WordPress allows theme developers to manage their templates in many different ways. But certainly, get_template_part is the best version of it. It uses core WordPress functions to find and load a specific PHP file. So, basically it is like PHP…
If you are into developing custom themes for WordPress, you probably know how useful it can be to use custom meta fields in your posts. But only adding those fields is not enough. You need custom loops or functions to…
When you are creating a custom loop, generally query_posts or WP_Query is more than enough for the job. But if you want to work on an API project that depends on WordPress tables, then you will need to use custom…
Using WordPress core function wp_count_posts, you can easily display total number of posts. Here is a simple example on how to use this function: <?php $count_posts = wp_count_posts(); $published_posts = $count_posts->publish; echo 'We published ' . $published_posts . ' posts…
WordPress allows theme developers to define custom CSS styles for visual editor on the post edit screen. Although, this theme development stage is often skipped by developers, it is very critical for end users to feel home when they are…
Since WordPress 4.1, WordPress allows automatic creation of document title tags. This is a very useful option for most SEO practices because the title tag structure can change depending on the context of page. 1. Add Theme Support for Automatic…
While developing WordPress themes, dividing your theme into multiple re-usable templates makes everything easier. WordPress already manages templates parts like header, footer, and sidebar using special functions like get_header, get_footer, and get_sidebar. For including all other template parts that are…
Since WordPress 4.1, WordPress allows automatic creation of document title tags. This is a very useful option for most SEO practices because the title tag structure can change depending on the context of the page. 1. Add Theme Support for…
Starting with version 4.4, WordPress allows you to easily change your title separator using a filter. This was previously done by either installing a SEO plugin or manually adding a title filter. But if you just want to change the…
