Rewrite Jetpack’s Custom Taxonomies
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Jan Boddez on Create better URLs for (existing) custom taxonomies, and work around clashing URL rewrite rules. Continue reading Rewrite Jetpack’s Custom Taxonomies →
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Fix Pagination when Using Laravel Page Cache
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Jan Boddez on While it is perfectly possible to disable caching for URLs that contain a query string, such routes may still get served a previously cached page. We need to not only prevent URLs containing a query string from being cached, but also prevent serving a cached page. Luckily, doing so is easy enough! Continue reading Fix Pagination when Using Laravel Page Cache →
Code-Free Web ‘Development’
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Jan Boddez on The veer towards code-free website customization presents a huge improvement for developers, claims Elementor CMO Ben Pines. I kind of disagree. Continue reading Code-Free Web ‘Development’ →
Owning My Own Content
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Jan Boddez on On owning his own content, Tim writes: Instead of posting to Twitter directly, I want to use my site as the hub for that content and let Twitter feed off of that. Of note as well: the great Jeremy Keith explains how his personal site interacts with the rest of the web. Continue reading Owning My Own Content →
Headless WordPress Tweaks
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Jan Boddez on A few tweaks make a lot of sense when running WordPress headlessly. E.g., without an actual WordPress front end, one may as well get rid of post and page previews. Continue reading Headless WordPress Tweaks →
Conservative Web Development
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Jan Boddez on Drew DeVault wonderfully describes the enormous overhead—giant ads and images—that comes with many modern web pages and the sole reason I—working on the web—run multiple tracker and ad blockers. Continue reading Conservative Web Development →
Filter the WooCommerce Product Categories Widget
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Jan Boddez on I’d normally tweak the WooCommerce Product Categories widget—e.g., exclude certain categories—using the ‘woocommerce_product_categories_widget_args’ filter hook. If I want to add something to that list, however, like a link to the top-level shop page, I’ll have to find another way. Continue reading Filter the WooCommerce Product Categories Widget →
Freaks and Geeks
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Jan Boddez on Forget Stranger Things, at least for a while. The very best TV show set in the ’80s is 1999’s Freaks and Geeks. Not only did it pretty much launch the careers of Jason Segel, James Franco and Seth Rogen, it’s funny as hell, too. Continue reading Freaks and Geeks →
Clear Floats in WordPress
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Jan Boddez on Editing WordPress pages, I often float images left or right so that text flows nicely around them. Sometimes, though, I—or my less tech-savvy clients—want the next paragraph to start below the floated image, also if that image happens to be ‘too tall.’ Here’s two possible solutions. Continue reading Clear Floats in WordPress →
Conditionally Disable a WooCommerce Payment Method
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Jan Boddez on Easily disable (or enable) WooCommerce payment methods for a certain payment method, product category or shipping method. Continue reading Conditionally Disable a WooCommerce Payment Method →