Ok, great. It is using the posts for concerts, parties…etc. You need to create a plugin: Simply, create a folder inside the /wp-content/plugins and name is /my-events-plugin Create a new PHP file, name it my_events_plugin.php, and use the following template: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/how-to-create-a-wordpress-plugin/ There is this tutorial that will get you to adding the custom field and … Read more
That’s because that’s what those functions do. For example: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_date Use the PHP date() function
get_the_time() function returns the time of the current post within loop. If you want to display today’s date then use date function of core php.
That format is almost readable by strtotime. Remove the commas and it will convert. $t=”27 January, 2012, 5:05 AM”; $t = str_replace(‘,’,”,$t); $t = strtotime($t); echo date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’,$t);
Most of the times, you can just leave it empty and the wp_insert_post will take care of handling it but if you want to set it use php’s function: gmdate(“Y-m-d h:m:s”, strtotime($current_user->user_registered)) which works exactly like the php date function.
strtotime will return false if you give it weird information. echo strtotime(“<script>’); // bool(false) However, if you do what you are doing and nest two statement you may not get what you expect. echo strtotime(‘+1 day’,strtotime(‘<script>’)); // int(86400) And date returns the beginning of the universe, the day of creation– January 1, 1970– if given … Read more
Another way to repeat a task regularly – but not on every page refresh – without using cron is to use a transient that lasts for a day. It will even help your website display its homepage faster!! A transient is a wordpress way to cache bits of html. It is especially useful for complex … Read more
Events are all showing the current date
Just for people passing by, for putting together all this code was not trivial. The problem was actually the lack of data. I solved adding data as metakey (added in my case when the order changes status) and echoing it as the column value. So the full code is: // Adding a new column to … Read more
Mini app that shows one unique quote each day. 56 rotating posts rotating for each themed weekday. It works, but I need your advice