WordPress get recent posts

In WordPress we can get recently added posts.

To get recently added posts in WordPress user the following function.

<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 6, 'post_status'=>"publish",'post_type'=>"post",'orderby'=>"post_date");
$posts_list = get_posts( $args );
echo '<ul>';
foreach ($posts_list as $post) :  setup_postdata($post); ?>
<li><strong><?php the_date(); ?></strong><br />
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();?>"> <?php the_title(); ?></a>
</li>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
       </ul>

 The above code can be used anywhere in the website and in any template.

WordPress get current timezone

In WordPress timezone is already set during installation. To get the current timezone in WordPress use the following piece of code.

You can get 2 things.

 a) If you want to get the offset use the following code.

<?php echo get_option('gmt_offset'); ?>

 b) If you want to get timezone in string format use the following code.

<?php echo get_option('timezone_string'); ?>


WordPress get form post data

WordPress supports forms and there are many extension for forms available on the WordPress plugin repository. When form is submitted it is processed and submitted as defined in the plugin.

But sometimes we need the form data and for that we cannot customize the plugin as hacking the core of plugin is bad idea and an plugin update in the future will erase all our changes done.

So, to get the posted form data you can use the following code.

<?php
    foreach($_POST as $key=>$post_data){
        echo "You posted:" . $key . " = " . $post_data . "<br>";
    }
?>

using this you can get the form key and its value.

WordPress get first image from post

To display the first image from the post content use the following function given.

First open your active theme's functions.php file in a code editor. After opening the file in the code editor add the following function at the end of the file.

<?php
function get_first_image() {
 global $post, $posts;
 $first_img = '';
 ob_start();
 ob_end_clean();
 $output = preg_match_all('/<img.+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"].*>/i', $post->post_content, $matches);
 $first_img = $matches [1] [0];

 if(empty($first_img)){ //Defines a default image
$first_img = "/images/default.jpg";
 }
 return $first_img;
}
?>

Save the file and upload it back to the server.

The function can be called in the loop or anywhere to display the first image from the post.

<?php echo catch_that_image() ?>


WordPress get parent categories

WordPress supports Categories. A Post can be assigned to single or multiple categories in WordPress. Also categories can be single level or multi level (nested). To get only parent categories and exclude the child categories the following code can be used.

<?php
$args = array(
 'orderby' => 'name',
 'parent' => 0
);

$categories = get_categories($args);
?>

$categories contains all the parent level categories only.

WordPress get featured image by post id

In WordPress there is featured image for Post and Pages and Custom Post types.

To get the feature image of an post or page or custom post type use the following code.

<?php if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ):
$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'single-post-thumbnail' );
 endif;
?>

Now in $image you have all the feature image information. To display the image you can do it as follows:

<img src="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" />

And you are done. Now feature image will be displayed.

WordPress get blog name

Wordpress is a blogging CMS. But now WordPress is used for many other purpose like shopping cart, gallery sites, portfolio site etc.

This all have been possible with the available plugins and themes and WordPress support community.

If you want to get the WordPress site name then you can get it in the following way.

<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'name' ); ?>

Using the above line any where in the file will give you the WordPress site/blog name.

WordPress get ajax full url

In Wordpress we can get the full Ajax url as follows:

In PHP we can get it in the following way.

<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>

If you want to use it in Javascript then you can use it in following way.

<script type="text/javascript">
    var ajaxurl = "<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>";
</script>


WordPress get user data

In WordPress there are many users with different roles. A user may have a administrator role, author or any other roles from the standard roles defined by WordPress.

If you want to find out user role or user information such as name,ID etc you can use the following function.

<?php
 $user_info = get_userdata(1);
          echo 'Username: ' . $user_info->user_login . "\n";
          echo 'User roles: ' . implode(', ', $user_info->roles) . "\n";
          echo 'User ID: ' . $user_info->ID . "\n";
?>

The above will give you user's username, role and ID.

WordPress get admin email address

In WordPress there is a administrator who manages pages, posts and every content of the site.

He can also manage and provide roles to other users. If you want to the get the email address of the site administrator you can use the following function.

<?php
$admin_email = bloginfo('admin_email');
?>

$admin_email will give you the email address of the site administrator.

WordPress get active menu item

In WordPress menu are dynamically managed. User can set Primary Header and footer menu from admin section.

If you want to get the current Menu item name you can get it by using the following function.

Open your active theme's functions.php and add the following function at the bottom of the file.

<?php
function Get_menu_item_name( $loc ) {
global $post;
$locs = get_nav_menu_locations();
$menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $locs[$loc] );

if($menu) {
$items = wp_get_nav_menu_items($menu->term_id);

foreach ($items as $k => $v) {          
if ($items[$k]->object_id == $post->ID) {
$name = $items[$k]->title;
break;
}
}
}
return $name;
}
?>

The usage of the function is as follows:

<?php
$current_menu_name = Get_menu_item_name( 'primary' ); // here you enter another alias if your menu is not primary
echo $current_menu_name;
?>

$current_menu_name will contain the value of the current menu name.

WordPress get active plugin url

In WordPress to get the active plugin URL we can use the following code.

<?php $plugin_url = plugin_dir_url( $file ); ?>

$plugin_url will give you the current active plugin URL.

WordPress get current plugin directory path

While working with plugins sometimes we need the plugin directory path. WordPress provides a way to get the plugin current directory path.

use the following code which gives the plugin current directory path.

<?php $plugin_dir_path = dirname(__FILE__); ?>

$plugin_dir_path will give you the current plugin directory path.

WordPress get active theme directory

To get the full directory path of the active theme use the following piece of code.

<?php echo get_template_directory(); ?>

If you are using a child theme then it will return the path of the Parent theme only. To get the child theme directory path use the following code.

<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory(); ?>

This will give you the path of the child theme.

WordPress get active theme name

In Wordpress there can be multiple themes installed. But only one theme at a time can be active. If you want to get the name of the active theme in WordPress you can get it.

To get the active theme name use the following code is useful.

<?php
$active_theme_name = wp_get_theme();
?>

$active_theme_name will give you the active theme name.

WordPress get uploaded image path

To get the full path of an attachment use the following method.

<?php $path = get_attached_file( $attachment_id ); ?>


The above will give you full path of the file/attachment.

If you just want the filename and not path then use the following code.

<?php $filename_only = basename( get_attached_file( $attachment_id ) ); ?>

This will give you just the filename.

WordPress get Author info from post ID

If you want to get the Author information such as name, profile image and name from post ID then it can be retrieved in the following way.

<?php $author_id=$post->post_author; ?>

Now suppose you want to get the Author Avatar. The avatar is fetched in the following way.

<img src="<?php echo the_author_meta( 'avatar' , $author_id ); ?> " width="140" height="140" class="avatar" alt="<?php echo the_author_meta( 'display_name' , $author_id ); ?>" />

This will display the author avatar.

To display the author name use the following code.

<?php echo the_author_meta( 'user_nicename' , $author_id ); ?>


This will display the author name.

WordPress get current page number in Pagination

WordPress Supports pagination and has default functions which can be used to display pagination. For Example: In Blog page pagination is displayed by default. But sometimes you needs to add pagination to a custom template. In Some scenarios we needs to get the current page number in the pagination.

Current page number in Pagination can be retrived in the following way.

<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
?>


Here $paged will contain the page number.

WordPress get current page url

To get the current active page URL in WordPress use the following function.

<?php
$current_page_url = add_query_arg( $wp->query_string, '', home_url( $wp->request ) );
?>


Now you can use $current_page_url any where you like as it contains the current page URL of the active page.

WordPress get current category id

To the the Category ID on Current active page in WordPress use the following code.

<?php
$categories = get_the_category();
$category_id = $categories[0]->cat_ID;
echo category_id;
?>


Your Category ID will be present in category_id.

Total Post Count in WordPress

To Display total post count on any page in WordPress the following code will be helpful.

<?php
$total_posts = wp_count_posts();
echo number_format($total_posts->publish);
?>


This will display total posts in WordPress in number format.

Wordpress get current logged in user information

In WordPress we can get the logged in user information such as firstname, lastname, displayname and ID in the following way.

<?php
$current_logged_user = wp_get_current_user();
?>


Now you have all the user information in the $current_logged_user variable. You can access the information in the following way.

<?php
echo 'Username: ' . $current_logged_user->user_login . '<br />';
    echo 'User email: ' . $current_logged_user->user_email . '<br />';
    echo 'User first name: ' . $current_logged_user->user_firstname . '<br />';
    echo 'User last name: ' . $current_logged_user->user_lastname . '<br />';
    echo 'User display name: ' . $current_logged_user->display_name . '<br />';
    echo 'User ID: ' . $current_logged_user->ID . '<br />';
?>

Get Logged In user ID in WordPress

To get the currently logged in user ID in WordPress use the following code.

<?php
$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();

echo $current_user_id;
?>


$current_user_id will give you the ID of the currently logged in user.

Redirect to custom page after comment in WordPress

In WordPress when a user comments on an Article, post or page he is redirected to the same page after commenting.

But in some scenarios it is required that user should be redirected to some other URL after commenting. This can be done with a simple piece of code.

Open your active theme's functions.php file and add the following line at the end of the line.

function wp_comment_redirect_url($location) {    
        return "http://www.yourdomain.com";
    }

add_filter('comment_post_redirect', 'wp_comment_redirect_url');


Now user will be redirected to the URL to have set.

Disable Profile and Group Cover Image in BuddyPress

In BuddyPress most of the times Group and Profile cover images are not required. We can disable Profile and Group Cover images in the following way.

Open your theme's function.php and at the end of the file before ?> add the following 2 lines.

add_filter( 'bp_is_profile_cover_image_active', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'bp_is_groups_cover_image_active', '__return_false' );


After adding the above two lines, save the file and upload the file back to the server.

Now, Profile and Group Cover image will be disabled and will not be visible in the front-end.

Update Wordpress without FTP

Sometimes when WordPress site is updated ftp details are asked while updating. We can surpass the FTP authentication and directly update WordPress, Plugins and Themes to latest version.
To do so open your wp-config.php file (file is present on the root of wordpress installation).

After opening the file in an editor find the following line

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');


After you find the above line in the wp-config.php file place the following line below it.

define('FS_METHOD','direct');


So, your final file should look like below.

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
define('FS_METHOD','direct');


After this save you wp-config.php file and upload back to server. Now WordPress, Plugins, Themes can be updated to their latest version without the need to enter FTP details.

Disable lost password email in WordPress

In WordPress users can recover their passwords through the lost password feature available. But some times this options is used by users to spam your website by using the functionality which may result your domain to be blacklisted in Google or your hosting provider may suspend your domain for mass emailing.

 To Avoid this recover password functionality can be disabled. You add the following lines in your function.php file to stop any email from sending from your website.

  function wp_password_change_notification() 
   { 
      return false; 
   }

add_filter('allow_password_reset', 'wp_password_change_notification');

This will disable lost password email in WordPress