Tag: Wordpress
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A fast and free WordPress cache (French)
When you’re working on WordPress, it’s not uncommon to hear or respond ‘did you remember to empty the cache?’ when something isn’t working as expected. It’s like the old reflex of unplugging and reconnecting your internet box when it’s acting up. And it’s true, in quite a few cases, clearing the cache can solve the
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Universal Processing of WordPress Blocks: ACF & Native (React)
Modern WordPress development empowers you to build custom blocks using either Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or native React. For maintainable, scalable projects, it’s crucial to adopt a universal approach to structuring, building, and registering your blocks—regardless of their type. This article provides a unified workflow for processing both ACF and native (React) blocks, covering file
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Client-Side block settings filtering in WordPress
WordPress’s block editor (Gutenberg) provides powerful customization capabilities through client-side filtering. This article explores how to curate the editor experience using the blockEditor.useSetting.before filter, introduced in WordPress 6.2. Understanding Client-Side Filtering The blockEditor.useSetting.before filter allows developers to modify block-level theme.json settings before the editor renders. Unlike server-side filters, this client-side approach offers greater control and
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Automatic WordPress release with GitHub Actions
This guide will explain how to set up a GitHub Actions workflow for deploying a WordPress site, making use of server structure and deployment automation. The workflow automates the process of building, packaging, uploading, and activating a WordPress release on a server. Let’s break down each step and see how the script works. Preliminary steps
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Simplify WordPress
Managing a WordPress site can sometimes feel overwhelming with all the extra features and functionalities that might not be necessary for everyone. The “Headache” snippet is a collection of code functions designed to remove or disable various WordPress elements that might be considered redundant or unnecessary for the average user. Below, we’ll go through each
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Editing an ACF Field Key/Value in WordPress with SQL
Introduction When managing a WordPress website with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), there are times when you may need to update the keys or values of custom fields. This can be necessary due to renaming fields or changing field structures. This guide provides quick SQL solutions for updating ACF field keys and values directly in the
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WordPress – Updating site URL with WP-CLI
A common task for WordPress developers is to migrate a site from a production environment to a local development environment. One of the crucial steps in this process is updating the URLs in the database to reflect the local environment. This can be efficiently achieved using WP-CLI, the command-line interface for WordPress. Prerequisites Step-by-Step Guide
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Symbolic links for WordPress development
WordPress development often involves working with themes and plugins that need to be frequently updated and tested. Keeping these components outside the WordPress directory and using symbolic links can streamline your workflow, making development more efficient. In this article, we’ll cover how to create symbolic links in both Windows and Linux to achieve this setup.
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Automatic WordPress Theme Release with GitHub Actions
Step 1: Preparing your GitHub repository No specific code required here. Just ensure your WordPress theme and any necessary build scripts are in your GitHub repository. Step 2: Setting up the workflow Create a new file under .github/workflows/deploy-release.yml in your GitHub repository with the following basic structure: This code snippet sets up the workflow to