When using register_rest_field() to add fields to terms in the WordPress REST API, the $object sent to your get_callback function will be an array instead of an object like the documentation describes. An object will still be passed, sometimes, too.…

Elementor has infiltrated one of my jobs, and I am not a fan for a few reasons. Elementor removes the View page link from the editing experience. I understand that the eyeball icon at the bottom loads the preview, and that’s…

Elementor Pro includes a form builder widget, complete with a webhook to which all form data can be sent and a redirect URL to send users after successful submissions. I have been tasked with adding a second webhook to a…

You can’t. It’s not possible in Gravity Forms 2.3. The third parameter to get_entries() is not designed to accept more than one sort field. Use array_multisort() instead. $entries = GFAPI::get_entries( 22, ”, null ); //form #22 Food vendor app $sort…

Take care when updating posts via the WordPress REST API to not send unchanged serialized meta values. The entire update will fail and return a 500 error. The JSON response looks like this: { “code”: “rest_meta_database_error”, “message”: “Could not update…

WordPress 4.9.4 does not support the post_parent attribute in the REST API, so I wrote a plugin that does. Download here: https://github.com/mistercorey/wp-api-add-post-parent Someday, WordPress core will allow the manipulation of the post_parent attribute, and I look forward to deleting this plugin…

WooCommerce is a big plugin that ships with several JavaScript loading animations. There is no reason to roll your own when you need one. This week, I am hacking on WooCommerce to convert “Add to Cart” buttons to prevent redirecting…

Yesterday, I needed to create a modal, but I didn’t want to create a modal. I thought, “Surely, someone has done this to a level of completion that will both satisfy my need and exceed the amount of effort I…

Logged out users of a website hosted at WPEngine may receive cached responses to REST API calls via the GET method. API calls work correctly while logged in, but paths in the /wp-json/ directory are cached like much like the…

A few months ago, popular people in the WordPress community (including Matt) made a push to stop using the user name “admin.” A considerably-sized brute force attack targeted this user name specifically since so many users never change or create…

I’ve built another plugin for WordPress websites with open registration. This plugin makes it easy to prevent spam accounts from publishing posts. Frequently asked questions What does this thing do? This plugin adds an item to the Users menu of…