Want to be able to redirect readers to another wordpress site but still be able to access the back end of current site

You can do it with the “template_redirect” hook. For multisite or simple WordPress. e.g: add_action(‘template_redirect’, function(){ $user = wp_get_current_user(); $userRoles = $user->roles; $url = site_url(); if(!in_array(‘administrator’, $userRoles) && !is_front_page()){ wp_redirect($url); exit; } }); EDIT is_front_page() will work only if “Front page displays” is set. Use is_home() if not. EDIT #2 Accordind with our discuss below, … Read more

How to compare Event period with Week period using get_posts(), meta_query, relation and compare

To be able to do this your post meta values need to be strings in a valid date format, e.g. 2022/01/31 for January 31st 2022. Note I used ISO standard timestamp format with the biggest value first, then everything descending, and avoided using a regional value such as 31/1/2022 from the UK, or 1/31/2023 from … Read more

Using same term for slug and category

OK, found it. it is possible to have the same slug for a page and a category name. The problem was that someone installed a “redirection” plugin that caused the problems. Lesson learned is to restrict the capabilities of people working on the website, so that they cannot install plugins..

Wildcard multisite wp-admin url wrongfully redirected

Take a look at your wp-config.php file. For a subdomain installation, you should have something like this: define(‘MULTISITE’, true); define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true); define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘rareteas.com’); define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”); define(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1); define(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1); If you have SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL set to false, change it to true, which is necessary for a subdomain multisite. Next, take a look at your database. Sometimes … Read more

Image editing no longer works after moving to a new server

As discussed in comments this was because the new site was missing both of the supported image editing tools, GD and ImageMagick, as PHP modules. (Either one will work – you don’t need both.) The ‘Edit Image’ button appears if at least one of the installed tools supports the current file type. You can check … Read more