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I am having problems finding an answer to this. I need to have a custom user meta field. I can create them which is fine but I need to create a drop down one. For example I want the user meta to be Unit type and the drop down values to be Residential and Commercial […]

I’ve been looking for a way to add a button to wrap text in for the WYSIWYG editor in WordPress 3.3.1. I tried this: function enable_more_buttons($buttons) { $buttons[] = ‘code’; return $buttons; } add_filter(“mce_buttons_3”, “enable_more_buttons”); But that did not work as expected. It did display a button, but it brings up a popup window to […]

I would like to ask that, how to get the link back to parent page when i’m in the child pages? I would rather to use a proper link instead of <a href=”javascript:history.back()”>Go Back</a> method. Question & Example: How can i get the link of 2nd level child page when i’m in 3rd level child […]

I’m trying to add a new menu item to the WordPress admin bar. The sub menu item contains a select drop down to switch themes. In Firefox with href => false it generated <a href=””> and when I clicked the select it reloaded the page. I changed it to <a href=”#”>. That fixed the page […]

I’ve added a custom field to users profile using the following code: /*** Adding extra field to get the the user who creates the another user during ADD NEW USER ***/ <?php function custom_user_profile_fields($user){ if(is_object($user)) $created_by = esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( ‘created_by’, $user->ID ) ); else $created_by = null; ?> <h3>Extra profile information</h3> <table class=”form-table”> <tr> <th><label […]

I am attempting to compare a username to a page template name. I found the following code: get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_wp_page_template’, true ); But this isn’t quite what I am looking for. This returns the filename of the page template, IE: templates/page-products.php What I am looking for is the actual template name defined in the page […]

When you want to associate an image to a post which already has its own featured image, you have to use a custom field : you upload an image just as if you wanted to add an image inside your post, but then you just copy the image URL, click cancel, and put the image […]

How do I call the current post’s featured image in the sidebar? and if there is none, then a backup image?

I’ve read that Heartbeat can slow a WP site down and I’m assuming if our admins/store managers have a lot of admin windows/tabs open, this will exacerbate the issue. If yes, is there a condition to test and log the calls that Heartbeat makes so I can see if the site slowdown could be related […]

I’m working on a plugin which will involve accepting PayPal Instant Payment Notifications. IPNs are a web-hook which gets called when a payment is processed. Currently I have a script to handle the IPNs within the plugin e.g. http://mywordpressinstall.com/wp-content/plugins/paypalplugin/IPNHandler.php I then paste this URL into the PayPal developer settings area. I’d like to use a […]