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Better way to remove HTML syntax from all content

If you just need to change the post content, you can avoid the overhead of get_posts/WP_Query by directly querying the database: global $wpdb; $results = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT ID, post_content FROM {$wpdb->posts}”); $total = count($results); $changed = 0; foreach($results as $entry){ $new_content = strip_tags($entry->post_content, ‘<img><a>’); if($entry->post_content !== $new_content){ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare( “UPDATE {$wpdb->posts} SET post_content = %s WHERE ID … Read more

WordPress theme options vs custom post types

It depends on the type of content. Is the content dynamic, likely to change, likely to have repetitions of the same types of information, time dependent? I’ll probably use a custom post type. Is the content unlikely to change, or only needs one instance of the information set (like a logo, Google analytics code, social … Read more

Output string using php printf

the_content() prints it output to screen. What you want is to return that output and assign a variable to it. You should note, although get_the_content() do exactly what you want, it only returns unfiltered content, and not filtered content like the_content(). You should manually add those filters, which is real easy. You can do the … Read more

Applying custom filter instead of the_content doesn’t render embeds

the_content filter is as good as other filters are. The issue is that it is supposed to be run inside a loop with the glogal $post correctly set to current post in the loop. So, you could do something like this (not tested, just written here as example): $content_before_category = get_theme_mod( ‘content_before_category’, false ); if … Read more

How to get only text from wordpress post content?

use strip_tags + substr substr( strip_tags( get_the_excerpt() ),0,235);

Finding the paragraphs in content

The paragraphs are done by the wpautop() function, hooked to the_content, the_excerpt() & comment_text as well as ‘term_description’ for taxonomies. The plugin linked by @javipas does an enormous effort to just add this, but it’s a good example (+1). You can (modify it a little and) take the following part out of it: // The … Read more

Replace full content with an excerpt

Decide about the_excerpt() or the_content() with a conditional: is_singular(). You can use a plugin and filter the_content depending on the current page’s type: archive or singular. But you can use it in your theme too. add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘t5_replace_content_with_excerpt’, 100 ); /** * Return excerpt if we are not on a singular post view. * * … Read more

Does is_user_logged_in() block search bots?

If you wrap some content in a is_user_logged_in() condition, all that content will only be rendered to users who have an account on your website and are logged into that account. Now, do Google bots have an account on your website? Hell no. So no, that content will never be indexed by Google in your … Read more

How to make multiple page out of one post

You can use the WordPress”nextpage” tag: <!–nextpage–> You just drop this into the HTML of your WordPress page wherever you want to break it up. I think your theme must support this tag in order to handle the pagination – on my site I have page “previous/next” links hidden, but most themes probably support this … Read more

How to use code sample into WordPress post?

Syntax Highlighter Evolved is the best plugin to use IMHO.

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