Wordpress Super Ninja » Jean Baptiste

WordPress hack: Get rid of HTML in comments

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:43:23 +0000

Just paste the code below into your functions.php file. If you prefer to use a plugin with the same functionality, you can grab one here. // This will occur when the comment is posted function plc_comment_post( $incoming_comment ) { // convert everything in a comment to display literally $incoming_comment['comment_content'] = htmlspecialchars($incoming_comment['comment_content']); // the one exception is single quotes, which cannot [...]

How to easily enable/disable debug mode in WordPress

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:06:08 +0000

The first thing to do is to add the following code to your wp-config.php file. This file is located at the root of your WordPress install. if ( isset($_GET['debug']) && $_GET['debug'] == 'debug') define('WP_DEBUG', true); Once done, simply add a GET parameter to the url of the page you’d like to debug, as shown below: http://www.wprecipes.com/contact?debug=debug Thanks to [...]

WordPress tip: Close trackbacks on all posts at once

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:43:51 +0000

Simply run the following SQL query on your WordPress database, using the command line client or PhpMyAdmin. This will close pingbacks/trackbacks on all existing posts. Don’t forget to backup your database before using this query. UPDATE wp_posts SET ping_status = 'closed'; If you like to know more about WordPress SQL queries, you should have a look to this [...]

WordPress function: Get category ID using category name

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:09 +0000

As usual, let’s start by pasting the function in your functions.php file: function get_category_id($cat_name){ $term = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'category'); return $term->term_id; } Once you saved the file, just call the function with your category name as a parameter. Example: $category_ID = get_category_id('WordPress Tutorials'); Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can try it for free! WordPress [...]

How to display your average feed readers

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:23:12 +0000

As usual, the first thing to do is to paste the function in your functions.php file: function get_average_readers($feed_id,$interval = 7){ $today = date('Y-m-d', strtotime("now")); $ago = date('Y-m-d', strtotime("-".$interval." days")); $feed_url="https://feedburner.google.com/api/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=".$feed_id."&dates=".$ago.",".$today; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $feed_url); $data = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data); $fb = $xml->feed->entry['circulation']; $nb = 0; foreach($xml->feed->children() as $circ){ $nb += $circ['circulation']; } return round($nb/$interval); } Once done, you can call the function wherever you want [...]

Add categories or tags to post programatically

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:57:01 +0000

The first thing to do is to create an array of categories id. Once done, you simply have to use the wp_set_object() function, which take 3 parameters: The post id, an array of categories to add to the post, and the taxonomy type (category in this example). $category_ids = array(4, 5, 6); wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, $category_ids, 'category'); Adding tags [...]

Display dates as “time ago”, the easy way

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:26:41 +0000

To display human readable dates on your blog, you have to use the human_time_diff() function. The following piece of code will show a post date like “Posted 6 days ago”. Paste it anywhere within the loop, save the file, and you’re done. Posted Credits: PHP Snippets. Looking for WordPress hosting? Try [...]

WordPress hack: Use includes in your posts or pages

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:49:01 +0000

The first step is to paste the following code in your function.php file: function digwp_includeContentShortcode($atts) { $thepostid = intval($atts[postidparam]); $output = ''; query_posts("p=$thepostid&post_type=page"); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $output .= get_the_content($post->ID); endwhile; else: // failed, output nothing endif; wp_reset_query(); return [...]

How to programatically remove WordPress dashboard widgets

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:35:30 +0000

Simply paste the following into your functions.php file. The code will remove all dashboard widgets, so you should comment lines related to wigets you’d like to keep. function remove_dashboard_widgets() { global $wp_meta_boxes; unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']); unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']); } if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) { add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets' ); } Thanks to NoScope for this code! By the way, did you had a look to my latest post on CatsWhoCode about WP 3.0 [...]

How to automatically create a custom field when a post is published

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:56:34 +0000

Paste the code below into your functions.php file. The only thing you have to do is to edit the cutsom field name on line 6. add_action('publish_page', 'add_custom_field_automatically'); add_action('publish_post', 'add_custom_field_automatically'); function add_custom_field_automatically($post_ID) { global $wpdb; if(!wp_is_post_revision($post_ID)) { add_post_meta($post_ID, 'field-name', 'custom value', true); } } Thanks to wpCanyon for this cool tip! Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can [...]