WordPress

Introduction to WordPress Gutenberg

9 April 201810 April 2018In Code

If you follow WordPress development a little, you’ve probably heard of Gutenberg. It is the new editor interface being developed for WordPress 5.0. The goal is to bring the WordPress editor (and larger application) solidly into the modern content management system world. And it has stirred up plenty of controversy along the way.

For the recent WordPress Seattle Developer Meetup, I gave a short introduction and overview of Gutenberg. I highlighted how it works, noted some of the issues with it, and shared how to create your first Gutenberg block (based on the Gutenberg Handbook examples).

To check out my introduction to Gutenberg:

Download the presentation (Keynote, 62mb)
Download the example plugin code (ZIP, 3kb)

Introduction to the WordPress REST API

14 February 201614 February 2016In Code

The REST API has been called one of the most important additions to WordPress in years. Introduced to the WordPress 4.4 Core, the REST API is still in the early stages, but promises to create new development opportunities (and challenges), changing the way we approach WordPress.

These slides are from a presentation I gave at a recent Seattle WordPress meet-up.

Use the WordPress Media Manager in Your Plugin

26 March 201522 April 2019In Code

One of my favorite additions to WordPress over the last few years was the redesigned media manager. Launched in version 3.5, it was a big improvement, with features like drag-and-drop uploading and an improved gallery function. It is also pretty easy to integrate into WordPress plugins.

In WordPress, hide page name for protected pages

10 January 201510 January 2015In Code

WordPress has a handy feature where you can password protect pages on your site. When a user lands on that page they are shown only the page name (preceded by “Protected”) and a form to enter a password.

On a recent project, I also wanted to hide the page name since that was also sensitive, along with the content of the page.

The fix is pretty easy, and uses the post_password_required() function.

Simply drop the following code into the functions.php file of your theme:

add_filter('protected_title_format', 'protected_title_function');

function protected_title_function($title) {

  if ( post_password_required() ) {
    $return_val = __('Protected', 'themedomain');
  } else {
    $return_val = '%s';
  }
	
  return $return_val;
}

Don’t forget to also change the permalink since it is generally based on the text of the title.

Darren Krape