Option 1 As the article linked by @MikeMadern suggests: in your web host control panel, go to PHPMyAdmin select the table wp_comments select Export, configure the format further down in the same screen, select the Save as file and Go Option 2 Or, as the same article suggests, just use a plugin: Export comments Pulls … Read more
I am using SyntaxHighlighter Evolved by Viper007Bond, works great! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ After I gave this answer yesterday, I read a recent post by Konstantin Kovshenin over at theme.fm, which gives you all the different possibilities on how to add syntax into your Posts/Pages: http://theme.fm/2011/07/working-with-code-in-wordpress-posts-985/
There are two types of multisite compatibility: Passive compatibility: doing nothing multisite specific, just works without breaking anything. Active compatibility: changing or extending multisite specific behavior. I guess you are out for 1. See my slides from WordCamp Prague 2015 for the second part. Plugins that do not say anything about multisite should not be … Read more
Styles and scripts are always set up by the functions wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style(), which have to be tied to a particular action hook in order to function. I took a peek inside Contact Form 7, and it looks like it’s using action tags of wpcf7_enqueue_scripts and wpcf7_enqueue_styles to add them to the wp_print_scripts and wp_print_styles … Read more
(I’m a sucker for alternative login schemes) Some nitpicking regarding DB escaping: You use mysql_real_escape_string() directly. The preferred method is using $wpdb->prepare() or esc_sql(). UPDATE queries are best handled by $wpdb->update()
For full explanation of what’s happening see this post (this is for deactivating plug-ins, but the problem is the same). A brief explanation: Plug-ins are essentially activated by adding them to the array of active pug-ins stored in the database. When you activate the first plug-in, WordPress retrieves the array of all currently active plug-ins, … Read more
You can hook onto pre_insert_term, check the taxonomy and whether or not the user has the specified role as follows: function disallow_insert_term($term, $taxonomy) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); if ( $taxonomy === ‘post_tag’ && in_array(‘somerole’, $user->roles) ) { return new WP_Error( ‘disallow_insert_term’, __(‘Your role does not have permission to add terms to this taxonomy’) ); } … Read more
The Proper Network Activation meta-plugin was written precisely for cases like this.
A short primer on WordPress development that might help or might confuse you: The main thing to keep in mind: it’s all just PHP. And also: don’t edit the core files of WordPress, because you will get in trouble when you update to a newer version later. The only code you should edit is that … Read more
What you need is in global $wp_meta_boxes indexed by get_current_screen()->id. Removing the screen options will also remove the metaboxes which you can do just before screen options are displayed using the ‘in_admin_header’ hook. So let’s assume you want to get rid of the “Send Trackbacks” screen option which you see in this screenshot: Drop the … Read more