Useful and frequently used WordPress functions.

WP-Cli Commands

Get wp-cli version

wp --info

Update all the themes

wp theme update --all

Create a new plugin

Navigate to wp-content/plugins/. Then run this command to create a new plugin called my-awesome-plugin.

wp scaffold plugin my-awesome-plugin

Update all the plugins

wp plugin update --all

Cron job & Transient API

Check this example code.

Function comment style

/**
 * List of views served by this composer.
 *
 * @var array
 * @return array
 */

Shortcode Class example

class My_Shortcode{
  public function __construct(){
    $this->register_shortcode();
  }

  public function register_shortcode(){
    add_shortcode('shortcode_tag', [$this, 'get_shortcode_output']);
  }

  public function get_shortcode_output($atts){
    return "Hello world";
  }
}

// Initialize the class
new My_Shortcode();

Allow custom post types to use theme templates

👉 Open a template file for the currently active theme. Our targeted custom post types are 'bwl_kb' and 'portfolio'.

👉 We would like to use full-width template for those post types. So, we have edited the template-full-width.php file and included the following code.

👉 The Template Post Type section in the commented area is allowing the custom post types to use the template-full-width.php file.

/**
 *
 * Template Name: Full Width Template
 * Template Post Type: post, page, bwl_kb, portfolio
 * The template for displaying the contents without any sidebar.
 *
 * @package BwlKdeskTheme
 */

Now, if you go to the add/edit page of the portfolio or bwl_kb, you will be able to use the full-width template. ,🚀