{"id":1351,"date":"2009-12-29T00:52:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T05:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2009-12-29T00:52:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T05:52:24","slug":"stupid-wordpress-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/stupid-wordpress-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid WordPress tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy the way, this stuff is far from stupid… very nice references here.<\/p>\n

WORDPRESS SHORTCODES\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Save time by replacing your most commonly typed words and phrases with WordPress shortcodes. For example, if you are frequently typing your blog\u2019s\u00a0URL<\/acronym><\/b>, you could place the following code your theme\u2019s\u00a0functions.php<\/code> file:<\/p>\n

function shortURL() {\n\treturn 'http:\/\/perishablepress.com\/';\n}\nadd_shortcode('myurl', 'shortURL');<\/code><\/pre>\n
Now whenever I write a post via \u201cHTML<\/acronym><\/b>-mode\u201d, all I need to include my blog\u2019s\u00a0URL<\/acronym><\/b> is type \u201c[myurl]<\/code>\u201d. Works great in WordPress 2.5 or better.<\/p>\n
Shortcodes with Attributes<\/strong>
\nTo create a shortcode for links, we need to include the\u00a0href<\/code> attribute information as well as the anchor text for the link itself. We can do this by placing this function in your theme\u2019sfunctions.php<\/code> file:<\/p>\n
function shortLink($atts, $content = null) {\n\textract(shortcode_atts(array(\n\t\t\"href\" => 'http:\/\/' \/\/ default URL\n\t), $atts));\n\treturn ''.$content.'<\/a>';\n}\nadd_shortcode('link', 'shortLink');<\/code><\/pre>\n
Then, when creating a post, emulate the following format to include any links you wish:<\/p>\n
[link href=\"http:\/\/perishablepress.com\/\"]Perishable Press[\/link]<\/code><\/p>\n
..which will output the following code:<\/p>\n
Perishable Press<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n
When the\u00a0href<\/code> attribute is removed from the shortcode, the default\u00a0URL<\/acronym><\/b> will be used. You may specify the default\u00a0URL<\/acronym><\/b> in the third line of the funtion (see comment).<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0Digging into WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n
DISPLAY WORDPRESS PERMALINKS OUTSIDE OF THE LOOP\u00a0<\/h3>\n
Normally, permalink display via\u00a0the_permalink()<\/code> requires the loop. To display permalinks outside<\/em> of the loop, we may use either of the following methods:<\/p>\n
\n\" >Permalink<\/a>\n\n\nID); ?>\" >Permalink<\/a><\/code><\/pre>\n
Source:\u00a0Julien Chauvin<\/a><\/p>\n
DISPLAY CUSTOM MESSAGE TO RETURNING VISITORS\u00a0<\/h3>\n
We can greet returning commentators with a custom message by extracting their information from the comment cookie left on their machine. Place the following code into the desired location in your theme and customize the message and markup to whatever you wish:<\/p>\n
< ?php if(isset($_COOKIE['comment_author_'.COOKIEHASH])) {\n\t$lastCommenter = $_COOKIE['comment_author_'.COOKIEHASH];\n\n\techo \"Welcome Back \". $lastCommenter .\"!\";\n\n\t} else {\n\n\techo \"Welcome, Guest!\";\n} ?><\/code><\/pre>\n
Source:\u00a0ifohdesigns<\/a><\/p>\n
DISPLAY RECENTLY UPDATED POSTS AND PAGES\u00a0<\/h3>\n
Easily display a list of recently updated posts by placing the following code into the desired location in your theme:<\/p>\n
< ?php \n\n$today  = current_time('mysql', 1);\n$number = 5; \/\/ number of posts\n\nif($recentposts = $wpdb->get_results(\"SELECT ID, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_modified_gmt < '$today' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT $number\")):\n\n?>\n\n
< ?php _e(\"Recently Updated\"); ?><\/h2>\n