When using Scriptless Social Sharing, you may want to add a site wide hashtag to all of your tweets. This is the code you can use to do that.
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ACF Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘id’ of undefined
Recently I was working on a site using Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and the field input boxes had stopped working. In the browser console, I saw the error “ACF Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘id’ of undefined”.
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Install a non-wordpress.org Plugin with WP CLI
The WordPress plugin repository at wordpress.org/plugins is a great resource. I often use WP CLI to install plugins on my WordPress site from there, however, sometimes I want to install other plugins with WP CLI.
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Gravity Forms Default Value and Caching
I’m a big fan of the Gravity Forms Form builder WordPress plugin. I came across an interesting issue on a project where I was using the default value functionality and I wanted to make some notes as a warning for others (and myself) in the future.
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Remove target _blank from the Scriptless Social Sharing Email button
I like to use the Scriptless Social Sharing WordPress plugin to add Share buttons to my blog posts. Recently I had a client notice that because the Email Share button has target=”_blank” in the HTML markup, it opens a new tab when clicked. This is great behavior if you’re using web based email (e.g. Gmail), however if you’re using an email application on your computer, you end up with a blank tab. This code removes target blank from the email share link.
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Apply Bootstrap Classes to Gravity Forms Button
When working on a project, using Gravity Forms and Bootstrap, I wanted to style the buttons with Bootstrap. This code allows me to modify the markup output by the Gravity Forms WordPress plugin to use the Bootstrap classes.
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functions.php vs plugin vs mu-plugin for WordPress
It is common for articles on writing WordPress code to refer to adding the code to the functions.php file in the active theme. This is one location where code can be added but it isn’t always the best. Places to Add WordPress Code a new file in wp-content/mu-plugins a new plugin in wp-content/plugins the functions.php […]
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WordPress Development Overlay
When doing WordPress theme development I find it helpful to overlay an image of the approved design on top of the code I’m working on. I use a reduced opacity on the image so I can see the code I’m working on. This helps me match things like font size and spacing. I’ve been doing […]
WordPress Anchor Shortcode Plugin
Once an article reaches a certain length, it is valuable to allow linking to a specific part of the page by creating anchor locations. Unfortunately, creating an anchor location in WordPress involves writing raw HTML, which is not an ideal client solution. There are other solutions out there but Blinebury Design wanted a specific set […]
Make Your WordPress Plugin Easy to Extend
As a WordPress developer it is a painful (and all too familiar) feeling of angst, when I find a plugin that does almost exactly what I want but the author has left no way for me to modify the behavior without changing their code. Don’t Hack Core (or plugins) A popular refrain in WordPress developer […]