Category: Basics

  • Create a Custom 404 Page

    WP-Members offers the ability to “hide” content from non-registered users.  When content is hidden, it is as if the content does not exist if the user is not logged in.  That results in a 404 – which basically is a “not found” message. But a generic 404 message like “Oops! That page can’t be found”…

  • Using Anonymous Functions for Filters and Actions

    The more customization that you do when building a WordPress site, the more you will find that you have a lot of functions hooked to actions and filters.  Sometimes these functions might be quite simple, returning just a single line of text or replacing a single word.  Is there an easy way to make this…

  • How to reset your WordPress password with WP-CLI

    It happens to all of us at some point or another – especially when doing development work – you find yourself locked out of your WordPress site with no way to change or reset your admin password.  What do you do in that situation? Here is a way you can update your password (and other…

  • How to reset your WordPress password from phpMyAdmin

    It happens to all of us at some point or another – especially when doing development work – you find yourself locked out of your WordPress site with no way to change or reset your admin password.  What do you do in that situation? 

  • Running WP in debug mode

    When running a WordPress site, it’s important to understand how PHP’s error messaging works. Even if you are not a developer yourself, you need to know how to properly set up and run a site and how to know what’s important for messaging so that you can get the correct information back to developers.  This…