If a page won’t work without a specific template, I would just remove the need for them to select a template. Filter template_include and select the template based on the requested page: function wpse50455_template_include( $template ) { // check if it’s a page if ( is_page() ): $this_page_id = get_query_var( ‘page_id’ ); // check for … Read more
There’s no way in WordPress to assign the capability for editing (or any action) a specific post to a role. However, you can filter capabilities checks and change them on the fly using the map_meta_cap. When handling post permissions, WordPress ultimately deals in just 4 capabilties: edit_post read_post delete_post publish_post Then whenever an action is … Read more
WordPress uses a lot of plugins and is very query heavy but the in spite of that, the front page uses 59 queries to generate itself. I think the default (on a vanilla WordPress install on the default theme) is 27 or something of that nature. The larger the number of queries, the slower the … Read more
Use the admin-ssl plugin. For stuff outside of wp, use rewriite rule in apache
If $page_selected returns a string containing the page title, it should work fine. I have tested it and is_page() accepts page title, page ID and the slug. If you are facing issues, it will be better to store page ID in the database and use it with is_page() Please refer to https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_page for more details … Read more