This is indeed bizarre. I think they first tried it with dbDelta, found it doesn’t work with DROP queries, and went with a straight $wpdb query instead. They then just forgot to take out the dbDelta stuff. It appears dbDelta collects creation queries in $cqueries and insert queries in $iqueries, but silently ignores the rest. … Read more
Try changing the first line of your custom JS file. jQuery(document).ready(function($) { jQuery operated within WordPress should be run in compatibility mode. That line allows this to happen, as per point #5 here.
I also (ab?)use comments for “private” replies to posts, like product inquiries, suggestions, answers to contests, … The advantage is that they are stored in the database and displayed in the interface without extra code from me (sometimes I add a filter to improve the formatting). Spam filtering and e-mail notifications are easy extras. I … Read more
To include the attachment (media) post type in search results, use the following code snippet function attachment_search( $query ) { if ( $query->is_search ) { $query->set( ‘post_type’, array( ‘post’, ‘attachment’ ) ); $query->set( ‘post_status’, array( ‘publish’, ‘inherit’ ) ); } return $query; } add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘attachment_search’ ); Source However, this does not take care of … Read more
These terms are not proper nouns and are translated in localized versions of WP Core. Therefore, they should also be translated in plugins. Ideally, you could use them without a textdomain and WP would load it’s own translation.
1. Can you do it without a plugin? Certainly. Anything a plugin can do, you can obviously also implement yourself. 1.1 Should you do it without a plugin? No. This is clearly plugin-territory. Even if you want to write the plugin yourself, this would be a better fit for a custom plugin than to incorporate … Read more
Don’t know of a plugin but you can use wp_schedule_single_event function. First create a meta box that takes to values: time for removal and what category we want to set it to when removed from featured. /* hook meta box */ add_action(“admin_init”, “admin_init”); /* hook meta box function */ function admin_init(){ add_meta_box(“Featured Removal”, “Featured Removal”, … Read more
You can’t redirect to another page, because WordPress has already rendered admin header and sidebar templates. If you really wish to redirect users to another page, you need to do it earlier, before header and sidebar are rendered. You can use action of following structure to redirect to another page: load-{parent_page_slug}_page_{plugin_subpage_slug} The full snippet: define( … Read more
You can accomplish this by setting a class on the body and removing it with JS when the page is loaded. This is just a basic example but it’ll work out of the box. // Add specific CSS class by filter add_filter( ‘body_class’, ‘my_class_names’ ); function my_class_names( $classes ) { // add ‘class-name’ to the … Read more
You can run a script that will programmatically set the featured image for each post. You can use the first attached image for this. To get the attached images run a query for the posts and loop through each one and use get_children() setting the post_parent to the current post id in your loop. $posts … Read more