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Removing all emoji code from a ClassicPress site

17 Oct 2019 in ClassicPress, Development, PHP & MySQL, Themes, WordPress by Andy

Here’s a quick tip for ClassicPress theme developers. If you want to remove all trace of the WordPress/ClassicPress built-in emoji scripts, styles and tags from your ClassicPress site’s pages, here… More »

Detecting https in PHP – the definitive guide

02 Apr 2019 in Development, Hosting, PHP & MySQL, Servers, Software, WordPress by Andy

Detecting whether your PHP code is running on https or http is useful in a number of situations, particularly if you’re building a URL to set a form action or… More »

Swap two variables in PHP

16 Mar 2018 in Development, PHP & MySQL by Andy

A very simple post, with a very simple solution to a very simple problem. Sometimes you will need to swap two variables around, perhaps if you have a form that… More »

WordPress 4.7.4 and the ‘noopener noreferrer’ attribute

29 Apr 2017 in PHP & MySQL, Security, Themes, WordPress by Andy

Some of you may have noticed that after you upgrade to WordPress 4.7.4, when you edit a post using the visual editor tab and add an internal link (a link… More »

Connecting to Let’s Encrypt SSL sites via cURL from MAMP

20 Apr 2016 in Hosting, Macintosh, PHP & MySQL, Security, Software, WordPress by Andy Towler

This is a brief lesson in diagnostics that some may find helpful. The Scenario I develop websites on a Mac running MAMP. On my Mac I have an installation of… More »

How to disable responsive images in WordPress 4.4

11 Dec 2015 in PHP & MySQL, Responsive Design, Themes, WordPress by Andy Towler

The latest version of WordPress, 4.4 (“Clifford”), has rolled out a feature whereby it adds ‘srcset’ attributes to all image tags in order that browsers can decide which image to… More »

Deploying a WordPress site to a staging or live server

05 Dec 2014 in Development, Hosting, PHP & MySQL, WordPress by Andy Towler

A WordPress developer’s workflow will at some point involve migrating a site that has been developed on a local computer to a live or staging server. The process for a… More »

Include WordPress environment in a plain PHP page

06 Nov 2014 in Development, PHP & MySQL, WordPress by Andy Towler

There comes a time for most serious WordPress developers when they are developing a WordPress site but need a separate PHP page which needs to access WordPress variables, functions and… More »

All About SMTP in WordPress

25 Jan 2014 in Development, Domain Names, Hosting, PHP & MySQL, WordPress by Andy Towler

No matter what I’m doing, whatever site I’m building or managing, on whatever server, it’s always automated emailing that has given me the most hassle over the years. Here’s a… More »

Bug in WordPress custom role creation

14 May 2013 in Development, PHP & MySQL, Plugins, WordPress by Andy Towler

After some slightly off-topic posts, we’re back to the ins and outs of developing with WordPress. I needed some custom roles, each with a number of custom capabilities, for a… More »

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