If the theme repository is anything like the plugins one, content that hasn’t been updated in a while gets hidden, even if it still works. Its probably a good idea to check themes and plugins at least once a year against the latest version, update their meta information, and check them into the repository as … Read more
Can a theme be built in React? You can use React in a theme yes, if your theme only has the one template and relies on JS to render the entire frontend and navigate, pull in data, then I don’t see how it’s any different if you use or don’t use React Would there be … Read more
The page content for custom backgrounds is created in wp-admin/custom-background.php. There is no action available where the fields are printed. To add new fields we have to print JavaScript into the page footer. The action is ‘admin_footer-appearance_page_custom-background’. To save those field values we have to hook into ‘load-appearance_page_custom-background’. The following example adds a new option … Read more
In that function we find a hook: return apply_filters( ‘template_directory_uri’, $template_dir_uri, $template, $theme_root_uri ); So, yes, the URI can be changed by plugins, and you should escape its returned value. The same principle applies to all WordPress URI functions, like get_home_url(), get_site_url() and so on. Keep in mind that there are not only good plugin … Read more
disadvantage using option tree: Your theme depend on other work as a core You need to always keep an eye for the plugin update ( which is really not good if you’re going to use it in premium theme ) If you’re going to integrate it in your theme, then when there is update from … Read more
posting from the front-end is a matter of displaying a form and processing it: form: <!– New Post Form –> <div id=”postbox”> <form id=”new_post” name=”new_post” method=”post” action=””> <!– post name –> <p><label for=”title”>Title</label><br /> <input type=”text” id=”title” value=”” tabindex=”1″ size=”20″ name=”title” /> </p> <!– post Category –> <p><label for=”Category”>Category:</label><br /> <p><?php wp_dropdown_categories( ‘show_option_none=Category&tab_index=4&taxonomy=category’ ); ?></p> … Read more
Let me answer your question with a question: Are these images part of your template or for general purpose? The WordPress theme “Responsive” has images files all over its theme folder. The theme should be at yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/responsive. In that theme folder there are a few folders with images: The obvious “images”, also “icons” and “includes/images”. … Read more
Quite simply put: there is no built in function that does the same thing as your code above. Bonus content: More tag tricks
Do not use constants for that. Do not use global constants at all. There are two types of constants: class/interface constants and global constants. Constants in classes or interfaces are fine and sometimes useful. An overly simplistic example: interface Requirements { const MIN_PHP_VERSION = 5.4; public function php_is_good(); } class Theme_Requirements implements Requirements { public … Read more
Since Changeset 44524, which has landed in WordPress 5.1, the variable $theme is now a global variable set by WordPress which also gets unset after the themes have been bootstrapped: // Load the functions for the active theme, for both parent and child theme if applicable. foreach ( wp_get_active_and_valid_themes() as $theme ) { if ( … Read more