Overriding Options and Meta
post | Last updated July 26, 2012
One of my favorite “under-the-hood” features of WordPress and Genesis is the ability to override almost any kind of option/meta: site options, post meta, user meta, term meta….
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As I build WordPress websites for my clients, I share what I learn here as tutorials.
Pagination in a Custom Query
code | Last updated December 5, 2018
The Genesis pagination uses standard WordPress pagination functions, like previous_post_link() and next_post_link(). These functions only apply to the main WordPress query, not any custom ones. So if you created a page template…
A better, and easier, grid loop
post | Last updated October 24, 2019
Use the post_class filter to easily build a multi-column listing of posts.
WP_Query Arguments
code | Last updated September 28, 2020
Here’s two tutorials on using these query arguments: Customizing the WordPress Query – using pre_get_posts for the main query Custom WordPress Queries – For generating custom queries Source: https://github.com/luetkemj/wp-query-ref
Update URLs in Database
code | Last updated December 5, 2018
WordPress uses serialized arrays to store some data (like widgets), so you can’t simply do a find/replace. If you did and the URLs were of a different length, the serialized…
Admin Pages with Genesis
post | Last updated January 21, 2012
One of the best new features of Genesis 1.8 (and there are many) is a tool for making admin pages. These are needed if you’re building a plugin or a…
Manually Curated Related Posts
post | Last updated February 3, 2016
Here’s a way to specify which posts show up as “related” to the current post, as an alternative to the many plugins that automatically generate your list of related posts.
Using Column Classes
post | Last updated March 18, 2016
Here’s how I make multiple columns of content.