No, they should not. If a plugin has vulnerabilities just because someone might see its directory structure it is broken. These bugs should be fixed. Security through obscurity is a bug for itself. It’s up to the site owner to allow or forbid directory browsing. A second issue is performance: WordPress scans all PHP files … Read more
Yes it works well. It’s a very simple function but never found a mobile device not recognized by it. It recognize the 90%+ of mobile devices. Main difference from mobiledetect.net is that doesn’t differe from phone and tablets. See the code
What you’re looking for is wp_localize_script function. You use it like this when enqueing script wp_register_script( ‘my-script’, ‘myscript_url’ ); wp_enqueue_script( ‘my-script’ ); $translation_array = array( ‘templateUrl’ => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ); //after wp_enqueue_script wp_localize_script( ‘my-script’, ‘object_name’, $translation_array ); In your style.js, there is going to be: var templateUrl = object_name.templateUrl; …
Use a custom walker, remove anything you don’t need and add your classes. Here is a walker I use to get a list with clean markup: T5_Nav_Menu_Walker_Simple. Your could also filter ‘nav_menu_css_class’ or ‘wp_nav_menu_items’. But a walker class is easier to understand and to control in my opinion.
There are many different ways to learn to create your own theme. First, there’s the “official” WordPress Codex on Developing Themes, but I’d say that it is more of a reference than a tutorial. Another approach and one I like a lot is to read some of the better tutorials about WordPress Theming on the … Read more
When declaring your custom post type using the register_post_type function, you have to add ‘page-attributes’ to the support field, like in the following example: register_post_type(‘myposttype’, array( ‘supports’ => array(‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘page-attributes’), ‘hierarchical’ => false )); You’ll need to add any other supported meta boxes as well to the ‘supports’ field, see https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_post_type/ for more information … Read more
If you are within the search template i.e Search query is your main query. You should then be able to get search results from global $wp_query without running an additional query. global $wp_query; echo $wp_query->found_posts.’ results found.’; Edit 1 If you have to get count out of search context. You can combine both techniques to … Read more
Add a random version number at the end of the css file you are attaching. If you are using ‘wp_enqueue_style‘ or wp_register_style functions, pass a random (version) number rand(111,9999) to 4th parameter. If you are attaching css as an html tag, you should add “?ver=<?php echo rand(111,999)?>” at the end of the file name. Examples … Read more
It’s important to enqueue the stylesheet because it will allow child themes the flexibility of dequeueing it as well as allowing it to be listed for dependencies and a multitude of other things. It just generally allows greater flexibility, both for you and for any other developers who interact with your code. It’s also important … Read more
I usually add this piece of code if I want to add another css file <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/58351/<?php bloginfo(“template_url’); ?>/css/my_custom_css.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” /> I believe the theme makers want to retain as much as possible of the theme’s layout design. So a custom css file doesn’t hurt much. I think it’s more of a support … Read more