Monthly Archives: May 2020

Simply add this line to the top of your .htaccess file:

This .htaccess code should return 403 error on several sensivel files that usually stay forgotten on the server. Credits:https://www.linkedin.com/learning/wordpress-developing-secure-sites/remove-unused-plugins-and-themes

Closures is a function inside a function that relies on variables in the outside function to work. Or more elaborated: A closure is the combination of a function bundled together (enclosed) with references to its surrounding state (the lexical environment). In other words, a closure gives you access to an outer function’s scope from an inner function. In […]

Here is one possible way of creating an object: We could also use this alternative syntax and accomplish the same result: Additionally we can add methods to this object: Now, since all the variables are hardcoded inside the object let’s see how we can turn this a bit more abstract: Reference:JavaScript Essential Training https://www.linkedin.com/learning/javascript-essential-training-3

Here’s an example of how to use each one of the above keywords. As the programName variable is not prefixed with var, let or const it is a global variable with a global scope. Meaning that it is visible anywhere in the script regardless it is being accessed inside any function. On the other hand, […]

Going to show 2 ways of performing AJAX requests in wordpress. I’ll be using jQuery for the sake of simplicity. Using hooks Let’s start off by adding jQuery and a custom javascript file to our page: Now, the AJAX request will have to be done to the admin ajax url. Here is one possible way […]

Let’s start by an example: If your blog is at http://example.com/blog/ and a visitor clicks on a link to a category page such as http://example.com/blog/category/your-cat/, WordPress looks for a template file in the current theme’s directory that matches the category’s ID to generate the correct page. More specifically, WordPress follows this procedure: Looks for a template file in […]