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How to remove comments from pages and posts in WordPress
When editing your page or post, look for a pull-down tab in the upper right of your screen called “Screen Options.” Click on it and then click on the checkbox for “Discussion.” This will cause a...
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How to block WordPress from automatically wrapping text in tags
When editing your page or post, switch to Text mode by clicking on the “Text” tab in the upper right corner of your editor. Then place <div> tags around the text that you don’t want WordPress to...
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How to link to an email address in WordPress
When editing your page or post, highlight the text that you want to link to an email address. Then click on the link button in the menu above. In the popup box, in the field for “URL,” type “mailto:”...
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How to add another menu in WordPress
First, add the following code in your functions.php file to register a new menu. In this example we call it “Secondary Menu.” functions.php:function register_secondary_menu() { register_nav_menu(...
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The WooCommerce plugin removes the WordPress toolbar for non-logged in users, logged in subscribers and logged in customers. To re-add the toolbar, place the following code in the functions.php file of...
View ArticleHow to redirect a subfolder of a website to another URL
In order to redirect a subfolder (for example, http://awcdev.com/tips/) to another URL (for example, http://awcdev.com/), add the following lines of code to the .htaccess file in the root folder of...
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How to install a plugin in WordPress
From your admin area, go to Plugins -> Add New. This will take you to the “Add Plugins” page. In this example we will install a plugin called WP User Avatar. In the Search Plugins box, located in...
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How to upload a profile picture for a user in WordPress using the “WP User...
1. Install the WP User Avatar plugin For instructions on how to install a plugin, please see http://awcdev.com/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-wordpress/. 2. Select a user From the admin area, click on...
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How to rename the WordPress “Uncategorized” category to something else
In your WordPress dashboard, go to Posts -> Categories. Click on the “Edit” link under “Uncategorized.” Then rename the Uncategorized category by editing the Name and Slug fields to your preferred...
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How to create and install a child theme in WordPress
1. Create a folder Create a folder within the themes folder (/wp-content/themes) of your WordPress site with any name you like. For example, if the parent theme name is “Gred,” you could call the child...
View ArticleHow to get a WordPress taxonomy term name from its slug
You can get any taxonomy term name from its slug. For example, if you have a taxonomy called “books” and a slug called “crime-and-punishment” then you can retrieve the term name by using the following...
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How to SSH to a website on Media Temple’s Grid hosting
First, log in to your Media Temple account and create a new user in the control panel. As shown below, click on “Add/Edit Email & FTP Users.” This will take you to the “Email Users” page. Click...
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How to add a secondary menu in WordPress
In the functions.php file of your theme, find the function called “register_nav_menus.” It should look something like this:register_nav_menus( array( 'primary' => __( 'Primary Menu'), ) ); Add a...
View ArticleHow to remove the WordPress logo from the toolbar
To remove the WordPress logo from the admin bar, add the following code to your functions.php file:function remove_wp_logo( $wp_admin_bar ) { $wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'wp-logo' ); } add_action(...
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How to back up your WordPress database using phpMyAdmin
Open phpMyAdmin and select the database you want to back up. In this example we have selected the database called “awcdevWP.” Click on the Export tab and then click on the radio button for “Custom –...
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How to make a post be private in WordPress
When you are editing a post, click on the “Edit” button next to “Visibility: Public” in the Publish box in the upper right hand corner of the page. Select the radio button for “Private” and then...
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How to get the URL of an uploaded image in WordPress
Click on the Media link in the menu on the left sidebar of the admin area. Then, click on one of the images. A popup box will appear that contains a field called URL. This is the the URL of the image.
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How to add a post to your WordPress blog
First log in to the admin area of your WordPress site. Then, Go to Posts->Add New, as shown below. This will open a page to create a new post. Enter a title in the first field at the top, under “Add...
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How to change the colors of the admin area in WordPress
Log in to the admin area of your site and go to User->Your Profile. In the section called “Admin Color Scheme” you will see several options for different color schemes. In the example below, we have...
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How to make a sticky post in WordPress
When editing a post, click on the “Edit” link next to “Visibility: Public” in the Publish box, which is located in the upper right of the screen. Then, click on the checkbox labeled “Stick this post to...
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