Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Did you just use the WordPress get_the_content function and realize that all of the line breaks from the visual editor are not being returned as paragraph tags? Solution: Apply the appropriate filters as outlined in the WordPress codex… <?php $content … Continue reading →

Need to get the current index position while iterating through a WordPress loop? Simple… just use $wp_query->current_post Here’s a very stripped down example loop. Note the output starts at 0 (ie 0, 1, 2, 3…) <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); … Continue reading →

To get an image path (or any other file for that matter) inside your child theme in WordPress you can use the get_bloginfo function with the “stylesheet_directory” parameter. <img src="<?php echo get_bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/yourpath/to/an/imagefile.jpg" id="my-new-image" alt="My New Image" />

On a client’s site, needed to remove “comments are closed” from post/pages where comments have been manually disallowed (by the client on the bottom of the edit screen). Most blogs say just to remove the call to <?php comments_template(); ?> … Continue reading →

When adding an image via the default WordPress image uploader, one option among many is the ability to define a description…. Interestingly enough, when embedding the image inside of a post, the description field unlike the caption field does not … Continue reading →

I was searching for a simple way to add my own custom classes to the WordPress 3.0 editor styles/format dropdown (Paragraph, Address, H1, H2, H3 etc etc). This is a great easy way for clients who can’t / won’t go … Continue reading →

Often when working with pages in WordPress you’ll need to get the ID of the very top parent in a hierarchy of pages. This could be useful for many reasons, but I run into the need most often when I … Continue reading →