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How To WP Query For Posts Type Names?
If you are writing a typical WordPress wp query you might not even mention the “post_type” filter, where you limit the post types returned in your query.
If you are looking for a specific post type, or possibly a custom post type, then you will use
'post_type' => 'yourCustomPostTypeName'in order to only get results from that custom post type (CPT).
But what if you want you want to run a query to get the names of the post types, not the posts themselves?
Sal December 31st, 2021
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Wordpress
How To Fix: WordPress WP Query Returns Results When It Shouldn’t
If you are doing custom work on WordPress, you probably are using WP query. These is basically a database, essentially SQL, inside the WordPress template in order to deliver a highly customizable set of posts. With the ability to customize comes a bit of complexity.
One of the weird things that can happen is that a WP query that should yield no results will sometimes return many results. How do you fix this?
Sal December 31st, 2021
Posted In: Web Development
How to Use a WordPress Shortcode in a Theme
One of the best things (OK, the best thing) about development with WordPress is piggybacking on the available plugins. If you are doing custom development chances are that a plugin probably wasn’t made with your specific use case in mind, so it’s often necessary to some work to get the plugin’s functionality and your goal to match. With that in mind, you have probably recently asked yourself, “Can I use a WordPress shortcode in my theme, as opposed to just inserting it into the text body?”
Good news,: you definitely can.
Sal May 3rd, 2019
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Wordpress
WordPress DateTime Deep Dive
Recently, while working on the next version of the Post Expiration Date WP plugin, I’ve spent a lot of time exploring WordPress’ handling of dates and time. This has been an interesting, often frustrating time but I’ve learned a lot and found a number of great resources on the subject. Here are some of the top ones.
Sal January 21st, 2019
Posted In: Web Development
The Pitfalls of Cheap WordPress Hosting
In the market for budget WordPress hosting? The competition for your business is immense, but that doesn’t mean you — as a consumer — will benefit in the end. The hosting business is largely a race-to-the-bottom where price sensitivity has overtaken user experience. Any buyer must go into the purchase in a defensive mindset, with the full expectation that budget hosting is going to come with a few serious catches. This doesn’t mean you need to spend $35 a month to host a WordPress site, but go into the buying decision with your eyes open.
Sal September 8th, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Shared Hosting, Wordpress
Need to Unpublish an Article? WordPress Post Expiration Plugin
WordPress is great at scheduling articles (posts) to go live, but what if you want to do the opposite — schedule a post to disappear? For that you need an expiration plugin.
Sal August 21st, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Content Management, Wordpress
What is WordPress Gutenberg? And How Do I Get My Old Editor Back?
Have you heard the term “WordPress Gutenberg” thrown around lately and had little to no idea what it means? Don’t worry about it, there’s a fix for that.
Sal August 3rd, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Gutenberg, Text Editors, Wordpress