…der-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} As I outlined in the introduction to this series, the WP_Query class has four main elements: the arguments for the query, using parameters which will be covered in detail in this series the query itself the loop, which will output post content, titles or whatever…
…develop WordPress themes and plugins is an exciting and adventurous journey for any WordPress developer. In each stage of the process, you get discover new, exciting, and powerful features of WordPress.Setting up a good WordPress development environment will go a long way to assist you when coding either a new…
…deal tool.In this series, I'll show you know to build a knowledge base using WordPress. I'll take you through the following steps:Planning your knowledge base, in particular planning how your content will fit with WordPress's content types. Identifying what the structure of the site will need to be and what custom…
…developer, enable the end users of your theme to have as much control as possible over the look and feel of their site without having to learn to code? By creating options pages/panels, of course!However, theme options pages are not easy to create—especially for those developers who don’t have much…
…derstand the concept of filters in OpenCart. In a conventional store front-end, you'll probably find an "Advanced search" feature so that users can filter products according to their preferences. But sometimes, you want to group different kinds of products together, although they belong to different categories. Or you would like…
…deGuard?CodeGuard is an automated, cloud-based backup service for websites and databases, and it's well suited to securely backing up your WordPress sites in real time.When it comes to backing up WordPress, we need to consider all the files in our WordPress configuration, e.g. WordPress itself, themes, plugins, image uploads, etc.,…
…der named mu-plugins offered the ability for network admins to activate a plugin on every blog in the network. After the merge in WordPress 3.0, the "mu-plugins" directory stayed, and its name was (according to the Codex) re-interpreted to mean "must-use plugins". Main Features of Must-Use Plugins There are advantages and…
…der-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} So far in this series, you've learned how WP_Query is structured and what its properties and methods are. Now we're looking at the various arguments you can use with WP_Query and how you code them. WP_Query has a large number of possible arguments, which makes…
…development installation of WordPress a text editor a starting theme 1. Creating a Starting ThemeAs my starting theme I'm going to use a theme I developed for an earlier tutorial on building a WordPress theme. The theme is included in the code bundle for this tutorial. If you prefer you…
…developing WordPress themes for a considerable amount of time, you will realize that you tend to reuse some—or most—of your code across projects. If you are like many of us, you might also have a starter/base theme that you use every time you start a new project. You might even…