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Child Theme Wizard – Version 1.4 released

May 27, 2019 by Jay Versluis

I’ve pushed a new version of my Child Theme Wizard plugin to WordPress today. While the changes are very simple, the implications of this update are rather significant for using child themes. From time to time, best practices for how to create your child theme change. This has happened several times over the course of … Read more

How to exchange data from PHP to JavaScript in WordPress

April 15, 2019 by Jay Versluis

I was involved in writing a small plugin project last week, for which I found myself reading a database value from WordPress (in PHP) that I wanted to use in JavaScript. I don’t do much in JavaScript and it had occurred to me that I had no idea how I should exchange the data. After … Read more

Show Me The Cookies: How to list all cookies on your WordPress site

March 23, 2019March 19, 2019 by Jay Versluis

I’ve been working on a new plugin for WordPress called Cookies. It shows you a list of all cookies on your current site. Once activated, you can find this list under Appearance – Cookies.

In addition, you can also display this list to your visitors by adding the shortcode [cookies] to any post or page. Many of those cookies are used by WordPress to track things such as “are you logged in”, so I’ve added an option to filter WordPress related cookies out. This list is available with the [cookies-nowp] shortcode.

I’m still putting the finishing touches on the plugin, but I’m planning to submit it to the WordPress repository. For now, feel free to download it from my GitHub repository.

Let me tell you a bit about how this plugin came to be.

Child Theme Wizard – Version 1.3 released

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by Jay Versluis

This morning I felt like a bit of coding, and something that’s been on my to-do list for a while was to update my Child Theme Wizard plugin. It’s been making over 10.000 users happy since 2013. The main reason for the update was to update the compatibility flag with WordPress 5.1 – it was … Read more

How to disable the Login with WordPress.com prompt

March 10, 2019 by Jay Versluis

One of my self hosted WordPress sites kept offering me to login with my WordPress.com credentials. I find that mindnumbingly annoying, since I don’t use WordPress.com (nor can I remember my credentials). Thankfully there’s an easy way to switch this prompt off. This integration comes courtesy of Jetpack. There’s an option under Jetpack – Settings … Read more

How to remove the Jetpack Feedback Tab

January 28, 2019 by Jay Versluis

In this episode I’ll explain how we can hide the Feedback Tab that the Jetpack plugin adds to the sidebar of the admin interface in WordPress. This tab is part of the Contact Form feature, which sadly cannot be switched off with a single slider. We’ll have to delve into debug mode and do it … Read more

How to hide WordPress Update Notifications with ZEN DASH

January 21, 2019 by Jay Versluis

In this episode I’ll show you how to hide and remove those (almost daily occurring) WordPress Update Notifications. I’ve built this functionality into a plugin I’ve written over 5 years ago called ZEN DASH. The plugin’s main purpose is to hide all kinds of clutter from the WordPress admin interface, such as unused tabs, dashboard … Read more

Creating a Podcast Feed with WordPress and PowerPress – Part 3

January 7, 2019 by Jay Versluis

In this final episode of this mini series I’ll show you how to configure the first episode of your Podcast Feed by adding the audio file to the post. I’m also talking about the implications of setting the date and time on the post so that all your post-dated episodes appear in the correct order. … Read more

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