Where to put Snippets in your WordPress Functions.php File

Every so often, on the WordPress.org forum, or some blog comments thread, or on Twitter, or some other place, we see helpful open source practitioners posting snippets to be added to “the end” your theme’s (child theme, child theme, please use a child theme) functions.php file. Then we hear of someone who has done exactly …

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How To Use Shortcodes in WordPress Widgets

Shortcodes are great, and can be used for a variety of purposes within WordPress to cut out the hassle of adding code all over the place. Even better, shortcodes allow you to edit things centrally and have them updated wherever they appear across your blog. But, often, we find, our clients would like a feature …

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Code to hide content on the front page of WordPress

Another day, another little WordPress tutorial for you guys. This time, I’m posting a how to for those of you who have rolled back the old sleeves, and are actually digging into some PHP to make or edit your WordPress template. Now it should go without saying that if you are making modifications to your …

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How to Customize Your PayPal Checkout with Your Logo

If you use PayPal as a checkout, either on its own, or with other payment gateways and providers, in your online shop, or auction, chances are you’ll want to customise the look and feel of your checkout yo provide your customers with a more seamless transaction process. This tutorial will help if you use the …

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How to search for similar images using an image

You’ve got an image that’s almost right, but not quite there. Sometimes you’ll need specific dimensions or a single image which can work on different screen sizes or with overlays on top. Maybe you want that colour, but not that shade. Whatever the reason, it can be frustrating to try and look for an image …

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How to Add a Category in WordPress

We often post tutorials for clients, this is one of them – showing simply how to add a category in WordPress and then how to populate it with posts (otherwise known as articles). First, you’ll need to login to the dashboard or backend of WordPress. Then, go to Posts > Categories usually at: YOUR-SITE.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category Enter …

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How to set an email account as the default account in Apple OSX Mail

If you operate multiple email accounts from your Apple “Mail” software, you might want to switch which account is used as the “default” account to perform certain actions, like sending a new email. The instructions below will help you to set a different email account as the default on your Mac. Before we start: Google Workspace …

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Example CodeIgniter .htaccess for mod_rewrite

If you are like Silicon Dales, a few years back, you would have used CodeIgniter (CI) probably quite a lot 5-6 years ago, but perhaps not so much “these days” on projects. We have a number of clients with legacy CI sites, and sometimes, we need to move them around and configure them. For this …

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