xmlrpc.php is part of WordPress that is rarely used by any site, but poses a security risk. There has been a high level of attacks targeting this file so my advice it so secure your WordPress website by disabling this file completely. You can do so by adding this code to the bottom of your…

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CSS that get’s rid of the annoying outline for mouse users but preserves it for keyboard users, and is ignored by browsers that don’t support :focus-visible. :focus:not(:focus-visible) { outline: none } Source @LeaVerou

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Sometimes even with the WP_DEBUG setting set to false you will see PHP error messages. This is normally because of the PHP setup configuration on the server. If you are seeing warnings that are causing issues with your theme add the code below to your wp-config.php file and all errors will be hidden. ini_set(‘display_errors’, ‘Off’);ini_set(‘error_reporting’,…

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// Update menu items to sentence case add_action(‘wp_loaded’, ‘fl_update_menu_items_case’); function fl_update_menu_items_case() { // Get all of the menu item posts $all_posts = get_posts([ ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘post_type’ => ‘nav_menu_item’, ]); // Loop each one setting the title case foreach ( $all_posts as $single ) { wp_update_post([ ‘ID’ => $single->ID, ‘post_title’ => ucfirst( strtolower( $single->post_title )…

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You can add a custom style sheet to format the WordPress editor using add_editor_style. A frustrating problem with this technique is that browsers will typically cache this css file pretty hard, and so it’s tricky to see that changes you made appear in the editor. This is how you would typically add a custom style…

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The Visual Composer Single Image component defaults the Image Size to ‘thumbnail’. This really isn’t very useful, especially if your clients are using Visual Composer to build pages. An Image Size of ‘large’, ‘medium’, or even a custom image size, is much more useful. If you’ve set ‘large’ to be the same width as your main content…

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Sometimes we need to change the src of an <img> element, but we don’t have access to the HTML, like when styling a plugin. But, CSS is our friend here, and we can use the url pseudo element to set the <img> src. <style> .my-class { content:url(“http://imgur.com/SZ8Cm.jpg”); }</style><img class=”my-class”> Check out this JSFiddle. Should work in…

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Problem Here’s a really effective way to prevent registration form spam (and other forms) by using a simple honeypot. Note: If you’re using Contact Form 7, there is a great plugin for that. Problem Our online form is being filled out by a bot, and being submitted. Not only is WordPress filling up with fake…

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The Visual Composer Single Image component defaults the Image Size to ‘thumbnail’.  This really isn’t very useful, especially if your clients are using Visual Composer to build pages. An Image Size of ‘large’, ‘medium’, or even a custom image size, is much more useful. If you’ve set ‘large’ to be the same width as your main content…

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If your website has an invalid SSL certificate for your site (perhaps your shared hosting company has a wildcard certificate), most browsers will show a warning about the validity of the certiticate. However, Google could still index your site using https: URLs, as it assumes you have a valid SSL certificate. The problem is, if people…

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If you’re using Affiliates Pro, and Infusionsoft, you might want to tag the Infusionsoft contact for an affiliate, once they have signed up. Here’s a handy function to do that. Important: You need to installed the Infusionsoft SDK plugin first (or add the SDK to your theme yourself). // Affiliate added add_action( ‘affiliates_added_affiliate’, ‘my_affiliates_added_affiliate’ ); function my_affiliates_added_affiliate(…

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