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delete post also attachments

Maybe this works function remove_post() { if(isset($_POST[‘post_id’]) && is_numeric($_POST[‘post_id’])) { $post = get_post($_POST[‘post_id’]); if(get_current_user_id() == $post->post_author) { $args = array( ‘post_parent’ => $_POST[‘post_id’] ); $post_attachments = get_children($args); if($post_attachments) { foreach ($post_attachments as $attachment) { wp_delete_attachment($attachment->ID, true); } } wp_delete_post($_POST[‘post_id’], true); } } exit; } The code added function get_attachment_id_from_src ($image_src) { global $wpdb; $query = … Read more

Get title of post without using the_title();

This is because the_title() echos the post title (see the linked documentation). Use get_the_title() instead which returns the title as a string. Edit You have two options: Use get_the_title() to return, rather than echo, the post title Filter the_title to echo a custom string as the post title Using get_the_title() <?php // NOTE: Inside the … Read more

Different permalink for posts and authors

I would just change the author_base on the global $wp_rewrite object. Also add a field to the Permalink options page, so you can change it at will. To start: a class to wrap everything up. <?php class Custom_Author_Base { const SETTING = ‘author_base’; private static $ins = null; public static function instance() { is_null(self::$ins) && … Read more

count number of posts (public , private , protected) by category name

Here is another flexible way to count posts: Idea: First I was going to write the SQL query directly, but then I thought it would be more flexible if we could instead just modify the SQL query generated by WP_Query() so it would only return the results count instead of post objects. Example: I’ve been … Read more

Use an attachment in multiple posts

When inside of the media uploaded in the post edit screen, just search for your previously attached media and embed it in your new post. The relationship between posts and attachments is preserved in the database. While an attachment can only belong to one post, it can still be embedded in many posts without worry.

How to add editor’s name to entry meta byline?

Here’s a small screenshot of what this code produces: Demo Editor is a new user i added with Editor status and then logged in as Demo Editor and modified a post to test this solution works. You can create a custom template tag in your child theme like this and add the template tag in … Read more

WP Rest API v2 filter and display latest post with specific tag

You can actually find extensive documentation on wordpress.org. But let’s have a look at this particular example: https://demo.wp-api.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=5&tags=3 The 5 in there is the number of posts you want returned. The 3 is the id of the tag you want to limit the posts too. If you want to limit to a category use categories … Read more

How to Arrange Posts by Size in the WordPress Dashboard?

Sorting by size Adding custom column and sorting by post_content length is possible. It won’t be very efficient though, I’m afraid. First you’ll have to add your custom column and display the length of content in there. I’ve assumed that you’re interested in trimmed content (so ‘ ‘ is still empty). Then you’ll have to … Read more

How can I see a list of pages and post where my custom Gutenberg block is used?

General block name search One can e.g. use the general search in the /wp-admin backend to find some text within the post’s content that stores the blocks: We can search for a prefixed block name wp:my-plugin/my-block within the posts: example.com/wp-admin/edit.php ?s=wp:my-plugin%2Fmy-block%20&post_type=post where we have an extra space (url encoded as %20and / as %2F) after … Read more

Highlight a Featured Post?

Use the “sticky” feature. In the “Page Attributes” metabox (labelled as Publish), if you click the “edit” link next to the Visibility option, there is a checkbox which allows you to “Stick this post to the front page”. Unless a theme overrides the default query, that post will show up above all the others. In … Read more

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