Adding an inquiry to a single product page to get information on when a product is back in stock. The following tutorial is based on the needs of a customer (here in Norway) who needs a way to easily have the customer ... [Read more]
WordPress Tutorials
Various WordPress Tutorials.
WooCommerce – Modifying the Checkout Page
How to modify the WooCommerce Checkout page. The following tutorial has been added onto multiple times.I am showing various basic modifications to the checkout page. I am also showing how to add custom fields to ... [Read more]
WooCommerce minimum quantity drop down
I am redoing a client site - celias.no and also adding a WooCommerce minimum quantity drop down. The goal: Add a drop down with a minimum quantity and maximum quantity. Begins with 10 then goes 10 steps at a time. ... [Read more]
Gutenberg plugins from MediaRon
Ron was one of the original developers for Backup Buddy and has made his own company called MediaRon. I will be looking at mainly one of his Gutenberg plugins Post Type Archive Mapping plugin. The plugin offers a lot ... [Read more]
Automatic Updates for WordPress Core
Selecting to auto update WordPress, themes and plugins in Core. Back in 2016 Shiny Updates project had a goal to make things nicer and easier to use. This made the plugin and theme adjustments easier to handle. We also ... [Read more]
Discourage search engines from indexing a site
During development As we develop a web site with WordPress we need to be sure that the Settings -> Reading: "Search Engine Visibility - Discourage search engines from indexing this site" is checked, so that the ... [Read more]
Hide BuddyPress pages and bbPress forums from not logged in users
I am helping to create a website for a human rights organization in Angola. They use BuddyPress for having members overview and bbPress for the forums. I added a private forum link in the menu so that when the user signs ... [Read more]
Invoice payment in WooCommerce
I setup a invoice payment for a client here in Norway, as she wanted business to be able to pay within two weeks of having received her book. I did some research and ended up with the following ... [Read more]
Adjust shipping fee based on quantity or total amount in cart
How to adjust shipping fee: - based on quantity - on total amount in cart. Adjust shipping fee based on quantity in cart. WooCommerce. I have a customer who is planning on selling her newest book ... [Read more]
WooCommerce shortcodes that I use
The following are some of the shortcodes that I have used in WooCommerce. The single product page From the single product page I move the product short description above the price. Then I move the product title ... [Read more]
How to add an image into a readme in a repository at Github
I uploaded an image into an issue I created at one of my repositories at Github and then closed the issue. Then used the image link in the readme. An example ![Custom movie post type and post screen ... [Read more]
Adjusting page or post list columns in backend
I will be showing how to add and remove columns that are listed in the post, page or custom post screen in the backend. I began by creating a new php file I named columns.php which I placed into a lib folder inside the ... [Read more]
Creating a movie custom post type
Creating a movie custom post type I made the folder lib inside the root folder of the child theme. Then added a php file I named movie-custom-post.php with the following code: <?php /** * Register Movie Type * * ... [Read more]
To manually add a Facebook like box
Here is the process of adding a Facebook Like Box that also shows timeline posts. Go to: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/page-plugin Go through and fill in the options. Test it out and see what it looks ... [Read more]
Adding SSL to your web site
The process of adding SSL to a web site requires a few steps. Contact your web host and ask for their help as they will have their own method of adding SSL to a web site. This is what I usually do with my clients or ... [Read more]
A short overview of WordPress Security Plugins
A short overview of 5 WordPress Security plugins This is my take on the following plugins. All in One WP Security & Firewall Features that stand out: Mentions it is good practice to backup: .htaccess ... [Read more]
Change primary hosting domain to subfolder
Redirecting the primary/main web host domain to a subfolder. The public_html folder is a place to keep folders of the various domains one has at a web host. Web hosts usually have the main or primary domain in the root ... [Read more]
Using Poedit 2 Pro to translate a WordPress plugin or theme
Translating a WordPress theme or plugin using Poedit 2 Pro I have earlier used Poedit 1 and recently upgraded to version 2 Pro. Poedit will suggest translations for each phrase. I will use the plugin All in One SEO as ... [Read more]
Developer Resources
Some developer resources that I find useful. codex.wordpress.org generatewp.com wp-hasty.com Lukes awesome WP developer tools list: github.com/lukecav/awesome-wp-developer-tools Additional ... [Read more]
Contextual Related Posts plugin
Contextual Related Posts plugin By WebberZone. A related posts plugin will show related posts from the same site usually at the bottom of an article. Why I decided to use Contextual Related Posts ... [Read more]
Adding copyright information to the bottom of the page
Copyright information Most often we add some copyright information at the bottom of the page that says something about year, made by, made with and perhaps a link to the wp-admin. I will use the date, site_url() and ... [Read more]
Using conditional logic in Ninja Forms
Conditional Logic in Ninja Forms Using conditional logic is a paid for addon to Ninja Forms. After having installed and activated the extension / addon. Find the form you plan to use it in. Here is an example using ... [Read more]
Speeding up the site manually and by using cache plugins
Speeding up the site manually and by using Cache plugins As I use this site to test out new plugins over time. Some plugins also affect the performance of the site. Further down I am also sharing code you can place ... [Read more]
Creating parallax effects when scrolling
Creating parallax effects when scrolling with WordPress A static jpg showing 4 product images. These can be animated. I am using two files. One to create the main animation effects and a CSS file to ... [Read more]
Creating a footer that sticks to the bottom
How to stick the footer to the bottom when there is very little content. If your using a Genesis child theme then check out my other tutorial: Creating a sticky / fixed footer in a Genesis child theme If one has very ... [Read more]
EZP Coming Soon Page Elite plugin
EZP Coming Soon Page Elite plugin ...is for new launches/maintenance or other instances where you need your site to be offline for a while. There is a lite version here to test ... [Read more]
Related Posts for WordPress Premium Plugin made by Barry Kooij
Related Posts for WordPress Premium Plugin Barry Kooij has made a quick and efficient related posts plugin I would highly recommend. I have earlier written about the free version here: Related Posts for ... [Read more]
Changing the WP editor area through CSS
Add your own editor style We can style the content creation area inside the backend post or page creation screen by using add editor style code. The following code uses the theme stylesheet. Add the code to your ... [Read more]
Ninja Forms default Form templates
Ninja Forms 3 has just been released it contains the following default form templates. Part 1: Contact Me, Event Registration and Quote Request. Part 2: Creating columns Contact Me - Form ... [Read more]
Adding taxonomies to the media library WP core
Work is being done to add taxonomies to the media library WP core 10th of May 2017 - An update that should have been done few months ago. Here are various Google documents I have made for the Media Management feature ... [Read more]
Ninja Forms 3 walk through -step by step- guide
Ninja Forms version 3.0 has now officially been released With a totally new user interface. It can take a little while to get used to the new interface and figuring out how to in general use the new Ninja Forms contact ... [Read more]
How to point a top level domain to a multisite using domain mapping
How to point a top level domain to a multisite Update 3 April 2020. It is a lot easier to use top level domains in a multisite these days in WordPress 5.4 then it was earlier. I just had to log in to my host. Go to ... [Read more]
Genesis: Adding a full width image behind the title
Adding a full width featured image behind the title The result should look something like the below. Full width image behind the post and page titles I have looked at how Showcase Pro a Genesis Child ... [Read more]
Adding a user to a multisite network
It is fairly cumbersome way to add a new user to a multisite network The Network admin Add New User form looks like this: Adding a new user through a multisite sub site looks like ... [Read more]
Adjusting the auto embed of WordPress site links
Adjusting the style of the auto embed links. Adding a link to your site from another WordPress site you will very likely get a standard auto embed of the link. It will look similar to what you see below. (Actually on ... [Read more]
The new WordPress org plugin repository
The WordPress plugin repository is being worked on A "beta" version is up right now at: https://wordpress.org/plugins-wp/ Clicking See all leads to the below page: What is missing at the above beta ... [Read more]
Customizing the excerpts meta box
There are multiple code snippets we can add to customize the excerpts meta box Part 1 - How to use and style the excerpt All the following code snippets are added into the functions.php file below the other code that ... [Read more]
Cleaning up filenames that have non UTF8 characters in them
Using a code snippet to clean up filenames WordPress does not fully clean up non English characters from file names that are uploaded. In Norway we have three additional letters æøå. These letters are sometimes used ... [Read more]
How to hide or remove meta boxes in the single post or page screen
How to hide or remove meta boxes in the single post or page screen How to hide the meta boxes .....but still having them accessible through the Screen Options tab. I was wondering how to hide specific meta ... [Read more]
Automatically set featured image, if no featured then set post image as featured
Automatically setting the featured image without a plugin It can be very easy to forget to set the featured image. Here is code that will do the following: 1. Sets the featured image. 2. If no featured ... [Read more]