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How to Add a Non-Breaking Space

Last updated on May 11, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

A non-breaking space has a unicode value of `U+00A0` (a normal space has a unicode value of `U+0020`). This is how I add this character.

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Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Draft, Solution

Add Gutenberg JavaScript Filter

Last updated on May 18, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

WordPress PHP filters allow you make a value modifiable from outside of your code. With the WordPress Block Editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), you can now do the same thing in JavaScript.

Filed Under: Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: Gutenberg, JavaScript, WordPress, WordPress Filter

Revert to Old Version of WordPress Core

Last updated on May 20, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

These are the two ways I have used to rollback WordPress to an earlier version. Using either technique, you should make a backup copy of your files and your database first!

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Filed Under: Dev Tips, Draft, Solution Tagged With: WordPress Core, wp-cli

Check WP_DEBUG

Last updated on April 19, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

Recently I was talking to another developer about how to detect ‘WP_DEBUG’ being set on a WordPress installation. Here is the code I use.

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Filed Under: Dev Tips, Draft, Programming, Solution Tagged With: WordPress, WordPress Plugin

Add a Blank line at the Beginning of Command Line Prompt

Last updated on October 26, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

While there are many ways to customization your command line prompt, one that can help readability is adding a blank line at the beginning of each prompt.

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Filed Under: Dev Tips, Draft, Solution Tagged With: Bash, command line, zsh

Zoom Beginner Tips

Last updated on April 5, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

Lately I’ve been joining Zoom meetings with lots of new users and I find I keep sharing the same tips. The short version is: use Gallery View, Mute Yourself, and take advantage of Chat.

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Filed Under: Draft, Recommendations Tagged With: Zoom

WordPress Gutenberg import versus Destructuring Global wp

Last updated on April 24, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

When creating a block for the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), you are often using existing components. WordPress makes these components available under the global JavaScript variable ‘wp’ as well as available as npm packages. Which is the better way to make a component available in your code?

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Filed Under: Draft, Programming Tagged With: Gutenberg, JavaScript, WordPress

WordPress Gutenberg Functional Component useState

Last updated on March 30, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

When creating a block for the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), I find that most of the documentation is for class components. However, with React hooks we can use functional components. When you need to import ‘useState’ from React, you can do it as follows in a WordPress block.

Filed Under: Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: Gutenberg, WordPress

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WordPress and SQL Injection

Last updated on February 28, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

An SQL injection vulnerability occurs when you use a variable in your SQL statement and someone uses the variable to add unexpected code. In this article, we’ll look at how this occurs and how to prevent it.

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Filed Under: Dev Tips, Draft, Programming Tagged With: database, MySQL, WordPress

WordPress REST API call to Update Post Status Fails Silently

Last updated on February 24, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

Recently, I was trying to update the post status of a post from ‘future’ to ‘publish’ publish` with the WordPress REST API and while the submission appeared to work, the value was not modified.

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Filed Under: Draft, Programming Tagged With: JavaScript, REST API, WordPress

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