We have completed a task related to WordPress widgets recently, which brings us a chance to figured out how to create a new widget in WordPress. In this article, we will share our experience with you. Step 1: Register Widget It’s very convenient when WordPress provides a hook called widgets_init. We will create “your_class_name” in…
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May 15, 2019
How to add a new widget in WordPress?
May 6, 2019
How to reuse steps in CircleCI?
There are more than 10 development projects that require CircleCI at Prevent Direct Access. The problem is as we’re using the same configuration for different jobs, we have to copy all the steps codes over and over again. As a consequence, it’s very hard to modify and maintain them. In this article, we will show…
April 9, 2019
How to Bulk Upload Media Files Using WordPress CLI
Most hosting providers set a maximum file upload in WordPress ranging from 2 to 64MB. This is a huge restriction especially when you want to upload a lot of large files. Even if you manage to increase the upload size limit, big GIF and video files often cause timeout error when uploading through WordPress media…
March 28, 2019
7 Ways to Redirect WordPress Attachment Pages
Every time you upload a media file to your website, WordPress will automatically generate a new “attachment” page for that file. In other words, there is an attachment page for each file upload that you have on your website. This page displays your embedded PDF file with a description if any on a blank page. For example, if you upload a file…
March 15, 2019
Vue.js in WordPress Plugin Development
Last month, our team decided to transform our plugin’s setting page to reactive UI by using one of the most popular JavaScript framework, Vue.js. In this article, we will share our experience while working with Vue.js in WordPress plugin development. Why Vue.js? We choose Vue.js among the alternative frameworks due to the simplicity. A good…
March 11, 2019
Redirect users back to protected files after WordPress login
Prevent Direct Access plugin provides an easy way to protect WordPress media files against Google and unwanted users. When users access your protected file without proper File Access Permission (FAP), they will be redirected to “No Access Page” which is 404 error page by default. In certain cases, you want to redirect your users to WordPress login…
February 28, 2019
How to Protect Media & Attachments for WordPress Protected Categories
There are many cases where you might want to ensure only certain people have access to specific content on your website. For instance, you might want to restrict access to a series of articles for members only. Or maybe you want to create a WooCommerce secret sale for pre-approved customers. Or perhaps you want to…
