get_template_directory_uri() will always return the URI of the current parent theme. To get the child theme URI instead, you need to use get_stylesheet_directory_uri(). You can find these in the documentation, along with a list of other useful functions for getting various theme directory locations. If you prefer to use a constant, then TEMPLATEPATH is akin … Read more
You can extend the get_the_archive_title filter which I’ve mentioned in this answer add_filter(‘get_the_archive_title’, function ($title) { if (is_category()) { $title = single_cat_title(”, false); } elseif (is_tag()) { $title = single_tag_title(”, false); } elseif (is_author()) { $title=”<span class=”vcard”>” . get_the_author() . ‘</span>’; } elseif (is_tax()) { //for custom post types $title = sprintf(__(‘%1$s’), single_term_title(”, false)); } … Read more
You are asking two questions at once: What’s the difference between home_url() and site_url()? How do I get WordPress to return the URL root without the subdirectory where it’s installed? Here are the answers, and I confirmed with Andrew Nacin, a core developer of WordPress, as well as ran some server tests to confirm what … Read more
Yes, you’ve guessed it right. You will need to use Custom Fields in order to define the URL for the Image that you wish to use as Featured Image for the post. Next part is to tell the WordPress to use the Image from URL you’ve in Custom Field as Featured Image. Here, you can … Read more