortcodes In Theme Files

October 3, 2018 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

A person who has got even a little knowledge of WordPress does understand the importance of WordPress shortcodes. While, everyone who are aware of shortcodes, definitely love them out but unluckily, shortcodes by default can be use only in post and page editor area and not in theme files. But, well with the help of this snippet below, you can use a shortcode in a theme file too, all you have to do is to use the do_shortcode() function as shared below.

<?php echo do_shortcode("[your_shortcode]"); ?>

1	<?php echo do_shortcode("[your_shortcode]"); ?>

How To Set A Maximum Word Count On Post Titles

October 1, 2018 By Editorial Staff in Featured, WordPress No Comments Tags: Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

Adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file, you will be able to set a maximum word count on post titles.

function maxWord($title){
    global $post;
    $title = $post->post_title;
    if (str_word_count($title) >= 10 ) //set this to the maximum number of words
        wp_die( __('Error: your post title is over the maximum word count.') );
}
add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

function maxWord($title){

global $post;

$title = $post->post_title;

if (str_word_count($title) >= 10 ) //set this to the maximum number of words

wp_die( __('Error: your post title is over the maximum word count.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

Snippet Source/Credit: Pippin

How To Remove Existing Information From WordPress

September 26, 2018 By Editorial Staff in WordPress No Comments Tags: Code Snippet, Snippet, WordPress, WordPress Snippet, WordPress Snippets

The following snippet will let you remove existing information from WordPress.

function add_myExtra_ContactMethod( $contactmethods ) {
// Add Twitter
$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
// Add Facebook
$contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';
//Remove Jabber / Google Talk
unset($contactmethods['jabber']);
return $contactmethods;
}
 add_filter('user_contactmethods','add_myExtra_ContactMethod',10,1);

function add_myExtra_ContactMethod( $contactmethods ) {

// Add Twitter

$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';

// Add Facebook

$contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';

//Remove Jabber / Google Talk

unset($contactmethods['jabber']);

return $contactmethods;

}

add_filter('user_contactmethods','add_myExtra_ContactMethod',10,1);

Snippet Source/Credit: readers-cafe.net

How To Exclude WordPress Categories On Secondary Front Pages

September 24, 2018 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(); ?>

Snippet Source/Credit: iamnotgoodartist.com

How To Get Category Slug In WordPress

September 19, 2018 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;

}

Snippet Source/Credit: BestWPThemez.com

How To Load jQuery From Google CDN In WordPress

September 17, 2018 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');

Snippet Source/Credit: WP Tips