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Display a different theme for not logged-in users

Try hooking on all these: (But I guess you’d have to do it from a plugin, since doing it from theme functions.php might be too late). E.g.: /* Plugin Name: test Description: switchtest Version: 0.1.0 */ add_filter( ‘template’, ‘yourthing_switch_theme’ ); add_filter( ‘option_template’, ‘yourthing_switch_theme’ ); add_filter( ‘option_stylesheet’, ‘yourthing_switch_theme’ ); add_filter( ‘pre_option_stylesheet’, ‘yourthing_switch_theme’ ); function yourthing_switch_theme( $theme … Read more

How can I get wp_head() as a string instead of echoing it?

You can use PHP’s output buffering. WIth this you can write a wrapper for the get_head() function function wpse251841_wp_head() { ob_start(); wp_head(); return ob_get_clean(); } You can then use this as $data = array( ‘wpHead’ => wpse251841_wp_head(), ‘postContent’ => $post->post_content, ‘postContentFiltered’ => apply_filters( ‘the_content’, $post->post_content ) ); Reference: Output Control Functions

How to call the_excerpt() with tags or the_content() as an excerpt?

Actually, I just did something like this for a Drupal site. I based my truncation function on this: Truncate text preserving HTML tags with PHP Use the final version of the function at the end of the comments. The function takes its $length parameter in characters, not words, but you can probably use the general … Read more

Enqueue scripts inside a class

You mean you call your class right before closing HTML tag? It is too late to enqueue scripts then. Don’t hook into wp_print_scripts to enqueue your scripts and styles. I just learned this today from Rarst. So change your init_hooks function to something like following: public function init_hooks() { add_action(‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, array(__CLASS__,’include_all_files’)); } Also you are … Read more

How to add default images for custom backgrounds?

if you are asking default background image for add_theme_support( ‘custom-background’); then it can be set using ‘default-image’ => get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/images/pattern.png’, complete code will look like below. $args = array( ‘default-color’ => ‘f0f0f0’, ‘default-repeat’ => ‘fixed’, ‘default-image’ => get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/images/pattern.png’, ); add_theme_support( ‘custom-background’, $args );

Trigger Customizer saving process with Javascript only

Instead of using jQuery to update the value of the custom input, use the wp.customize object’s set() function (found in customize-base.js): wp.customize( key, function ( obj ) { obj.set( newValue ); } ); Where key is the setting, and newValue is the updated value. Also, worth noting, in the class that extends WP_Customize_Control, make sure … Read more

Is the theme customizer slowing down my site?

How often are the theme mods changed? A lot in the design phase, maybe a couple of times later on. Always by admins, never by ordinary users, let alone visitors. So, it doesn’t make sense to generate the full css at every pageload (additional background info). A better approach is to generate the css only … Read more

default favicon for a theme?

You have to change the defualt Site Icon using the Customizer API. $wp_customize->add_setting( ‘site_icon’ , array( ‘default’ => YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE, ) );

Twenty Eleven home page show only excerpt

The template you’re actually after is “content.php” You’ll want to change this line: <?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?> <div class=”entry-summary”> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> </div><!– .entry-summary –> <?php else : ?> <div class=”entry-content”> <?php the_content( __( ‘Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>→</span>’, ‘twentyeleven’ ) ); ?> <?php wp_link_pages( array( ‘before’ … Read more

When to use esc_url, esc_html, esc_attr, and friends?

Those function are used to produce a valid HTML and not to sanitize input. You should use them anytime you are not 100% sure that what you want to output is a valid HTML for that context. Should you escape everything? I guess the _s theme people decided that it is better to be safe … Read more

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