WordPress 4.1 introduced a new function to display archive pagination as numbered links. Developers have been making this work for long time using custom functions or popular plugins like WP Page Navi, so its great to now have a core function for this purpose. Continue reading
Administering WordPress from the Command Line through WP-CLI
Working with the command line can be intimidating if you’re used to a nice graphical user interface (GUI), but it’s worth getting familiar with. There’s a lot of mundane tasks in web development can be automated with good set of scripts and shortcuts.
It’s also often much faster and simpler to accomplish a task with the command line, and in this respect WordPress is no exception. WP-CLI makes it possible for you to get your WordPress related tasks done with the help of a set of commands.
You might have a natural question in your mind: if the WordPress admin interface is so gorgeous and user-friendly, why would someone like to use the command line interface? There are two key reasons:
- People find keyboard faster than the mouse: Instead of using mouse, a power user always prefer to use keyboard shortcut to accomplish a task. In general, using keyboard shortcuts is 3 times faster than clicking a mouse.
- Automation:To make several commands execute automatically, you just need to put them into a single text file. Automation saves a lot of your precious time.
So in this guide, I’m going to give you a taste of WP-CLI: a command line interface for administering WordPress sites. Continue reading
Add a Page Select to the Customizer
I’ve been working on a new theme that allows users to select certain pages in the customizer, and then display those pages out on a “showcase” template. I think this is pretty useful functionality and wanted to share how I implemented it.
Add Settings, Controls and Sanitization
First, we’ll need to the page select boxes to the customizer. In the code below, I add a new customizer section called “Showcase”. Then, I loop through the add_setting / add_control functionality in order to display four distinct page select boxes.
I’ve also created a function called “prefix_get_pages_array” which returns an array of all the pages to be used both by the controls and the sanitization function. You’ll notice it sorts the pages alphabetically, and indents sub-pages slightly with an em dash when output in the select box. Continue reading