PHP

Removing Default Gutenberg Blocks, But Keeping Reusable Block Functionality?

The reusable block is registered with the core/block name. I tried to add it to the allowed blocks in the allowed_block_types filter, here’s an example: add_filter( ‘allowed_block_types’, ‘wpse324908_allowed_block_types’, 10, 2 ); function wpse324908_allowed_block_types( $allowed_blocks, $post ) { $allowed_blocks = array( ‘core/block’, // <– Include to show reusable blocks in the block inserter. ‘core/image’, ‘core/paragraph’, ); … Read more

Knowing the total number of posts before to get into the loop

functions.php: function wpse8170_get_posts_count() { global $wp_query; return $wp_query->post_count; } index.php: if (have_posts()) : echo ‘<h1>’ . wpse8170_get_posts_count() . ‘ Posts Found</h1>’; while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); //… endwhile; endif;

Query both first_name and last_name from wp_usermeta at the same time

I can’t find a clean, native way to pull this data. There are a couple of ways I can think of to do this: First, something like: $sql = ” SELECT user_id,meta_key,meta_value FROM {$wpdb->usermeta} WHERE ({$wpdb->usermeta}.meta_key = ‘first_name’ OR {$wpdb->usermeta}.meta_key = ‘last_name’)”; $ansatte = $wpdb->get_results($sql); var_dump($sql); $users = array(); foreach ($ansatte as $a) { $users[$a->user_id][$a->meta_key] … Read more

Should I write a PHP function in home.php?

At the risk of getting voted down by everybody else here who thinks this is OK. I say: No, you shouldn’t define functions in template files. This should be considered bad practice. Let’s have a look at the documentation: Functions File Explained. The functions file behaves like a WordPress Plugin, adding features and functionality to … Read more

Get author full name

Try the following: <?php $fname = get_the_author_meta(‘first_name’); $lname = get_the_author_meta(‘last_name’); $full_name=””; if( empty($fname)){ $full_name = $lname; } elseif( empty( $lname )){ $full_name = $fname; } else { //both first name and last name are present $full_name = “{$fname} {$lname}”; } echo $full_name; ?>

WordPress PHP version requirements

WordPress will change its requirements to use a higher version of PHP when the following cases are met: A significant majority of users are running 5.3.0 or above A major release cycle release approaches The code/lead developers involved all agree the above two are fulfilled Sadly, the first entry results in a vicious loop, and … Read more

PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string

Line 58 as the error indicates is this line: $parent_term = get_term_by(‘ID’,$term_id, $taxonomy); $term_parents = $delimiter.”<a href=\””.get_term_link($parent_term->slug,$taxonomy).”\” title=\””. $parent_term->name .”\” >”. $parent_term->name .”</a>” .$child_terms; And our error is: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string Which means that one of those things being appended is not a “string”, but actually a WP_Error … Read more

Get meta_id along with meta_key and meta_value

This function worked for me: function get_complete_meta( $post_id, $meta_key ) { global $wpdb; $mid = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare(“SELECT * FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = %d AND meta_key = %s”, $post_id, $meta_key) ); if( $mid != ” ) return $mid; return false; } it will return an array of objects like: Array ( [0] => stdClass Object … Read more

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