Problem WordPress’ cron doesn’t work when a site has basic authentication. You basically would get a 401 error. Solution Thanks to Nick Ohrn (in 2014) this problem is solved with a simple mu-plugin. You just need to set the…
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Category: Coding
Where is wp_capabilities?
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Problem After creating a user with a certain role I need to do a custom sql query where it only selected users of a specific role. This failed to find anything: select u.ID, u.display_name, u.user_login from $wpdb->users as u inner…
Chrome Zoom Shifts Layout
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Problem: When zooming in or out on Chrome, the widths of elements increases very slightly and causes some elements to shift to the next line. Solution: The actual problem is Chrome adjusts the widths of elements by tenths. So something…
WordPress REST API schema property format: email
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Problem: When setting a property type to ’email’ like so: $schema = array( ‘$schema’ => ‘http://json-schema.org/schema#’, ‘title’ => ‘user’, ‘type’ => ‘object’, ‘properties’ => array( ’email’ => array( ‘description’ => __( ‘The optional email address for the something.’ ), ‘type’…
WordPress Capabilities with map_meta_cap and user_has_cap
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The two functions, map_meta_cap and user_has_cap allow you to change capabilities on the fly without having to add to roles in the database. These also allow you to have a ton of flexibility. Some examples from the talk: If you can…
WordPress 4.6 crashed my site
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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare the_post_thumbnail_caption() (previously declared in …. This error occurs because the_post_thumbnail_caption is a new function in WordPress 4.6. However, people have been using this function for over 5 years now. How? Stackoverflow and other WordPress forums are flooded with…
WordPress the_title filter changed in nav menus
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I haven’t had time to look into the exact reason or the exact version this changed, but as of at least WordPress version 4.5.2 the nav menu uses the_title multiple times for one item. For example if your theme used something like…
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Relative positioning of table rows and row groups is now supported. This site may need to be updated because it may depend on this feature having no effect.
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Firefox displayed this warning in the Firebug console. This warning indicates an absolutely positioned does not consider a table element relatively positioned so it may not appear as expected. A better explanation is here: https://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?289315-Relative-positioning-of-table-rows-and-row-groups-is-now-supported.-This-site-may-nee and solution to fix is here:…
Draggable Icon in Font Awesome
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This is weird. Font Awesome has a ton of fonts, but no draggable icon. Issue #816 is on github shows much love for this added feature, open since 2013. A workaround for this suggested by abanctelchevrel: /* \f142 is ellipsis-v */…
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Link from Google Redirecting
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After years of not having a client get hacked, I got 2 in a few weeks. One client (client A) has a WordPress site which I developed the theme on. Another client (client B) was brand new, no WordPress. Client…
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