How to activate the dashboard

Go to your domain and type /wp-admin and log on with your username and password. http//www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin Then go to appearance, themes and then activate your theme. If it’s not already installed you can either drag your theme to the wp-content/themes folder or install it from within the themes area.

How do I check if the user is a site owner in a network?

I have had similar issues with this in the past, WordPress really does need a is_user_admin() function. In the meantime I think the best way to do this is to test if the user has certain capabilities. function is_user_admin(){ if(!is_super_admin() && current_user_can(‘activate_plugins’){ // User is an admin } } Reference: Administrator roles current_user_can()

How do I diagnose a plugin resource 404?

I have the feeling that either those files don’t exist or the location of the file has changed. Go into /plugins/wp-greet-box/js/ and see if you can locate the functions.js and the jquery.js. If the files are not there then they must have been deleted and that is why it’s throwing the 404 (Not found). EDIT: … Read more

Output the admin menu_position for each item

I’ve just finished a plugin that (amongst other things) allows the reordering of the admin menu. The way the admin menu is constructed is not the easiest thing to work with at all. That being said have a look at the admin_menu hook. You can access the global $menu array at that point – which … Read more

Is there alternative to WP_List_Table?

My choice would be to use WP_List_Table. If you continue reading the Codex it makes it clear that it is commonly used by third party code. “Someday” it might go away, but I doubt it will happen abruptly (if at all). If it does change, there will probably be a newer solution to replace it. … Read more

Shared account / dual blogging in WordPress

Yes, this is really very basic. If you are the admin, you can create new users and asign them a role. You could make your friend ‘author’, which would allow him to write and edit his own posts only, or make him an ‘editor’ if you also want him to edit other people’s post.

How do I add Category Body Classes to Admin?

You’re using $post->ID which is undefined. Try $_GET[‘post’] instead: // Get Categories if ( is_admin() && isset($_GET[‘post’]) ) { $cats = wp_get_post_categories( (int)$_GET[‘post’], array( ‘fields’ => ‘all’ ) ); $cats = wp_list_pluck( $cats, ‘slug’ ); foreach ( $cats as $cat ) { $classes .= ‘ category-‘ . $cat; } }