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Some people (hint: starts with me) just dont learn
Byemino Tuesday December 10th, 2013Saturday June 6th, 2015

Time and again i fall for this same simple mistake. This may not be intuitive in the context of serialized arrays. If you fetch a serialized array with this method you want $single to be true to actually get an unserialized array back. If you pass in false, or leave it out, you will have…

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If you need an ID just get an ID
Byemino Tuesday December 10th, 2013Saturday June 6th, 2015

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…

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Fastest way to get a random post link in wp
Byemino Tuesday September 22nd, 2015Tuesday September 22nd, 2015

Previously we have established that the fastest way to get an ID is using wpdb . So, simply to get a random post link use: function eo_get_a_rand_postlink() { global $wpdb; $rand_post_id = $wpdb->get_var(“SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = ‘publish’ AND post_type = ‘post’ ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1”); return get_permalink($rand_post_id); }

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Better bootstrap accordion
Byemino Saturday June 6th, 2015Saturday June 6th, 2015

There are a few issues (things I dont like) about the bootstrap accordion: 1- The title is inline, so you have to click the text part to activate it 2- There is no indication if the item is collapsed or open 3- :hover underlining is obnoxious. To solve all these; simply add the below css:…

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nstest
Byemino Monday August 17th, 2015

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Fastest way to get 1 post->ID in WordPress
Byemino Tuesday September 22nd, 2015Tuesday September 22nd, 2015

So all you need is a post->ID whats the fastest way to get it ? Jump to conclusion or lets evaluate our options here: query_posts(), get_posts(),wp_query(), $wpdb As a rule of thumb, usually we can say $wpdb > wp_query > get_posts > query_posts, meaning; you should almost never ever use query_posts. And usually between the…

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