wp_mail() is a core function of WordPress widely used by plugins to send emails. WordPress wraps inside that function a set of checks and normalization of data and finally uses the PHP Mailer library to actually send the message. Acting on the different hooks available, is possible to change the behavior of wp_mail() from just […]
Custom CSS in a Post with Advanced Custom Fields and Header and Footer
I’ve asked few time how to inject specific content on a single post or single page using my Header and Footer plugin. It’s not an immediate implementation since it requires to use some PHP code which could result a bit unreadable over time (by non coders). In this example we still use a bit of […]
Yoast SEO and Facebook Open Graph Page Title
It’s a recent news: Facebook does not allo anymore to change the title and description of a shared link. This is a bad news for who is used to change the title directly while sharing. Probably Facebook is focusing in having only one source of information for a shared page, the page itself, to avoid […]
Donations From January 2017 To June 2017
Dear friends, dear supporters, the latest six months were fantastic and we collected 270 € that I have already donated to humanitarian organizations. 150 € to Save the Children 120 € to MSF A little drop of water in this desert of humanitarians needs to prepare a better World for our children. Thank you, Stefano.
Include Me Version 1.1.5 Released
Long time since the last release, but there were not issues to correct… 🙂 Anyway, this new release of Include Me adds a nice feature: the ability to include another post content. It may sound odd, but recently I faced a problem on a blog: an important piece of content needs to be added at […]
The Question To Ask To WordPress Plugin Developers
If you’re in the way to hire a freelance, ask him that question before to decide to work with him: We need to add few features to a public plugin ([here the plugin name]). Is it possible and safe to customize a public plugin? He should respond: if the plugin provides point of extensions (WordPress […]
Stop To Choose Your WordPress Theme in That Way!
When you setup a new blog, the first thing you do is to choose a theme. And you surf between all those wonderful screenshots to find the one which best match your needs. This is the wrong way. The screenshots are almost all taken from a desktop version of that theme. And yes, they are […]
How To Draw Effectively In a Whiteboard
I’m a fan of physical meetings, when possible, looking my collaborators into their eyes and sketch and discuss with them ideas, features, issues. Drawing on a piece of paper or on a whiteboard is of incredibly help to explain others what’s in my mind and it makes the picture clearer to everyone. A draw is […]
Thumbnails 1.0.7 With a Couple of New Options
Thumbnails is a light plugin which helps your theme to generate thumbnails. Most of the thumbnails can be generated on the fly and stored in a cache folder, instead to full fill your upload folder. More, you change theme and the thumbs sizes changes you can be in trouble with old images. With Thumbnails there is […]
Header and Footer With AMP Support
Was time for a review of Header and Footer, the plugin many of you use to inject codes in the head, footer and middle of the posts and pages. The most common injections are: Google Analytics, specially with customizations Facebook Pixel AdSense Verification metatags The new version removes the Open Graph minimal support since that […]