no more WPLANG in wp-config
as of 4.0, WP doesnt use
define('WPLANG', 'en_GB');
in wp-config but uses
$locale='fr_FR';
There are various ways to get user_ID in WP. But which one is the fastest ? I’ve compared 3 ways function get_uid_from_global() { global $current_user; return $current_user->ID; } function get_uid_by_gcuid() { return get_current_user_id(); } function get_uid_by_wpgcu_id() { return wp_get_current_user()->ID; } Without a doubt, global method was fastest. With multiple 100,000 runs, global method took 0.9~…
If you are familiar with WordPress, you should already know that you should almost never have to use get_posts(). Your best bet is to use WP_Query . As good as wp_query is, you should still fine-tune it depending on your needs, it does make a difference. For example, if you just need 1 random post…
My metaboxes suddenly stopped working. If that’s the case for you, and you are clueless, try resetting $id for your meta_box
My navigation menu started disappearing on category pages. First I suspected there was something with the header or menu location, I have double, triple checked everything and I was pulling my hair out trying to find a solution. Turns out, my attempt to order posts by a custom field interfered with the menu. if( ! $query->is_main_query())…
If you are using “page-template”s you’ll have problems with pagination since pages are not meant to display posts and some people frown upon using page-templates for custom archive display, but it’s sometimes the simplest way. Anyway the solution is 1.) to nullify the global $wpquery 2.) adding ‘paged’ => $paged arg. before displaying your posts…
It provides crucial plugin info and many pointers. Like plugin folder, plugins name, plugins main file . More importantly, it could help you with a global unique_slug. More on this, and get_file_data() workaround later…