Cloning blog to localhost via WAMP

You must change the parameters to connect to the database in the file wp-config.php in the root folder of your WordPress installation, or create the same user/password and database name for the database that you have created locally with WAMP. Note: You may have to change the blog_url and every url in the dump that … Read more

How not to display ALL items of a database

Check if excludecat is containing category IDs or category slugs, if it is using slugs/text then change the ID field to slug. Also define the relation to use, e.g.: ‘relation’ => ‘AND’, Here are the parameters: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Taxonomy_Parameters

How can I query the db to access current post information?

The correct way: $my_query = new WP_Query(‘posts_per_page=2′); while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <?php global $post; print_r($post); // <– this is your postStuff ?> <?php endwhile;?> <?php wp_reset_query(); ?> Normally, you dont’t need to globalize the post. There are helper functions that should be used instead to fetch information from the current post

Database tables for sports betting integrated in WordPress

This can be achieved by creating a custom post type called for example, sports_picks Custom Post Types can also be extended with the use of Custom Fields and Custom MetaBoxes which means you’re not limited to using Title and Description input fields only, but instead you’re able to create a Post Type that meets your … Read more

Re-creating a WordPress database

If the database is gone, your posts, pages, widget settings and other such data is gone. There’s no way to “recreate” the old database. You need to reinstall WP and start with a site with no content. If you have a copy of the theme and actual code modifications, that’s good. There is a difference … Read more

Displaying member join date on page

You can use the WP_User_Query class to query on user meta, however, your specific example of querying for a list of users with a join date matching a specific month and from any year requires a query more complex than what you can do out of the box with the WP_User_Query class. First, it’s important … Read more