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Get rid of Another update is currently in progress
I was trying to update my wordpress core to 4.5.1 but my system was missing some permissions, and now after giving correct permission, I cannot get rid of that message and I cannot upgrade.
Tried to look for a .maintainance file but there is…
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Between functions.php (theme), widgets, and plugins, which is loaded first?
Customer asks if a specific carousel plugin he uses can be widgetized. That means I should create a widget inside functions.php which calls the plugin's function. That means that the plugin's code has to be loaded first so that the function be…
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What are PHP extensions and libraries WP needs and/or uses?
Codex loosely only mentions PHP version in server requirements, however PHP can be configured in pretty wide range of excluding/including different parts.
What are extensions/libraries that:
are required for WP to work at all? MySQL...
are required…
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What's the difference between home_url() and site_url()
My understanding is that site_url() returns the location where the WordPress core files are.
If my blog is hosted at http://example.com/blog then site_url() returns http://example.com/blog
But then how does home_url() differ? For me, home_url()…
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How to edit a user profile on the front end?
How can I edit a user profile in the front end with a form?
first name, last name, username, email address and password
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Remove "Category:", "Tag:", "Author:" from the_archive_title
I have the following code in my theme's archive.php:
', '' ); ?>
This gives me titles like "Category: Russia", "Tag: America", "Author: John".
I would like to remove the "Category:", "Tag:" and…
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Enqueue Scripts / Styles when shortcode is present
What is the idea way to register/enqueue scripts and/or styles for use in plugins?
I recently made a plugin simple plugin to add the user avatar/gravatar with a shortcode. I have different style options for displaying the avatar (square, round,…
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to perform the requested action wordpress needs to access your web server. please enter your ftp
I'm following Changing File Permissions « WordPress Codex, yet when I'm try to update and/or install plugin and/or theme through wp-admin, I'm getting following:
To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web
server. Please…
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Remove slug from custom post type post URLs
It seems that all web resources based on the subject of removing a custom post type slug ie
yourdomain.com/CPT-SLUG/post-name
are now very outdated solutions often referencing pre WP version 3.5 installs. A common one is to:
'rewrite' => array(…
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Steps to optimize WordPress in regard to server load and website speed?
Besides installing W3 Total Cache or another caching plugin what steps can I take to make sure that my theme and site run as fast as possible.
Paul Sheldrake
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Create custom page templates with plugins?
Is it possible to make custom page templates available from a plugin?
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Autoloading & Namespaces in WordPress Plugins & Themes: Can it Work?
Has anyone used autoloading and/or PHP namespaces within a plugin or theme?
Thoughts on using them? Any harm? Pitfalls?
Note: namespaces are PHP 5.3+ only. Assume, for this question, that you know you'll be dealing with servers that you know have…
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Custom Post Type Templates from Plugin Folder?
I'd like to offer my custom post type as a Plugin, so that people can use it without touching their theme folder. But custom post type templates -- such as single-movies.php -- reside in the theme folder. Is there a way to get WP to check for a…
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How to include PHP files in plugins the correct way
My problem is when on the main plugin file I include a PHP file something like this:
include(WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/wordpress-group-buying/ipn/paypal-ipn.php');
// or
include_once(WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/wordpress-group-buying/ipn/paypal-ipn.php');
//…
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Get name of the current template file
I've found this to display the current name of the file used in template:
function get_template_name () {
foreach ( debug_backtrace() as $called_file ) {
foreach ( $called_file as $index ) {
if ( !is_array($index[0]) AND…
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