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Using Anonymous Functions for Filters and Actions

Chad Butler · Nov 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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The more customization that you do when building a WordPress site, the more you will find that you have a lot of functions hooked to actions and filters.  Sometimes these functions might be quite simple, returning just a single line of text or replacing a single word.  Is there an easy way to make this more compact?

Yes, there is!  Here’s how:  Continue Reading →

How to reset your WordPress password with WP-CLI

Chad Butler · Sep 25, 2018 ·

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It happens to all of us at some point or another – especially when doing development work – you find yourself locked out of your WordPress site with no way to change or reset your admin password.  What do you do in that situation?

Here is a way you can update your password (and other aspects of your account) directly from the command line. Continue Reading →

How to reset your WordPress password from phpMyAdmin

Chad Butler · Sep 25, 2018 ·

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It happens to all of us at some point or another – especially when doing development work – you find yourself locked out of your WordPress site with no way to change or reset your admin password.  What do you do in that situation? Continue Reading →

Running WP in debug mode

Chad Butler · Feb 23, 2018 ·

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When running a WordPress site, it’s important to understand how PHP’s error messaging works. Even if you are not a developer yourself, you need to know how to properly set up and run a site and how to know what’s important for messaging so that you can get the correct information back to developers.  This article will cover the basics of PHP’s error messaging and WP’s debug mode.  

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Create a plugin file for custom functions

Chad Butler · May 19, 2016 ·

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Often it is recommended to put custom functions into your theme’s functions.php file; and while that can work quite well, what if you change themes?  Or what if you are on a multi-site installation and have a number of custom functions you want to use across sites that use different themes?

This article will discuss how to create a custom function file and load it as a plugin.  This way your custom functions stay intact no matter what you do with your theme.  Continue Reading →

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