When I use WordPress Import in this cases, this is what I do: Export the XML in localhost. Open the exported file in a text editor. Search and replace http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/ for http://example.com/custom-temporary-folder/. Upload the uploads folder via FTP to the custom-temporary-folder. Perform the Import in example.com using the modified XML file.
There are three things to check: Is your parent theme complete and what is the exact spelling of the parent theme’s name in its style.css. Uppercase and lowercase are important. Is the child theme directory named parentname-child. It should be in the themes directory, not in a subdirectory of the parent theme. Does the child … Read more
No, content.php and content-single.php are not the same thing. In your example CODE: if (get_post_format() == false) { get_template_part(‘content’, ‘single’); } else { get_template_part(‘content’, get_post_format()); } WordPress will load content-single.php when get_post_format() is false. However, get_template_part( $slug, $name ) may still try to load content.php when you call it with get_template_part(‘content’, get_post_format()); in the following … Read more
You can debug the result of attachment by : console.log(attachment); and if the thumbnail size available you can retrieve it using : var thumb = attachment.sizes.thumbnail.url; alert(thumb);
If the theme repository is anything like the plugins one, content that hasn’t been updated in a while gets hidden, even if it still works. Its probably a good idea to check themes and plugins at least once a year against the latest version, update their meta information, and check them into the repository as … Read more
Use Plugin Organizer. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-organizer/. It cant disable plugins by template but it can disable them by post, page, custom post_type, or arbitrary URL.
Can a theme be built in React? You can use React in a theme yes, if your theme only has the one template and relies on JS to render the entire frontend and navigate, pull in data, then I don’t see how it’s any different if you use or don’t use React Would there be … Read more
The page content for custom backgrounds is created in wp-admin/custom-background.php. There is no action available where the fields are printed. To add new fields we have to print JavaScript into the page footer. The action is ‘admin_footer-appearance_page_custom-background’. To save those field values we have to hook into ‘load-appearance_page_custom-background’. The following example adds a new option … Read more
When it comes to unit testing themes, it’s a small jungle. I read on Make WordPress Core that things are changing (http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/08/06/a-new-frontier-for-core-development/). I searched for blogs linking to that specific post in hope to find some useful. Found this: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/84669/how-to-add-unit-testing-and-continuous-integration-to-your-wordpress-plugin that looks promising. Note that it focuses on plugin testing, but useful for theme unit … Read more
In that function we find a hook: return apply_filters( ‘template_directory_uri’, $template_dir_uri, $template, $theme_root_uri ); So, yes, the URI can be changed by plugins, and you should escape its returned value. The same principle applies to all WordPress URI functions, like get_home_url(), get_site_url() and so on. Keep in mind that there are not only good plugin … Read more