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Reset default roles and capabilities of WordPress

If you don’t want to install a plugin to just to do this one task, you can call the WordPress function directly to rebuild the roles and their capabilities.

if ( !function_exists( 'populate_roles' ) ) {
  require_once(…

How to add custom submenu links in wp-admin menus?

add_action('admin_menu', 'add_custom_link_into_appearnace_menu');
function add_custom_link_into_appearnace_menu() {
    global $submenu;
    $permalink = 'http://www.cusomtlink.com';
    $submenu['themes.php'][] = array( 'Custom Link', 'manage_options', $permalink );
}

Get rid of Another update is currently in progress

If you use wp-cli run the following command:

wp option delete core_updater.lock

This command will delete the option named: core_updater.lock

Text Domain

The text domain is the second argument that is used in the internationalization functions. The text domain is a unique identifier, allowing WordPress to distinguish between all of the loaded translations. The text domain is only needed to be defined for themes and plugins.

REQUIRED: This theme text domain does not match the theme’s slug

Nope. Our translation system for themes hosted here on WordPress.org requires the theme text-domain and the “slug” of the theme in our system to be the same, so that we can build and send language packs for the theme…

Thought

Redirecting the user after your plugin has been activated is not a very good approach. In Wordpress you can activate plugins in bulk. What happen then if you perform a redirect in this situation? You will break the activation of some plugins, maybe not if your plugin is the last being activated, but definitely you are breaking the user experience.

Short array syntax sniffer

I’ve added two sniffs into the Generic standard. The codes are Generic.Arrays.DisallowLongArraySyntax and Generic.Arrays.DisallowShortArraySyntax and both also fix the errors found.

Frameworks? Parent, child, and grandchild themes?

One question that crops up every once in a while from my theme users is how to create a WordPress grandchild theme. Most of the time, a user asks, “How do I update my child theme? Do I need to create a grandchild theme?”

How to Upgrade Multiple WordPress With Single Command Use WP-CLI on Your Server

Create wp_update.sh

touch wp_update.sh

Update content

nano wp_update.sh

#!/bin/bash

WP CLI- Tips

Empty trash.

wp comment delete $(wp comment list --status=trash --format=ids)

Delete all spam comments.

wp comment delete $(wp comment list --status=spam --format=ids)