This is rarely as simple as it sounds as new themes usually require some adjustment of the content (different image sizes? different menus?) and maybe new plugins or setting changes. It is not impossible, but the work required to actually be able to do it is different from site to site. Of course if all … Read more
WordPress can’t see symlinked theme in Ubuntu
So I wrote down the whole process of how I found the answer myself, hope it’s useful to someone (assumes basic unix and programming skills). Finding where the current color options are defined: grep -ir ‘Header and Sidebar Text Color’ . ./wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/customizer.php: // Add custom header and sidebar text color setting and control. ./wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/customizer.php: ‘label’ … Read more
As long as you don’t delete your theme by ftp, but use the regular way of switching to another theme in the admin, there is a hook to use, switch_theme. It works like this: add_action(‘switch_theme’, ‘mytheme_setup_options’); function mytheme_setup_options () { delete_option(‘mytheme_option1’); delete_option(‘mytheme_option2′); } There’s a sister hook called after_switch_theme, which you could use, for instance, … Read more
How do I copy all “extra” data (menus, widgets, etc) from one theme to another?
It is a bug the get_template_directory(); should not return a string that looks like that, try making another installation of WordPress, and echo the get_template_directory(); and see if the output is the same, if it is not then there is something wrong with the first installation.
Assuming you have an array $locations available, you can use this code to generate a dropdown in the customizer. It’s not that different from a single value. $section_name=”wpse213980_section_name”; // adapt to your naming system $section_title=”wpse213980_section_title”; // adapt to your naming system $setting_name=”wpse213980_setting_name”; // adapt to your naming system $setting_field_type=”select”; $setting_field_options = $locations; $sanitize_callback = ‘sanitize_text_field’; … Read more
Translating plugin inside the theme [closed]
How can I measure the performance of any WordPress Plugin or Theme?
After a entire night I’ve get the answer. Reflecting on why the customizer showing me the widget areas only through the wp_footer hook I have checked my footer.php and the problem was that wp_footer() were called before the sidebar section. /* Always have wp_footer() just before the closing </body> * tag of your theme, or … Read more