There are many cases where you want to add a custom body class to your page, single post or custom post type. I’m here to show you some examples. By using the following code snippets, that you add to your functions.php, you can easily achieve that. The code above shows you how to add a […]
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Simple ‘back to overview’ button with JavaScript
You’re probably here because you need a back button for your website and history.back(); just isn’t enough. But why use a button when you can use your browsers back button too. Well that’s easy. From A/B testing we noticed that every user has it’s own way to navigate your website. So it isn’t wrong to […]
Use WordPress shortcodes in navigation and sidebar widgets
You’re probably here because you noticed that your shortcode isn’t working, instead it’s just showing as text. No worries! This is by default. There is a quick fix for this. Imagine you want to show your related posts in the sidebar or social share icons in the navigation, or anything else that you created a […]
Create your own custom related posts for WordPress (No plugin)
Creating your own Related posts for WordPress custom post types or for your blog isn’t that hard. You can use my example code below to set it up. Before we start, I assume you already have experience with editing PHP and working with your WordPress child theme. Okay, let’s get started. First we open our […]
Add a Social Share popup to your WordPress blog (no plugin)
Having your posts shared on the web by your visitors is a good way to spread the word. In this tutorial I assume you already have a child theme set up and know how to edit your single post file. Go ahead and start editing the single.php in your child theme. Depending on your current […]
How to Clone, Backup and Migrate your WordPress website
There are a few cases where you want to create a duplicate of your existing website. Whether you’re switching webhosting, setting up a staging site or making a backup. Cloning your website will make an exact copy of the current state of your website including all the files, media, database and content. All tough it […]
Translate or replace text in WordPress via functions.php
You may want to translate or change some text on your WordPress site but you don’t want to mess around with string translations or editing the PO/MO files. Luckily there is an alternative way to do this. Quick and easy. All you have to do is add the code below in the functions.php file of […]
6 helpful Windows tools you’ll definitely want to use
While surfing the web, I sometimes come across some useful tools, that help me work more efficient. And I like to think that these tools can be useful for you too. So, here I am, sharing them with you. 1. CopyRight2Image If you are a amateur photographer and/or you share photos on a regular basis on the web. […]
Keep your free 15GB OneDrive storage
As you may know or may not know, Microsoft changed its plans for the cloud service: OneDrive. Early November, Microsoft announced that they will change their free storage plans from 15GB to 5GB. Users were not satisfied and Microsoft was forced to do something about it to make it right. So, they are offering OneDrive users the opportunity to […]
How to optimize your images for web
There is one thing that you always want to do for a faster website loading and that is optimizing your images. Therefore we need a smaller file size for our images. But how do we do that? How can we cut off kilobytes to improve the loading speed of our website and enhance mobile usage. I […]