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If you’re serious about optimising a WordPress website for speed, then you need to setup your website to serve the...
The following code will automatically create a sitemap.xml when a post or page is first published. This is a non-plugin...
wp-login, also known as “The Login Form” is the standard place where authentication is handled on WordPress websites. It’s the...
A non-breaking space allows you to add a space between two words that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap) at its...
The following htaccess code rule shows how to remove a single query parameter from a URL – leaving any existing...
The following steps detail how to exclude a post or page from being cached by W3 Total Cache. Log into...
By default WordPress loads a JavaScript file called comment-reply.min.js for each page load. This will look something like http://www.itsupportguides.com/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js?ver=4.2.2 comment-reply.min.js...
In an SQL statement, the IN operator allows you to multiple values in a WHERE clause, for example: SELECT *...
When resetting passwords in WordPress a random password is automatically generated and pre-filled in the password field. The random password...
The steps below detail two ways make WordPress use only www for your website address. If a user tries to...
By default the WordPress RSS summary excerpt length is 55 words. The steps below detail how to change the summary...
The following code will make the WordPress visual editor (TinyMCE) create “tabs” (which don’t actually exist in HTML, so we’re...
The following code shows how to add a custom column to a Custom Post Type in WordPress. In this example...
Every new install of WordPress comes with two plugins – Akismet Anti-Spam and Hello Dolly. They are disabled by default,...
When WordPress sends emails it should use the email address set in the Settings -> General -> ‘E-mail Address’ field. However, I’ve...
By default WordPress will run an artificial ‘cron job’ once every minute. These cron jobs are used to maintain WordPress...
By default WordPress runs an RSS feed of your posts which are accessed from www.domainname.com/feeds The feed contains the full text...
CloudFlare is a popular and free service that speeds up your website by managing the websites DNS and routing traffic...
A non-breaking space allows you to add a space between two words that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap)...
When using the visual editor in WordPress (TinyMCE) you’re composing content in HTML. Whilst it may be as easy as...
WordPress 4.4 introduced core support for emojis. This automatically converts emoticons in your content from their text representation to an...
A “Must-Use” plugin is like an ordinary WordPress plugin – it can contain code that shapes what WordPress does – but it...
The following code can be added to your theme’s functions.php file to remove the RSS feed links from the page...
WordPress 4.4 introduced a new feature for the WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE) – auto-embedding of URL’s added to the editor content. With this...
In WordPress the WPDB class is available for interacting with the database, for example reading or writing data. The PREPARE...
The following code shows how to add a “Last Modified” column to the page and post lists in WordPress. The...
This guide will show you how to update your WordPress plugin in the plugin directory using TortoiseSVN on a Windows 8 computer....
Here’s four options for disabling comments in WordPress. Please note – any existing comments may still be displayed, depending on...
Problem When attempting to save a WordPress post you receive the following error message Warning: Cannot modify header information -...
If you’re migrating your WordPress site to a new domain name (URL address) you’ll need to update the WordPress configuration....
Disqus provides a JavaScript widget – recent_comments_widget.js – that allows you to list your websites latest Disqus comments. The widget...
At their simplest, an anonymous function is an unnamed function. There are many ways they can be used to simplify...
The following code can be used to automatically redirect users after they’ve reset their password. This code will automatically redirect...
By default Gravity Forms has three address type formats: International United States Canadian International is the default address type and...
The following code will automatically delete Gravity Form entries after submission. This may be helpful for test or demo forms,...
When a form is marked as ‘inactive’ in Gravity Forms the form cannot be loaded in the front end. The...
As a WordPress administrator one of the simplest things you can do to protect your website is to lock down...
Every new install of WordPress comes with a number of themes. But often people install their own theme and wonder if...
The following steps show how to change PhpStorm’s code cleanup feature to use the WordPress Coding Standards. With PhpStorm open,...
“White screen of death” – where a website fails to load and displays a white page, typically with no content....
The following PHP code shows how to get all the images embedded in a WordPress post. This may be useful...
Problem When using a WordPress plugin you receive an error message which reads: The plugin generated 4191 characters of unexpected...
I recently needed to re-do my image thumbnails inside all WordPress posts. I decided to use phpMyAdmin to run a...
By default WordPress displays an toolbar (known as the admin bar) on all pages when users are logged in. This...
The Disqus plugin for WordPress works by hooking into the built-in commenting functionality of WordPress. When enabled it does what...
Problem When using a WordPress plugin you receive an error message which reads: The plugin generated 4191 characters of unexpected...
The following WordPress script can be used to display a message to users that are running adblocker software. The script...
Problem When activating a plugin you receive an ‘headers already sent’ error message which reads The plugin generated x characters...
I’m not interested in getting into the technical aspects of setting up a VPS as a web server – instead...
When you’re running a website through CloudFlare you may notice that IP addresses being logged are not correct – that...
Problem After publishing or updating a plugin on the WordPress Plugin Directory, the version number is either not displaying or...
By default when Internet Explorer is displaying a website that falls within a computers intranet zone the page is rendered...
The following code shows how to add a custom column to the WordPress posts and pages list. In this example...
Below are the steps I take to configure the language_attributes() used by WordPress. This will control what is output by...
By default WordPress will use a full absolute URL for resources such as images, scripts and style sheets. If the...
FireFox has the built in capacity to spell check as you type in any multi-line text box, such as the...
The following code shows how to remove all but one query args from a URL. This code has been written...
The following WordPress function will make the media library only show the current users images, with the exception of Administrators,...
Problem After installing WordPress on WebMatrix, the page does not load. Giving an error message which reads: HTTP Error 500.0...
The following code can be added to your theme functions.php file (anywhere after the opening <?php line) to enable the...
The following guide shows how to install a WordPress IIS test environment on your computer. There are many guides that...
Using your preferred method (FTP is recommended) connect to the server hosting your WordPress install. If you’re not sure how...
By default WordPress uses the /wp-content/uploads/ directory for uploaded files, for example images added to the media library are saved...
The following database privileges are the least required to allow WordPress to operate completely and reliably. These permissions can be...
When a WordPress installation sits behind a proxy server the proxy settings are added to wp-config.php to tell WordPress how...
The default upload limit in WebMatrix is 2 megabytes. The upload limit is determined by three factors, the limit being...
The following steps detail how to create a new widget area in your WordPress theme. The widget area will appear...
The following PHP code shows how to apply default settings to new forms in Gravity Forms. To use this code...
The following code can be added to your theme’s functions.php file to disable the RSS feed on the home page...
Recently when running performance tests using P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) I noticed that plugins were running on pages that they...
To disable comments and pingbacks on WordPress multi-site installs – you need to use the following code in a must-use...
The steps below show how to do a find and replace on the WordPress posts table using phpMyAdmin. REMEMBER: backup...
The tabindex attribute defines the navigation order for focusable elements such as links and form fields in a web page....
The following jQuery script can be used to automatically add HTTP:// to the start of a input field value if...
When WordPress is installing updates – whether that be plugin updates or WordPress updates – the site is temporarily put...
The following code can be added to your theme’s functions.php file to add the Google Analytics tracking code to all...
The htaccess rule below shows how to force all traffic to go over HTTPS, rather than HTTP. This assumes you...
By default WordPress has three address type formats International United States Canadian International is the default address type and provides...
By Default, WordPress will use the permalink for post and page URL’s. These look like www.domainname.com/?p=123 which have limited usability...
By default, posts and pages in wordpress save previous versions when updates are saved. This can be helpful if you...
By Default, WordPress will use the permalink for post and page URL’s. These look like www.domainname.com/?p=123 which have limited usability...
Usually to reset the password of any WordPress account you would use the link “Lost your password?” in the login...
By Default, WordPress adds /category/ to the base of category pages. If the category was ‘WordPress’, this would look like...
By default, posts and pages in wordpress save previous versions when updates are saved. This can be helpful if you...
When you need to run custom PHP code on your WordPress site often you’re instructed to add it to the...
A non-breaking space allows you to add a space between two words that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap)...
The following code will allow Adminstrators and users that have access to view form submissions to view a form outside...
Often people are told to add custom functions to the active theme’s functions.php file. The issue with this is that...
The following code shows how to create a shortcode which will load and display an external file. This can be...