Masonry layout with Genesis framework
Just copy and paste, you can create a masonry layout for your WordPress website if you are using Genesis framework. Understanding this, you can do the same with “regular” WordPress sites.
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Rewriting the search URL
Rewriting the search URL of a WordPress-based website helps to have a better SEO, easier to use. Just few lines of code in functions.php.
Genesis 2.5 beta-1
Still, it’s the first beta release, but it looks like a big release of Genesis framework. New filters with the expanding of markup API. I love them. It’s much easier to keep the structure. In this release, Genesis will separate several markups such as post and page widgets, adding more markups. It will make my life easier … Read more
Pagination in Genesis custom loop
Most of the times, I am using custom loops in templates for my customers. And of course, custom queries with WP_Query class. Normally, I create a new query such as $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); I guess it’s the habit since I was coding child themes of Automattic default themes. Nothing wrong with it. Until I … Read more
Remove query strings from static resources for better SEO
Usually, you can hear people talking about the pretty URL when converting default URLs, such as /?p=1, to search engine friendly links, like /your-post-name/. That we can configure with permalinks in WordPress (and don’t worry, as our customers, we already configured that for you when we initiated the site). However, WordPress also adds version information into … Read more
Feature: the core plugin
A core plugin contains all custom functionalities serving for back-end operation. The front end display is remaining in the theme code. Recently, I have been working on some projects which the owners want to have some specific data. That requires me to use custom post types. So, how to implement it? Traditional method Usually, developers … Read more
Optimization: child theme style loading
Quick question: how to do child theme style file loading correctly? If you are searching on WordPress, you will mostly get answers of using wp_enqueue_scripts. If you need to load parent styles too, as I usually do, you will need to call wp_enqueue_style twice, once for parent and once for child theme styles. [div class=”notes”] Pay … Read more
Shortcodes in text widgets
Shortcode in WordPress gives both programmers and users flexibilities. Combining shortcodes and widgets, coders can have less code in their theme, plugin. Calling shortcodes with different parameters helps users using code easier. However, there are some issues that I have seen many people facing to. 1. Shortcodes by default do not run in text widgets. … Read more
WordPress security patches
Back to April 2013, the latest WordPress major release was 3.5. When I checked the WordPress statistics, there were only 28.4% websites using WordPress 3.5. That meaned 72.6% websites contained WordPress security holes without patched, not counting to errors in themes and plugins. That was also equal to 46 million WordPress-websites in danger. I asked … Read more
Yahoo mail & DMARC
Yahoo changed their DMARC policy They have added “p=reject” DMARC record into yahoo.com domain. Basically, all messages sending from an email with yahoo.com, but not from Yahoo’s servers, will be bounced. While this policy can help Yahoo reducing amount of phishing emails from yahoo.com domain, it might bring trouble to website owners when they are … Read more