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Here’s How to Retrieve Any Post You Want With WP_Query

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If you’ve built simple themes in the past, chances are the need to retrieve posts on your own didn’t arise. After all, WordPress loads the most recent 10 posts on the main page and the correct posts on archive pages. What about more complex scenarios? What if you would like a sitemap of sorts and you want to list all your posts and pages ordered by date?

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The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 101: How to Get Started

Since the inception of WordPress plugins many years ago not a lot has changed in the way we write them. There's a main plugin file with a header followed by the Wild West basically. Apart from using hooks, there is no standardized way of making plugins. In this article, we'll look at one possible solution - WordPress Plugin Boilerplate. It is meant to be a starting point for plugin development, an object oriented way of creating a standardized plugin.

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How to Tell if a Website Is WordPress

How to tell if a website is WordPress

It helps to have inspiration when designing a website. With that inspiration, you can figure out which website builders, themes, and plugins were used to create websites you admire. But most websites don’t tell you on the homepage that they’re made using WordPress, Wix, or Weebly, so we put together a guide on how to tell if a website is WordPress.

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10 Ways to Change the Way Your WordPress Site Works With Functions

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It’s not often that a WordPress developer doesn’t modify the functions.php file within a theme they’re developing. Why? Because functions.php gives you the power to control functionality specific to the theme. With some simple code inclusions and/or modifications, you can override existing website functionality and execute multiple functions in an efficient manner, instead of using potentially bulky and insecure plugins to achieve the same thing.

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Your Default Blog Homepage Sucks: How to Build a “Start” Page Instead

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If you’re like most bloggers, you spend a ton of time on your blog posts. Crafting the perfect headline. Writing that intro that grabs readers just right. And while your posts certainly are important…how much time does that leave to spend on your blog homepage? Or, maybe a better question – do you even have a WordPress blog homepage that’s not just a list of your most recent posts?

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How to Create a Physical Product Marketplace Like Etsy (on WordPress)

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TL;DR: “WordPress and eCommerce”? Who would have guessed just 5 years ago that this would be a viable possibility. Surely not anyone in my university class. Nevertheless, we’re here. And WordPress is now perfectly capable of handling an eCommerce business of any type, basically. So to check the extent of that, we’re looking into the topic of creating a physical product marketplace like Etsy … all on WordPress.

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SOS! Where to Find the Best WordPress Help

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The great thing about working with WordPress is that the best WordPress help is never hard to find. Whether you have a simple question about resetting your password, or a more complex issue concerning custom post types, there is support and education available for all levels of users.

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How to Change WordPress Theme: 4 Fail-Proof Steps for Any Site

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Not sure how to change your WordPress theme without causing issues on your site? While the basic process of changing your theme only involves a few button clicks, you’ll want to put in some extra steps to ensure a seamless changeover when it comes to key details such as menus, custom CSS, custom templates, and more.

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