The other day I setup an Ubuntu 20.04 server that runs a couple of docker containers. Since the machine is equipped with a 1TB hard disk I also wanted to use it as a TimeMachine backup location. Finding the right configuration took me a while, but with the settings below the disk automatically showed in […]
Where to put acf_form_head?
When you want to show ACF’s forms in your front-end, you have to add the acf_form_head function. But where? I was recently working with a commercial theme who didn’t like the usual place I put this function in, luckily the code below does do the job. It doesn’t get easier than this. add_action(‘get_header’, ‘acf_form_head’);
ACF JSON not loading?
I’ve used Advanced Custom Fields Pro for many years now. I love the ACF-JSON feature which allows automatically saves your fields into a JSON file. This is wonderful for deployments and automatically synchronises your fields to the production environment. Today I customised some things directly in the JSON file, and although this changes the fields […]
Klaar om live te gaan? Zorg dan dat je deze puntjes op de I hebt staan
De afgelopen weken heb je hard gewerkt om je WordPress website helemaal in te richten, het domein is gekoppeld, alles staat klaar en het moment om live te gaan en de site te delen met anderen is dan eindelijk aangekomen maar niet voordat deze punten even doorneemt. Om te beginnen is het handig om even […]
Broken links (404’s) on WooCommerce My Account page? Check your advanced settings
I just ran into an issue with the my account page. The dashboard links were all resulting in 404’s. I did quite some searching and even checked how links were generated. Well – it was an easy fix: Make sure you have the My account page set in Woocommerce -> Settings -> Advanced -> My […]
Fix for missing spam column in wp_users
While converting a website from single to multisite I bumped into an issue while creating accounts. When looking into the logs I noticed: WordPress database error Unknown column ‘spam’ in ‘field list’ for query INSERT INTO wp_users The issue is clear, i’m missing the ‘spam’ column in wp_users. Since i’m running this environment in Docker […]
Adding image sizes to the WordPress Block editor (Gutenberg)
I was surprised that my image sizes didn’t show up automatically in Gutenberg. Even after some extensive use of search engines I couldn’t find any solutions that would make them show so I did what anyone would do in this situation: Ask a friend. My good friend Mark Jansen provided me with a code snippet […]
Gebruik maken van WP-CLI op shared servers
Tsja, die tool is toch wel erg handig he. De meerderheid van de hosting leveranciers hebben inmiddels WP-CLI wel ingebakken zitten. Dat kun je testen door wp –info te draaien. Krijg je hier een foutmelding? Dan heb ik hier de oplossing. Bij hosts zoals Antagonist is het nog niet mogelijk om WP-CLI te gebruiken, gelukkig […]
Wildcard subdomains in MAMP Pro on MacOS
A while back I was debugging the front-end creation of multisites in WordPress. On each install, a new subdomain was created which forced me to add a new alias to the website configuration. The frustration! So how do you solve that? MacOS does not allow you to add a wildcard subdomain to your /etc/hosts file […]
