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Adding a div to wrap widget content after the widget title

In addition to Toscho’s answer here’s what you need for a robust solution: // if no title then add widget content wrapper to before widget add_filter( ‘dynamic_sidebar_params’, ‘check_sidebar_params’ ); function check_sidebar_params( $params ) { global $wp_registered_widgets; $settings_getter = $wp_registered_widgets[ $params[0][‘widget_id’] ][‘callback’][0]; $settings = $settings_getter->get_settings(); $settings = $settings[ $params[1][‘number’] ]; if ( $params[0][ ‘after_widget’ ] == … Read more

Enqueue a stylesheet for login page and make it appear in head element

For every enqueue action, there is a corresponding print_styles action: wp_enqueue_scripts → wp_print_styles admin_enqueue_scripts → admin_print_styles customize_controls_enqueue_scripts → customize_controls_print_styles Not for the login page. There is no login_print_styles action or function, so your stylesheets are thrown out on do_action( ‘login_footer’ );. But there is a simple fix: if ( ! has_action( ‘login_enqueue_scripts’, ‘wp_print_styles’ ) ) … Read more

How to check if woocommerce is activated in theme

You could check to see if the ‘WooCommerce’ class exists, then run the code that requires WooCommerce. <?php if ( class_exists( ‘WooCommerce’ ) ) { // code that requires WooCommerce } else { // you don’t appear to have WooCommerce activated } ?>

How can I display a menu on certain pages only?

That’s a nice option, but I agree with sri, right now it really depends on your theme. You can do a work-around through is_page(). You need to write something like this on your page.php theme file: <?php if (is_page(‘projects’)) { if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘sidebar-navigation’ )) { dynamic_sidebar( ‘sidebar-navigation’ ); } } ?> If you want … Read more

WordPress API Menu/Submenu Order

Here’s an example; First to figure out the order of the sub menu items based upon its array key you can do a var_dump on the $submenu global variable which will output the following; (I’m using the Posts menu and sub menu as an example) //shortened for brevity…. [“edit.php”]=> array(6) { [5]=> array(3) { [0]=> … Read more

How to make plugin required in a wp theme without using php conditional statements when calling an individual function from that plugin?

is_plugin_active() is rather fragile: it will break when either the plugin author renames the main file or when the user renames the plugin’s directory or main file. It’s better to check if a certain public function exists. To avoid having to make that check each time you need some of the plugin’s functionality, you could … Read more

Using classes instead of global functions in functions.php

Using a class for encapsulation is a very common approach by a number of developers for plugins. I do this, and I do find it cleaner. But for plugins. Themes are more procedural by nature. We don’t do it for default WordPress themes because it raises the barrier to entry. The functions are quite simple. … Read more

Is there any sort of theme dependency management?

There isn’t any such feature directly in wordpress but there is a php library that do allow this kind of behaviour. Can’t comment on how/if it works as I haven’t tried it yet but it looks like it does the job. You might find it useful http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

How do I add version control to my workflow?

First of all, you need to recognize that there are two workflows here: yours and your client. Your Workflow Receive PSD Code HTML/CSS Code WordPress template Deploy theme to live WordPress site Their Workflow Devise required changes and email you Write posts Upload photos The Issue Implementing version control here has absolutely nothing to do … Read more

How to store widget fields data as an array?

You have to collect multiple fields under the same name like this … name=”collect[1]” name=”collect[2]” … and adjust your widget logic to this. Here is a very simple demo widget: <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- /* Plugin Name: Store Options as array */ add_action( ‘widgets_init’, array ( ‘T5_Array_Options_Widget’, ‘register’ ) ); class T5_Array_Options_Widget extends … Read more

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