Change Admin Post/Page List Color By Status

Favorite WordPress tip of the week: This snippet will change the background colors of posts, pages, and custom post types in the administration post/page lists based on their status, i.e. draft, private, pending, etc. <?php add_action('admin_footer','posts_status_color'); function posts_status_color(){ ?> <style> .status-draft { background: #ffffe0 !important ; } .status-future { background: #cf9 !important; } .status-publish { …

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Get the Current Page URL

I am working on a site now where I need to use the current page URL as a condition to determine where the main menu links will lead. This function has made an easy task of it: // Get current page URL function curPageURL() { $pageURL = 'http'; if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";} …

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Komodo Snippet for Comment Banners

I like to keep my code organized and easy to read, but since I am almost always working on a tight deadline, I do not always have time to organize and comment my code as well as I would like to. Shortcuts that aid in keeping my code organized are more likely to get used …

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Customize the WordPress Login Page

I love WordPress and am personally very happy to see the WordPress logo when I log into a site, but when building sites for some clients (and on my own development site where I build sites for clients to preview), it is nice to use their own logo for the login page. It gives a …

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Display Custom Fields In & Out of The Loop

INSIDE THE LOOP: <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'custom-field-name', true) ) : echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'custom-field-name', true); endif; ?> OUTSIDE THE LOOP: <?php global $wp_query; $postid = $wp_query->post->ID; echo get_post_meta($postid, 'custom-field-name', true); wp_reset_query(); ?>

Numbered Search Results in WordPress

I needed to show search results in an ordered list for a project I am working on and was very surprised to discover how involved this is for paginated search results. Showing the results using a regular ordered list starts the list numbering over at 1 on each new page of results, even though the …

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Genesis: Remove/Change post info/post meta

// Remove post meta remove_action('genesis_after_post_content', 'genesis_post_meta'); // Customize the post meta function add_filter('genesis_post_meta', 'post_meta_filter'); function post_meta_filter($post_meta) { if (!is_page()) { // Spaces are added to [ shortcodes ] for display. Do not include. $post_meta = 'Filed Under: [ post_categories ], Tagged: [ post_tags ]'; return $post_meta; }} // Remove the post info function remove_action('genesis_before_post_content', 'genesis_post_info'); …

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Genesis: Custom loop arguments

remove_action('genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop'); add_action('genesis_loop', 'custom_do_cat_loop'); function custom_do_cat_loop() { global $query_args; // any wp_query() args $args= array('orderby' => 'title', 'order' => 'ASC'); genesis_custom_loop(wp_parse_args($query_args, $args)); }

Genesis: Custom Page Template

<?php // Template Name: Template Name Here remove_action('genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop'); add_action('genesis_loop', 'custom_loop'); function custom_loop() { global $paged; $args = array('post_type' => 'PostType'); // any wp_query args can go here genesis_custom_loop( $args ); } genesis();

Genesis: Default Post Thumbnail

// Default post thumbnail add_filter('genesis_get_image', 'default_image_fallback', 10, 2); function default_image_fallback($output, $args) { global $post; if( $output || $args['size'] == 'full' ) return $output; $thumbnail = CHILD_URL.'/images/thumb.jpg'; switch($args['format']) { case 'html' : return '<img src="'.$thumbnail.'" class="alignleft post-image" alt="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'" />'; break; case 'url' : return $thumbnail; break; default : return $output; break; } }

Genesis Grid Loop

New in Genesis 1.5 CSS: /* Featured Post Grid ———————————————————— */ .genesis-grid-even { float: right; padding: 0 0 15px; width: 48%; } .genesis-grid-odd { clear: both; float: left; padding: 0 0 15px ; width: 48%; } .genesis-grid-even, .genesis-grid-odd { margin: 0 0 20px; } PHP: /* functions.php: ———————————————————— */ add_image_size('grid-thumbnail', 100, 100, TRUE); /* home.php: …

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Change Login Page Logo

<?php /** * Change the logo on the login page. Make the image no wider than 320px and no taller than 82px. */ function custom_login_logo() { ?> h1 a { background: url(/custom/images/logo_login.png) 50% 50% no-repeat !important; } <?php } add_action('login_head', 'custom_login_logo'); /** * Change where the logo on the login page links to */ function …

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CSS Column Classes and Shortcodes

CSS: /* * Uses column classes from GaryJ's variation of Brian Gardner's Genesis column classes * http://www.studiopress.com/support/showthread.php?t=50959 */ .one-half, .one-third, .two-thirds, .one-fourth, .two-fourths, .three-fourths, .one-fifth, .two-fifths, .three-fifths, .four-fifths, .one-sixth, .two-sixths, .three-sixths, .four-sixths, .five-sixths { float: left; margin: 0 0 20px; padding-left: 3%; } .one-half, .two-fourths, .three-sixths { width: 48%; } .one-third, .two-sixths { width: 31%; …

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Genesis: Custom search button and search form text

// Search form text add_filter('genesis_search_text', 'custom_search_text'); function custom_search_text($text) { return esc_attr('Search…'); } // Add custom text for search button add_filter('genesis_search_button_text', 'custom_search_button_text'); function custom_search_button_text($text) { return esc_attr('Go'); }

Genesis Footer Content

Customize the footer text add_filter('genesis_footer_creds_text', 'custom_footer_creds_text'); function custom_footer_creds_text($creds) { $creds = '&copy;' . date('Y') . ' ' . get_bloginfo('name') . '. All rights reserved. Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.'; echo $creds; } Remove Footer Content This will remove the footer credits text and ‘back to top’ link. add_filter('genesis_footer_output', 'footer_output_filter', 10, 1); function footer_output_filter($footer_content) { $footer_content = …

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Genesis: Custom superfish arguments

// functions.php function custom_superfish_menu() { if ( genesis_get_option('nav_superfish') ) { wp_deregister_script('superfish-args'); wp_enqueue_script('superfish-args', CHILD_URL.'/superfish.args.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', TRUE); } } add_action('get_header', 'custom_superfish_menu'); // superfish.args.js jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#nav ul.superfish, #subnav ul.superfish, #header ul.nav, #header ul.menu').superfish({ delay: 0, // delay on mouseout speed: 'fast', animation: {opacity:'show',height:'show'}, // fade-in and slide-down animation autoArrows: false, dropShadows: false, // disable drop shadows …

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Genesis: Parent Page Templates

The template below displays child posts below any page content of the parent post with featured image thumbnails. Images are linked to child page. If there is an image before any page content on the child page, it will not display in order to avoid breaking the layout on posts with large images. To display …

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genesis();

This is what happens when you call the genesis() function: function genesis() { get_header(); genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?> <div id="content-sidebar-wrap"> <?php genesis_before_content(); ?> <div id="content" class="hfeed"> <?php genesis_before_loop(); genesis_loop(); genesis_after_loop(); ?> </div><!– end #content –> <?php genesis_after_content(); ?> </div><!– end #content-sidebar-wrap –> <?php genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap(); get_footer(); }