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When you delete a post or page in WordPress, it doesn’t vanish right away. Instead, it moves to the trash, where you can restore it if you made a mistake. WordPress automatically empties the trash every 30 days, but 30 days doesn’t fit every website. Some site owners want faster cleanup to reduce database size, …
If you’ve ever asked for help with a plugin you’re using, you’ve probably heard the same advice over and over: “Disable all your plugins and switch to a default theme. Then, turn them back on one by one.” It might feel like a boring, copy-paste answer. But there’s a very practical reason behind it. Narrowing …
Need to display a limited-time offer, announcement, or custom message across your blog posts – without editing every post or touching your theme files? With just a few lines of code, you can dynamically inject HTML before or after post content, conditionally based on post type, category, date, or anything else you need. Use Case …
If you’ve ever tried using an AI tool to help debug or analyse a WordPress plugin, you may have run into a challenge: AI platforms often require a single file input, while your plugin is made up of multiple PHP, JavaScript, and other files. Luckily, there’s a simple way to combine your plugin into a …
Discover how to access your database through the WordPress dashboard by utilising the WP Adminer plugin, especially useful when you do not have access to the database directly. What is WP Adminer? The WP Adminer plugin is a tool designed for WordPress users who would like to manage their database from the WordPress dashboard. This …
When you clone a WordPress plugin, you’ll often need to run build scripts to build a usable version of the plugin in your WordPress plugins directory. You can create a symlink in your plugins directory to the plugin instead of cloning the repository to your WordPress installation directly. Prerequisites Before creating a symlink, you’ll need …
Query Monitor is a WordPress plugin that includes several debugging tools, including a profiling feature that you can use to investigate running time and memory usage of specific code, find out more below. What is Query Monitor? As you’ve come across this blog post, you probably already know what Query Monitor is, skip this if …
Want to create your own dashboard widget that appears when you log in to the WordPress dashboard? You can do it in a few lines of code, once you have the widget setup, you can then concentrate on writing the functionality for the contents of the widget. What Are Dashboard Widgets? Dashboard widgets are shown …