Anyone familiar with WordPress probably has heard of plugins. They can add new functionality to any WordPress-powered site. But probably not everyone is familiar with two other types of plugins, referred to as Must-Use plugins and Drop-In plugins. Yes there are three types of plugins for WordPress: regular plugins, must-use plugins, and drop-in plugins. Each […]
This is a common question I get from folks in the WordPress community. How can I “lock things down” and prevent any changes to plugins, themes, and WordPress core files. For example, how to prevent any themes and/or plugins from being updated or deleted, and how to prevent any new plugins from being installed. This […]
I’ve written numerous tutorials explaining how to troubleshoot WordPress, plugins, email, and more. When investigating issues, diagnosing problems, and hunting bugs, troubleshooting is a critical core skill for any web developer. To help readers level up their tool belt, here’s a quick round-up of free plugins to help troubleshoot any of your WordPress projects. Plugins […]
Quick tip: how to disable embeds for any URL(s). The other day I was adding URLs to a draft post in WordPress. Some of the URLs were for Twitter tweets. Checking a preview of the post on the front end, I was surprised that WordPress had automatically embedded the actual tweet in place of the […]
There are many books and tutorials that share useful code snippets for WordPress. For example, you can find hundreds of custom functions right here at DigWP.com. You can also find them in my WordPress books, tutorials, and code snippets. For many code snippets and custom functions, the usage instructions will say something like: Add this […]
Easily hands down the most common thing that I find myself explaining to WordPress users is how to troubleshoot WordPress in order to find the cause of some issue. And it makes sense if you think about it. WordPress and all of its plugins and themes are made of code. And code is a complex […]
This site, for an Auckland childcare centre, was contracted to Urban Legend web via Elan Design, who provided the graphics and website content. We coded the custom WordPress theme, comprising pages, posts and categories, widgets,…