theme-development

What is difference between add_theme_support and Theme Customization API?

They’re not directly really related, and do different things, except for a couple of situations. The Customization API is a way of registering settings and controls in the Customizer, and is very flexible. You can use it to add controls for just about anything in your theme. add_theme_support(), on the other hand, lets your theme … Read more

Fatal error: Class WP_Customize_Image_Control not found

Solved by adding use WP_Customize_Image_Control; to inc\Customizer\FeaturedCategories.php: namespace Ivana\Api\Customizer; use WP_Customize_Image_Control; use Ivana\Helpers; class FeaturedCategories { public function register( $wp_customize ) { $this->add_panels( $wp_customize ); $this->add_sections( $wp_customize ); $this->add_settings( $wp_customize ); $this->add_controls( $wp_customize ); } public function add_panels( $wp_customize ) { $wp_customize->add_panel( ‘featured_categories’, [ ‘title’ => ‘Featured Categories’, ‘description’ => ‘I\’m looking for a lady’, … Read more

use a single nonce in three different nonce field

You can pass multiple nonces with wp_localize_script() by just including them as separate properties in the ajax_login_object object. wp_localize_script( ‘ajax-login-script’, ‘ajax_login_object’, array( ‘ajax_url’ => admin_url( ‘admin-ajax.php’ ), ‘login_nonce_token’ => wp_create_nonce( ‘login_nonce’ ), ‘register_nonce_token’ => wp_create_nonce( ‘register_nonce’ ), ‘lostpassword_nonce_token’ => wp_create_nonce( ‘lostpassword_nonce’ ), ) ); Then in your JS, use the correct one from your localize … Read more

Error Handling when building WordPress themes

When developing it’s a good idea to enable debugging, as described in this article in the developer handbook. Essentially in wp-config.php you want to define the WP_DEBUG as true. define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); This will cause WordPress to output more errors and warnings to the screen, which can help finding issues. You can also log … Read more

WordPress wp_get_current_user returning blank values until refresh

Your header.php file is going to be called after the init action. If you want the logic to run in your header.php file first, maybe you can hook into another action done at a later point in WordPress: add_action(‘wp_head’, ‘ax_get_user_info’); function avox_get_user_info() { if (is_user_logged_in()) { $currentUser = wp_get_current_user(); $fName = $currentUser->user_firstname; } return $fName; … Read more

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