WordPress Functions

Use this code snippet to add the same meta data value for multiple WordPress posts at once. Here I provided solutions that save one custom field in many posts.

Here I shared a code that you can use to switch the WordPress theme to your custom theme. Only the name of the theme is required in this code to make your theme always the selected one for visitors.

WP Developers can use the add_settings_field function to add a custom field to a specified WordPress setting page. If you want to add your desired fields to WordPress settings, read this comprehensive tutorial about the add_settings_field function.

add_shortcode function registers a custom shortcode in WordPress. Visit this tutorial to see how to use this function to add your desired shortcodes to WP easily.

add_theme_support function in WP will register a feature for the specified theme. Here are a few examples of using the add_theme_support() function in WordPress development.

Learn how to add a new section to the settings page of the WordPress admin panel with examples. In this WordPress tutorial, we’ll introduce the WordPress add_settings_section function and review its usage with examples.

Learn how to activate a plugin in WP using the activate_plugin function programmatically. Here we provided an example of using this function to activate a WP plugin.

The absint function in WordPress accepts a number and converts it to a positive integer. This function also converts a float number to a positive integer value. But what is the return if you pass Boolean or Array instead? Find the answer in my 7 examples of using absint() in WordPress development.

WordPress developers can detect Search Page using the is_search function. is_search function detects if the current page in the user browser is the website search page or not. The result of running the is_search is a Boolean, and it accepts no parameters. Let’s try this function with an example.

To check if a user is logged in or not, we can use WordPress is_user_logged_in function. This function accepts no arguments and only checks the current user authentication status. the is_user_logged_in function returns a boolean value, true if the user is logged in, false if not. Be with me if you want to see this […]

Performing features of an interactive website requires the ID of the current interacting user. WordPress has a function responsible for getting the current user’s ID in W, which is helpful when it comes to developing interactive features for users. This tutorial is about retrieving the current user’s ID if the visitor is logged in.

To check if a post is in a tag or any of multiple tags, WP developers use the has_tag function. This function accepts two parameters to specify the tag and the post. You can execute functions when developing WordPress functionalities based on post tags using the returned boolean value by the WP has_tag function. My […]

Check out this WordPress tutorial if you want to learn how to retrieve the format of a post using a post ID. WordPress has a great function for post format detection; it calls get_post_format. We’re going to review this function in a Practical example.

remove_role function in WordPress has a simple syntax. remove_role only gets a role name and if it exists, this function will remove the role from WordPress. We’re going to remove the “Contributor” role from our WordPress for an example.