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wordpress get home url

this uses the global wordpress variable to retrieve the home url

add a tag to wordpress header from a plugin

when i googled this it just showed me plugins to add and remove things from the wordpress header. here is how you actually add your own tags to the wordpress header. This function will add the tag hi..

list items matching a category title

this is just raw at the moment, not tested or working. this is matching a category number at the moment so would need an additional way to link that number to the category name, or know what the categ..

fixing the website footer and making it less ugly

Here i show you in a couple of steps how to make the footer on this site look nicer, while actually doing it. Here is what the footer currently looks like. Yep pretty average looking. Lets add a ..

loading content into fancybox modal using ajax

This loads content into a fancybox modal using an ajax request so you can specify a url to load into the modal when the button is clicked

inline fancybox modal testing

just testing to see if i can get a fancybox popup loading using an inline script rather than a document ready one, might be easier to implement. similar to this one, but without the need for documen..

simple linear gradient overlay for an image to make it darker or lighter

i use this one often if i have a background image and some text over the top, you can darken or lighten the linear gradient values to match the text content and make it readable.

wp register plugin settings admin

for usage in a wordpress plugin, this will register its settings

fancybox modal popup example

an example showing fancybox text modal window attached to a button to open it

wordpress main nav dropdown fix

this unsets the flex and allows the menu items to stack properly in a dropdown menu, not sure if this is reusable

Create a admin main wordpress custom menu item

matches the url and does something if it matches a certain string

tar.gz to compress a directory in linux and then decompress it

a pretty common way to zip up contents in a directory into one (or technically two) archive(s). Add to tar.gz This will add the directory and all sub directories into the archive called the-archiv..

javascript isset equivalent

i was just looking for an equivalent to the isset in php for javascript, i was initially using .length but this can still cause errors so i found this solution. if (typeof my_var !== 'undefined') {}

wordpress show the parent page title with fallback to title

in wordpress either show the parent page title, or if it does not have a parent then show the page title.

find and replace hrefs in existing page links using jquery

sometimes i have to do these things when you cant change the source files for some reason, usually due to old code. Its kind of a patch, but it works. The reason i had to add a delay in running the fu..

Use Sweet Alert rather than alert!

i love this script, it make the default alert look so much nicer, and its very easy to install. Just add the one script to your site, and then use Swal.fire rather than alert. simple usage Swal.fire..

get the href value using jquery

this uses the jquery attr function to get the value of the href. this example targets the first a in the card div, so running the demo should alert you with https://kruxor.com Rather than using alert..

check if a timestamp is older than one hour

this will check if the timestamp string is less or more than one hour old.

Add a post date to your custom wordpress post listing

this is an example using: get_the_date: this one gets the post date the_excerpt: which gets the .. excerpt or summary text from the post and get_the_post_thumbnail_url which gets the image from th..

making var_dump look nice

i was var_dumping an array the other day, and it comes out like a massive string you cant read. a fast way to make this readable is just to add some pre tags to it.

use javascript to open a link in a new tab or window

im not sure why you would use this rather than using the html target="_blank" but it could be useful if you needed to open a new tab in a javascript function.

force existing link to open in a new window with javascript

here is some javascript that grabs an existing link and then forces it to open in a new tab when clicked.

Find Disk Space Usage using DU

The easiest way to check the space used in a directory in linux is this command: du -h This will do the current directory and all its sub directories. if you want to see a specific one type this d..

Load and Unload TinyMCE editor from a button

Enable TinyMCE Disable TinyMCE Some Content function load_tinymce(idclass) { tinymce.init({ selector: idclass, plugins: [ "spellchecker code aut..

Nginx Server Block with Rewrite

Nginx Server Block with Rewrite Here is a basic nginx server block with rewrite to the index.php file. So it takes all the parameters and passes them into the index, into the variable $p or $_GE..

pulsating dots - glow glowing

a column of pulsing dots using css keyframes animation

load a youtube video in a fancybox modal

With just a couple of lines of js and html you can load your video links in a modal lightbox. Get the latest version of the fancybox scripts (just the links) from here: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/fa..

using css linear gradient for background overlays

a few examples using css linear gradient for the background

wordpress get page content to display on template page

gets the page content and displays it on a template, this must use the post loop as shown in the code.

ES6 Nested Object Example

extracting variables from a nested object with new variable names

ES5 vs ES6 Object Example

here you can see the syntax changes between ES5 vs ES6 Object declaration, you can still access the values in the same way.

Use Recursion to Return a Range Array

using recursion to return a range array between the two numbers added

Use Recursion to Count Down

just a slight change to the count up version of this, using unshift rather than push to the array.

Use Recursion to Count Up

Get the documentURI with JS

This function gets the current document URI assigns it to the variable documentURI so it can be reused and shows it in the result area once you click on run function.

get the stylesheet directory in wordpress theme

jquery document ready with foundation init as well

here is a jquery document ready that also loads the foundation js library. im not sure if the document foundation needs to be loaded in the document ready, but this way seems to work.

center something with css not using flex

This is how you can center something in another element if you dont want to use the flex method.  You will need the relative position on the outer element, and the absolute on the center one unl..

how to unzip in linux

How to easily unzip in linux sudo apt install unzip unzip myzip.zip done.

php mysql table exists function

this checks if a mysql table already exists in the selected database and returns true or false

how to display a php file as html with php

you can use the following function to show a php source file as html

jquery add a click function if the window size is greater than target_width

this function will add a click event to the target if the window size is greater than the target_width

jquery enable and disable attribute

enable and disable an element

js using recursion to create a range of numbers

in this we will create a function that calls its self to add to an array a range of numbers

php convert date now into a sql timestamp

an easy way to get the current date from php into a mysql or sql timestamp format, this uses the server time

add google captcha to enable and disable a form button

This will check if the google checkbox is checked and then enable or disable the form button depending on the outcome. This is just a basic version of this check, you should also check that the captu..

Generate a Random User Name

a function that will generate a random user name from a list of user names

Using Node to get a Web Dev Environment with livereload up and running

this is how i get a live reloading dev environment up and running on my windows pc's using node , npm and browsersync.

Using the Spread Operator to Evaluate Arrays In-Place Tests

My tests using the Spread Operator rather than the apply function. In the 1st function show_max_array i use the apply operator to convert the array into comma seperated values. In the show_max_array..