Every once in a while, you might run into a situation where you want to add a CSS class to a specific link in your WordPress navigation menu. Let’s say you want to make one link in your navigation stand out from the rest, and make it a call to action button. You could do […]
Add CSS Classes To Menu Items In WordPress
Add New Fields To WordPress User Profiles
On your WordPress user profile, in the back end of the site, you’ll notice most themes have places to input your website, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube URLs. Many years ago, you had to add these manually, and WordPress (back in the day) used to have places to set your AIM (remember that?), Jabber, and Yim […]
Add Edit Profile Link In bbPress
bbPress is a popular WordPress plugin for creating forums. Sometimes, it is used by itself, but often, it is used in conjunction with BuddyPress, another WordPress plugin for creating self-hosted social networks. As it turns out, many folks have sought out how to add a link to edit your profile on bbPress, outside of the […]
Using WordPress Custom Admin Styles
Sometimes, it is advantageous to add custom CSS to the WordPress admin area. Perhaps you want to show an admin area that does not resemble the default WordPress back end. In other cases, you may want to serve specific admin styles, based on the user role of who’s logged in. Here’s how you add WordPress […]
Create A CSS Sticky Footer
What is a sticky footer? And why would you need one? As you may already know, the footer is the area at the bottom of a web page. This area usually contains copyright information, social media and other links, and sometimes contact information. The problem is that occasionally, your site may have pages where the […]
Using The More Tag In WordPress
The More Tag is one feature of WordPress that is still misunderstood by many users. The More Tag is what triggers the Read More or Continue Reading type of links on an archive page of blog posts or other post types. Most themes have a default link text for when the More Tag is displayed. […]
Create A Custom Post Type RSS Feed In WordPress
Most WordPress themes output a RSS feed for Posts (standard blog posts) and Comments by default in the <head>. Posts are basically used for a normal blogging function. Post types are also used for Pages, Attachments, Revisions, and Navigation Menus. But since 2010, WordPress has supported custom post types, beyond these core five. This has […]
How Long Does It Take To Make A Custom WordPress Theme?
One of the first questions people ask when they’re searching for a WordPress developer is “How long does it take to build a custom WordPress theme?” Like everything else in web development, the answer is “It depends.” Keep in mind that development is one stage of the web design cycle. (Most projects have discovery, strategy, […]
Styling WooCommerce Review Stars
WooCommerce is the leading e-commerce solution on WordPress, and powers millions of online stores. However, customizing certain elements in WooCommerce isn’t always as obvious as one might presume. This tutorial looks at how to change one of those elements, the review stars.
Add Featured Image To RSS Feed In WordPress
Let’s say you have a WordPress site, and the theme adds a Featured Image at the beginning of each post. Here’s the problem. When you have an RSS feed, or an email campaign hooked into your RSS, that Featured Image doesn’t show up. This happens because most themes add the Featured Image to posts as […]