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Getting Permalink within the loop

As suggested, went to the function reference and from there to the Source File (located in wp_includes/link-template.php) in which there are four functions that each return similar results. <?php echo get_post_permalink() ?> http://newdep.localhost/instruments/jester/ <?php echo post_permalink() ?> http://newdep.localhost/instruments/jester/ <?php the_permalink() ?> /instruments/jester/ <?php echo get_the_permalink() ?> http://newdep.localhost/instruments/jester/ In this case, since this is a custom … Read more

Convert a static website to a WordPress theme and import all existing content

WordPress has a perfect wrapper for HTML > Theme conversion: The theme itself. All information can be found in the Codex page. It is enough to add a folder to your wp-content/themes directory (or whatever directory you registered in addition to that), and add the following files functions.php style.css index.php header.php to your custom themename … Read more

the_tags without hyperlinks?

new theme permissions don’t allow me to edit

Given that you are the webhost: If the server is a dedicated server, or you’re in any situation where you’re the only user of the server in question, then this is a GOOD thing! It means your setup is more secure this way. It basically means that somebody who hacks into your site through the … Read more

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in H:\wamp\www\custom\wp-includes\class-wp-http-curl.php

I get that answer. I go to this file: wp-includes/deprecated.php and find this line in (deprecated) wp_get_http() function: @set_time_limit ( 60 ); just comment out this line and it works fine. Because wordpress hard coded that 60 seconds limit, this hard coded setting was over-ridding my php.ini settings. so I comment out that line, my … Read more

Featured Image Size

For post thumbnails you can either crop and image to the thumbnail size or scale the image. To enable crop you can call the thumbnail 1 of 2 ways. Name a size in the functions.php file like so: <?php add_image_size( ‘my-post-thumbnail’, 494, 168, true ); ?> and then call it in the theme file <?php … Read more

Use theme folder instead of plugins_url

There is not such a function as theme_url, if I am not mistaken. Take look at get_template_directory_uri or get_stylesheet_directory_uri

Help with “text domain”, comments_form in WordPress theme

Well, it says you are not including text domain… well – because you are not including text domain. Obviously to fix it – you should include text domain. See I18n for theme and plugin developers in Codex. There is no point in adding extra code just to fake testing results. If you don’t need that … Read more

How to tell if the user is an admin?

Yes, that’s good. You can be a little safer using <?php if(current_user_can(‘manage_plugins’) ); ?>

Move my theme style.css into a folder

You can just register another stylesheet instead of style.css: add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘enqueue_theme_css’ ); function enqueue_theme_css() { wp_enqueue_style( ‘default’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/css/default.css’ ); } This is, in my opinion, better than using style.css.

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