making css or javascript unique is important to bypass any caching mechanism, ie good for checking updates in production environment.
Some good technique involves appending a version number or timestamp after the filename. In wordpress, it is really easy
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_url’); ?>?<?php echo filemtime(TEMPLATEPATH.’/style.css’); ?>” type=”text/css” />
Related ArticlesI am using command line most of the time because of the nature of my work. Normally, when I discovered new techniques to do things, solved a problem or had a cool idea, I would write them down on my exercise book. It soon became clear that I needed something more concrete as copying lines … Continue reading
If you are using git and are writing plugins for wordpress, its a hassle to switch between the 2 SCM. Why not commit once and deploy to 2 places? that is what many people are trying to do. this script does exactly that: https://github.com/benbalter/Github-to-WordPress-Plugin-Directory-Deployment-Script Create a plugin first. I suggest using all lowercase, eg blarblar-blarblar-blarblar. … Continue reading
most of the ajax wp-login plugins out there are offered as widgets. There are times when we we want a simple and encapsulated solution within the template files. All the javascript is encapsulated within the sidebar.php for example and we don’t need to clutter our plugin directory. This should be easily doable but I couldn’t … Continue reading
Its really nice to be able to use wordpress table sorting feature for your custom post types. There has been a lot of post in this this area. The fact is that its actually really simple. Say I have a custom post type called “lesson”. Now I want to sort the lesson table based on … Continue reading
while there may be nice wordpress plugins to put wordpress into maintenance mode, there is also a quick solution. WordPress is notorious for having bloated plugins that may slow down the site… so I love quick and less intrusive solutions. Just create a an arbitrary file say .maintenance- under the wordpress installation dir. Put this … Continue reading
There are a few ways that we can protect downloadable product links in woocommerce. Option A: Limit the number of download per user Option B: Enforce Logged-in before download. Option C: Set an expiry date for the download link. Personally, I dislike option A and B because they are a hassle. Option C sounds more … Continue reading
how nice would it be if we can change our wordpress installed domain anytime and anywhere? The scenario is: my production wordpress is blarblar.com and I want to duplicate a copy of it in dev.blarblar.com. I would import the db from production and run the following: — #!/bin/bash if [ $# -ne 1 ] then … Continue reading
wordpress language settings can be configured in wp-config.php file (look for the WPLANG definition). The default language is en_US if not specified. So if you just bought a plugin and it only comes with en_GB, you might be wondering why the your content wasn’t translated…. You can either go into wp-config.php and set the WPLANG … Continue reading
It is a good idea to add advertisement somewhere in the content area. That way, user can have a chance to click on the ads while reading the content. Its actually quite easy to achieve that using wordpress built-in add_filter function. Like it.? Share it:Tweet
If you try submitting a comment, post or a page and find your line breaks, paragraphs or other tags got stripped, don’t worry. WordPress is trying to be intelligent. It processes all data submitted by default. This filtering process is managed by kses (see wp-includes/kses.php). Most roles, other than administrator, doesn’t have full control over … Continue reading