I ran into a problem where I needed to remove periods, new lines, carriage returns, tabs, and spaces from a string with PHP. I tried using preg_replace and was having difficulty getting it to work, so I instead used str_replace using the following function. This worked like a charm. See the code below: $periods =…

A post’s or page’s slug can be retrieved by accessing the post object’s post_name property. There are several ways to get the current page’s or post’s slug in WordPress. The first method involves utilizing the global $post variable while the second method uses the get_post_field function. Option 1: Use Global Post Variable global $post; $post_slug=$post->post_name;…

In addition to creating WordPress RSS feeds for categories and tags, RSS feeds for search results, RSS feeds for comments, and RSS feeds for authors, you can also create RSS feeds for custom post types. This is super simple. In order to do this, simply use the URL structure below: https://www.example.com/feed?post_type=custom_post_type You need to replace…

We wanted to create an automated email newsletter for our WPLauncher blog readers. We wanted this automated email newsletter to send emails to our subscribers on a weekly basis with all of the newly added post in a certain category. We put together this post to show you the 6 steps involved in the process…

You can find or create a WordPress website’s RSS feed to do a number of things, including sending out automated email newsletters. Below, we show you how to find or create WordPress RSS feed URLs based on the category of posts on your website or the tags of posts on your website. However, you can…

In creating a function for a client, I ran into an issue where I wanted to capitalize the first letter in a string with JavaScript, or in other words, uppercase the first letter in a string with JavaScript. The solution is quite simple, all you need to do is use the following function: function capitalize(word){…

I ran into this error while working on a client site the other day. The steps that I took to solve the issue included the following: Step 1: Check if you can connect to the database in another way Sometimes you may be able to connect to the database via the command line using the…