To check if a string from database is like a:2:{i:3;a:4:{s:5:”title”;s:0:””;s:4:”text”;s:503:”…}}, you can use the function is_serialized() To get the data as php array : if(is_serialized($data_as_string)){ $data_as_array = unserialize( $data_as_string); }
Prevent a post with a specific ID from being created
Create categories manually in database
Check that you are actually using the database by doing the following: 1 – go to cpanel, file manager, public_html, open the wp_config.php file 2 – check db creds and make sure it is actually the correct db. Everything must be exact. (IP/localhost, dbname, user, etc.) 3 – check the $table_prefix – make sure the … Read more
Migrating my site to a new domain does not keep any changes made in customizer
I’m not sure about the sort of precise figures a performance/algorithm researcher would be looking for. However, in terms of actual performance there is no difference. The WP database can take a beating and I’ve done plugins with dozens and dozens of filters and hooks and queries and they still run very very fast. Furthermore, … Read more
custom post types, custom fields and normalization
Ended up re-creating the db accounts and it worked afterwards.
You’d have to look more closely at how the old theme displays the postmeta. At this point, you have a few options: Create a child theme for your new theme, and in its PHP file to display single posts, set the child theme up to display the postmeta just like your old theme did. (You … Read more
Can’t comment yet so I’ll comment here: You’re not going to be able to decrypt wp passwords easily. They’re salted and even if you keep entering the same password, the hashed password in the database is going to be different every time. Your best bet is to do something like this on the site where … Read more