Adding a notification bar to your WordPress website can effectively highlight important messages, promotions, or announcements. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through creating a custom notification bar that works seamlessly with WordPress. Since I currently use the KadenceWP theme and Kadence Blocks on WebberZone, some of these instructions reflect edits to them. The screenshot…
A user of my lesser-known plugin, WebberZone Knowledge Base, reported an issue with the page header not displaying when using it with the Twenty Twenty-Four or any other block theme. The Problem The error message I got: File Theme without header.php is deprecated since version 3.0.0 with no alternative available. Please include a header.php template in your theme. With a…
I released Contextual Related Posts Pro in June and followed up with Top 10 Pro in September. Both plugins use Freemius to handle licensing. Amongst other things, the benefit of going with Freemius is that I can easily offer licences in USD, GBP or EUR. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up multi-currency plans in Freemius and then configure your website’s…
Your WordPress login page, i.e. wp-login.php is the main entry point into your WordPress admin area. While you can use a security plugin that can let you rename your site, I prefer protecting my sites at the server level, or even better, before it can hit the server. I’ve been using Cloudflare on my sites…
As a plugin developer, it is imperative to write secure and error-free code. PHP is a widely used programming language, but it has peculiarities and pitfalls that can lead to unexpected errors and warnings in your code. Even simple things like a typo or a missing semicolon can cause problems, and it can be challenging…
The next version (3.4) of Contextual Related Posts will see a brand new feature to allow a user to bulk edit posts, pages or custom post types to add the manual related posts. Plugin users will also be able to bulk select which posts they want to exclude from the related posts lists. Before this,…
WordPress automatically generates RSS feeds for your posts, categories, tags, comments, and more. You can find the default RSS feed URL for your website by adding /feed/ to the end of your domain name. For example, https://webberzone.com/feed/. However, sometimes you may want to create a custom RSS feed that includes only specific content from your website. For example,…
WordPress core, plugins and themes are constantly updated with new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements. Some users may forget or neglect to update their WordPress core, plugins, or themes manually which can expose their sites to potential vulnerabilities or compatibility issues. That’s why WordPress offers the option to enable auto-updates. Auto-updates allow WordPress to…
I recently moved all my plugin announcement posts to a custom post type called Announcements. This allows me to keep my blog posts focussed on some awesome WordPress tutorials that I am writing. So, do subscribe to my newsletter to receive them directly in your inbox! By default, the number of posts from a custom…
Fonts play a crucial role in creating an appealing and engaging website. They enhance the overall aesthetics and readability of your content. Google Fonts is a popular choice for many website owners due to its vast library of high-quality fonts. However, loading fonts from Google’s servers can have some drawbacks, such as slower performance, privacy…
Are you ready to take your WordPress development skills to the next level? I’m excited to introduce you to my tutorial series on Gutenberg block development! Gutenberg is the block editor that allows you to build beautiful and complex layouts with ease. However, if you want to create your own blocks that suit your specific…
This is the fifth part of my Gutenberg block development tutorial series. In the past four chapters, we’ve learnt how to build static and dynamic blocks, add custom settings and change styles. Many of my plugins contained a single block which served as an alternative to the shortcode. However, I did need to build two…