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Create A Shortcode In WordPress
A shortcode lets an author drop dynamic output into any post by typing a small tag in square brackets. This tutorial builds three shortcodes…
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Enqueue CSS And JavaScript In WordPress
Load stylesheets and scripts the WordPress way, with wp_enqueue_style() and wp_enqueue_script() on the wp_enqueue_scripts hook. This tutorial builds a small plugin that enqueues a…
Server Administration
Install WordPress Locally On Windows
Run WordPress on your own Windows machine with XAMPP, a free bundle of Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and phpMyAdmin. This tutorial installs the stack, creates…
Programming
Register A Custom Post Type In WordPress
Add your own content type to WordPress by calling register_post_type() on the init hook. This gives you a Book type with its own admin…
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Send an Email in PHP
Send email in PHP two ways: the built-in mail() function for the simplest case, and PHPMailer over authenticated SMTP for HTML messages, attachments, and…
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Upload a File in PHP
Handle a file upload in PHP by pairing an HTML multipart form with a script that reads $_FILES and calls move_uploaded_file(), validating the file's…
Programming
Create A Simple Laravel Hello World! Example
Learn how to create a simple Hello World! example with Laravel using the Blade templating language. Set a variable and pass it from the…
Programming
Install Laravel On Windows
Learn how to install Laravel on windows with composer. Create a web application with Laravel framework that provides a structure and starting point. Laravel…
Programming
Manually Update to WordPress 6.2.2
It’s time to update WordPress to version 6.2.2. This minor release addresses 1 bug and 1 security issue. And because this is a security…
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Populate Dropdown JSON File With jQuery
Learn how to populate dropdown from a JSON file with jQuery. Allow users to select an item from a group of options in a…
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