WordPress Plugin Critiques and Custom Development
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Git, list all branches with their last commit date
Explanation: git for-each-ref: Iterates over refs (branches, tags, etc.).–sort=-committerdate: Sorts by the last commit date in descending order (newest first).–format=’%(committerdate:short) %(refname:short)’: Formats the output to show the commit date and branch name.refs/heads/: Limits the output to local branches.
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Responsive headline word-wraps
It always happens that a long headline wraps 1 word to a new line, but if you add a line break, then it wraps one word before the line break at certain screen sizes. Here is a solution I came up with to handle that problem. The html: The css: Resize your browser to see…
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How a 500 error and max_questions caught a sql injection attack
Due to limitations at the client’s host we had to troubleshoot a server outage through the Access Log and found that the site was under active attack
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One-line bash script to create WordPress plugin zip from plugin directory
How I make a zip and ignore .idea, .git and other directories as defined in the .gitignore file This should not be done on a production site since a zip of the plugin will be publicly available and could expose sensitive information about your WordPress site. cd into the plugin’s directory This command will create…
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Test a site backup locally
Download the site Download the site and unzip it into public_html Set up the docker-compose.yml Download docker-compose.yml and adjust as needed or use the version below: docker-compose.yml Import the database Change the path to the sql file in the docker container Create a backup of the database This will generate a backup of the database
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