A collection of (mostly) WordPress/ClassicPress-related snippets and references I’ve found useful and worth keeping where I can find them. Feel free to use what you like, and point me to some other snippets or references.
Toggle List View to Grid View (and back)
Works very smoothly.
CSS3, Javascript | Type: Javascript
Toggling search form and focus search field
Nothing tricky about toggling a search form, but making the search field focus upon showing was hard to find. For an example, see the search button [...]
Forms, Javascript, jQuery | Type: PHP
Turn Start Date into Pretty Date
Once you've established a date, display it as you like (see catholic fdn single-events.php for complex usage)
ACF, PHP, WP/CP | Type: PHP
Ultimate Guide to WordPress Conditionals
An excellent resource for WP developers; includes examples.
¡Important!, WP/CP | Type: PHP
Unset Intermediate Thumbnails
Sometimes you don't need intermediate sizes. Snippet shows you how to lose them.
Media | Type: PHP
Unsplash Placeholder Images
Various ways of displaying Unsplash images (using Unsplash as CDN)
Images | Type: PHP
Upload folders for Custom Post Types
Create a folder within wp-content/uploads that will contain uploads for each custom post type.
CPT, PHP, WP/CP | Type: PHP
Vertical Align
Vertical align anything with just 3 lines of CSS, do not need to know height of object or container.
CSS3 | Type: CSS
Video Backgrounds
Full page video backgrounds.
Video | Type: Other
Visually hidden, still available for screen readers
This is useful for hiding labels while relying on placeholder text for sighted visitors. The alternative (display:none;) hides items from screen readers. clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px [...]
CSS | Type: CSS
