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How to change the length of the default WordPress excerpt length

October 31, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

If you are using WordPress for your website you may want to change the length of the default excerpt. You can then add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to that on there.

/**
 * Update default excerpt length
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
function the_excerpt_length($length) {
     return #;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'the_excerpt_length');

Then you replace the # with the number of the new length you want the except to be on there.

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How to update your WordPress user password without using a plugin

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

On your WordPress website you may want to update your WordPress user password on there. You can do that without a plugin if you follow these steps on there. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file on there.

From the left menu in your wordpress admin you can click on users > your profile on there
From that page you go to account management on there
You can then click the generate password button on there
If you do not like the generated password you can edit it
When you are done you can click update profile button on there

Now we recommend that you be very careful when you update the password and that you use a very strong password with a long mix of uppercase and lowercase letters numbers and symbols on there.

How to edit the css stylesheet of your WordPress theme without a plugin

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

If you use WordPress for your website you may want to style the website using css and one way you can do that is by editing the css stylesheet on there. You can do that without a plugin if you follow these steps on there. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file on there.

From the left menu in your wordpress admin you can click on appearance > theme editor
The default is often the css stylesheet on there
You can then edit the stylesheet by typing into that and then clicking the update button on there

Now we recommend that you be very careful when you edit the stylesheet or items in the appearance editor on there.

Update the WordPress visual editor with a new font without a plugin

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

On your WordPress website the visual editor may be in a font that you do not like on there. You can update the font of the visual editor without a plugin if you add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file on it.

/**
 * Update the visual editor font
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
function change_editor_font(){
echo "<style type='text/css'>
#editorcontainer textarea#content {
font-family: YOURFONTHERE;
font-size: 14px;
color: #111;
}
</style>";
}
add_action("admin_print_styles", "the_editor_font");

You can then replace YOURFONTHERE with the font and the font size and font color that you want to use on it. Now if that works for you it would update the font of the visual editor on your WordPress website on there.

Update the WordPress text html editor font without a plugin

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

The text html editor on your WordPress website may be in a font that you do not like on there. You can update the font of the text html editor without a plugin if you add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file.

/**
 * Update the text html editor font
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
function the_editor_font(){
echo "<style type='text/css'>
#editorcontainer textarea#content {
font-family: YOURFONTHERE;
font-size: 14px;
color: #111;
}
</style>";
} 
add_action("admin_print_styles", "the_editor_font");

You can then replace YOURFONTHERE with the font and the font size and font color that you want to use. Now if that works for you it would update the font of the html editor on your WordPress website on there.

Define the default visual or text html editor in your WordPress website for posts and pages

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

The WordPress website often has two options for the editor which is the default visual editor and the text or html editor. You can define which editor is default without a plugin if you add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file.

Do the visual editor as the default editor

/**
 * Define visual editor as default editor
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "tinymce";') );

Do the text html editor as the default editor

/**
 * Define text html editor as default editor
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function('', 'return "html";') );

Now if that works for you it would define the default editor on your WordPress website on there.

How to limit the number of post revisions on your WordPress website without a plugin

October 30, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

If you use WordPress on your website you may have noticed that when you edit a post WordPress often saves those revisions and if you use the screen options to display the post revisions you may see a really long list of revisions. You may want to limit the number of revisions that it has in that list without using a plugin. You can then add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to that on there.

/**
 * Limit post revisions
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
if (!defined('WP_POST_REVISIONS')) define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', #);
if (!defined('WP_POST_REVISIONS')) define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

You can then replace the # with the number of revisions you want per post like 3 or 4 or 5 for example. Now if that works for you it would limit the number of post revisions on the posts on there.

How to find the id of one of the categories on the blog of your WordPress website

October 29, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

On your WordPress website you may want to know the id number of one of the categories on the blog of your website. You may want to do something like remove one category from the blog on your front page and having that id number may help with that.

From the WordPress admin left menu click on posts > categories
Hover your mouse over the title of the category that you want the id for
Look in the lower left corner of your internet browser
You should see a url listed
That url will likely look like https://yourdomain/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=category&tag_ID=# with more text in the link where the # is the category id

Now that you have that id number you can use that if needed in your code on there like in the post linked at the top of this post on here.

How to find the WordPress id number of a post on your website

October 29, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

On your WordPress website you may want to find out the id number of a post on your website. This post has information on one way to find out the id number of a page on your website on there.

From the WordPress admin left menu click on posts
Hover your mouse over the title of the post that you want the id for
You may need to click to the next page until you find the post you want the id for
Look in the lower left corner of your internet browser
You should see a url listed
That url will likely look like https://yourdomain/wp-admin/post.php?post=#&action=edit where the # is the id number of that post

Now that you have that id number for that post you can use that if needed in your code on there.

How to find out the id number of a page on your WordPress website

October 29, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

If you are using WordPress for your website you may have times that you need the id number for a page on your WordPress website. There is an easy way to find out the id number of a page on your website.

From the WordPress admin left menu click on pages
Hover your mouse over the title of the page that you want the id for
Look in the lower left corner of your internet browser
You should see a url listed
That url will likely look like https://yourdomain/wp-admin/post.php?post=#&action=edit where the # is the id number of that page

That was easy right? Now that you have that id number you can use that if needed in your code on there.