Snippets

One of the best features of WordPress could be conditional tags. It allows you to tell the code to act differently in specific situations. For example, you can check if the user is using Windows or Mac, and display different content based on the systems. You can also redirect to post if the search query only returns a single result. You name the situations; the conditional tags can recognize them all! Despite its flexibility in determining actions based on different situations, it’s also straightforward to learn, and there are even tutorials and resources spread over the web for you to master it. That...

Having a well-configured .htaccess file is crucial if you want to increase security and reduce vulnerabilities on your WordPress site. Usually, the main goal of creating a custom .htaccess file is to prevent your site from being hacked but it’s also an excellent way to handle redirects and manage cache-related tasks. .htaccess is a configuration file used on Apache web servers. Most WordPress sites run on an Apache server, although a small portion is powered by Nginx. In this article, you can find a collection of .htaccess code snippets, most of which you can use to secure your website while the rest implements other useful features. Don’t forget to back up the .htaccess file before you edit...

We know that plugins can be used to extend the functionality of WordPress. But what if you can do some smaller things in WordPress without installing them? Say, you dislike the admin bar at the top and wish to eliminate it? Yes, that can be accomplished by means of code snippets for WordPress. Basically, code snippets for WordPress are used to do certain actions that might otherwise require a dedicated smaller plugin. Furthermore, such code snippets are placed in one of the WordPress core or theme files (generally the functions.php file of your theme). In this article, we have listed some very useful...

WordPress admin makes it easy to manage configurations without touching a line of code. These basic configuration settings are then stored in the wp-options table inside the database. But, WordPress also has a separate configuration file, called wp-config.php, that can be used for further customizations. Wp-config is the file where your custom hosting data (database name, database host, etc.) is saved when you install a self-hosted WordPress site. You can also add other configuration options to this file, with which you can enable or disable features such as debugging, cache, multisite, SSL login, automatic updates, and many others. Localize and...

These code snippets can be used in your theme’s function.php file or added to your site using a plugin like code snippets. Disable Auto Update Plugin and Theme Emails: This code snippet will prevent WordPress from sending emails notifying you of theme or plugin auto updates. <?php //Disable plugin auto-update email notification add_filter('auto_plugin_update_send_email', '__return_false'); //Disable theme auto-update email notification add_filter('auto_theme_update_send_email', '__return_false'); https://smartwp.com/disable-wordpress-auto-update-email-notifications/