Tag Archives: WordPress Functions

Bradycardia & Cardiac Arrest for WordPress 3.6

Bradycardia is the resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute…. Wikipedia A new feature in WordPress 3.6 is an upgrade to the autosave functionality that’s been around for years. It’s called “Heartbeat” and it makes sure you have … Continue reading

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Merge Settings Into an Array in WordPress

I found people are coming to this site (to an unrelated article) looking for a way to merge settings into an array. You’re looking for wp_parse_args() The main function for WordPress to do this is wp_parse_args(). You likely want this … Continue reading

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Simple Way to Get Plugin Status in WordPress

I have previously written on how to determine if a widget is active. This is helpful for widgets, but not for plugins. WordPress has a couple of different functions that help you determine plugin status. They are both located in … Continue reading

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Auto-Optimize WordPress Database without a Plugin

These horses are somehow not cool. Speeding up your blog is. I am working on a WordPress project that has a pretty heavy database, and I want to be able to auto-optimize the WordPress database. Even though they are integrating … Continue reading

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Add Custom Titles for Tags and Categories in WordPress

The Best WordPress SEO Plugin? A combination of two. All in One SEO Pack (AIOSEO) is the leader in WordPress SEO plugins. It offers great functionality and simple integration into the process of writing a post. AIOSEO is not a perfect … Continue reading

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Save Coding Time by Creating Special-Case Categories in WordPress

When you would use excluded categories: When using WordPress as more of a content management system (CMS) than a blogging platform, there are many things that you need control over. One of them is special-case categories. Frequently asked questions Testimonials … Continue reading

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Get Adjacent Images – More WordPress Functions

WordPress, just get the adjacent image links. I’ll tell you what to do with them! WordPress is normally great about providing functions that have a return and an echo version.  In WordPress, if a function has the prefix get_, then … Continue reading

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