How to see files in directories in “Edit Themes” screen

There is not a way to do this without modifying the core. You should see .php files that are in subdirectories, but you won’t see anything above the root theme directory for .css files, and you won’t see any JavaScript files. If you take a look at wp-admin/theme-editor.php, the relevant lines are… <?php $allowed_files = … Read more

Is “Featured Content” in Twenty Fourteen done with a plugin, or is it native in WP4.0?

The featured content is part of the TwentyFourteen theme, and is not implemented as a plugin, but rather as an Appearance > Customize setting (via get_theme_mod()), which allows the use of a Grid or Slider layout, choosing posts base on the tag provided. BTW, I figured this out only after reading your post! So thanks … Read more

How do you change the theme location?

You can register additional directory or directories with themes by using register_theme_directory() function, that accepts filesystem path to folder. Note that this isn’t typical and even while core handles it mostly fine, third party code in themes and plugins might not.

Pre-populating the Page/Post Content Editor with HTML Snippets?

@Scott B, I just read a post on Justin Tadlocks Blog regarding this same issue. The Solution Use the default_content filter hook and it to the themes function.php file. Example: <?php add_filter( ‘default_content’, ‘my_editor_content’ ); function my_editor_content( $content ) { $content = “This is some custom content I’m adding to the post editor because I … Read more