Naming conventions for database tables

There’s only one naming convention to remember, the WP table prefix. If you don’t want to use it you can do whatever you want. WordPress only cares about its own tables, you can create any other tables you want. Keep in mind though that the WordPress table prefix isn’t always wp_, and it changes for … Read more

Comment count next to post title?

On most cases you should be able to use the_title filter to modify the title string. Use get_comments_number() to get the comments count for the post – of given ID or the current one. For example, add_filter( ‘the_title’, ‘wpse_427277_the_title’, 10, 2 ); function wpse_427277_the_title( string $title, $post_id = null ): string { $comment_count = (int) … Read more

WordPress Migration

The wp-content folder only includes plugin, theme, media etc. files. The actual content, e.g. pages and posts, is stored in the database. If you haven’t copied the database from production to development, then the dev site keeps showing whatever content it happens to contain.