There are times when you need to add a little JavaScript to your WordPress site but don't want to spin up an entire plugin. Maybe you're doing some AB testing or don't want to edit your theme's JavaScript directly. Maybe you're adding some Google Analytics code. If you've ever requested a customization of the accordion functionality in our Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO plugin, you most likely needed to add some custom JavaScript. Whatever your reasons, there are a few methods to accomplish … [Read more...]
WordPress-Libs Version 2.19.0
Version 2.19.0 of WordPress Libs is now available for public use. This was the biggest release we have had in a while for this library. Many features were introduced and improved, bugs were squashed, and redundancies were combined. All around improved REST and meta support. WordPress 5.5 is required to take advantage of many of the enhancements. It's not required but recommended to update to WP 5.5 when updating to version 2.19.0. Option Page Enhancements CMB2 uses a special mapping … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls – Version 6.1.0
Version 6.1.0 is ready and available for you to download or update through the WordPress Admin. While the majority of the changes are behind the scenes, this version provides a faster, more polished experience in the admin. Full JavaScript Rewrite The Go Live tools page has always been written completely in ReactJS. Over the years it has evolved from its original static form into a Webpack application. This time we rewrote the React code from scratch entirely in TypeScript! If you … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls (Basic) – Version 6.1.0
When we released version 6, we vowed to let the new structure pave the way for future improvements and enhancements. We weren't kidding! Immediately after, we delved into our backlog of improvements and starting scheduling and building them. Improved Performance For the first time, this plugin now automatically detects and excludes database columns which won't include URL values. Numeric columns, date columns, short text columns, and a few others are automatically excluded from the … [Read more...]
Writing a proper commit message
These days every developer is using some form of version control to manage their code bases and contributions from their team. Most predominantly we are using GIT as our version control of choice. No matter what form of version control you are using, the most important part of keeping a usable code history is, "Writing a proper commit message." Why? If you have ever used git log --grep or used an IDE to find commits you know the importance of having a relevant message to locate the … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu – Version 8.0.0
Version 8 is ready and available for you to download or update through the WordPress Admin. This is a major version update which is not fully backward-compatible with previous filters or extensions. If you have extended the functionality of this plugin via actions or filters, you may want to consider staying on version 7 or follow the migration guide to update your extensions. If you have not extended the plugin, you may update it without fear of breaking anything or losing data. Brand new … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls – Version 6.0.0
Version 6 is ready and available for you to download or update through the WordPress Admin. This is a major version update which is not backward-compatible with previous filters or extensions. If you have extended the functionality of this plugin, you may want to consider staying on version 2 or you'll need to update your extensions. If you have not extended the plugin, you may update it without fear of breaking or losing data. Brand new code base For many years we had been supporting PHP … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO – Version 3.12.0
Version 3.12.0 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO is now available. This main focus of this version was to bring full keyboard accessibility support to the accordion menus. Making accordion menus keyboard accessible While the menus generated by this plugin have always been accessible to keyboards and screen readers, accessing the icons to open/close the menu sections had previously been hit and miss when using keyboards alone. While this could enable using filters, it was still a cumbersome … [Read more...]
WordPress-Libs Version 2.17.0
Version 2.17.0 of WordPress Libs is now available for public use. This release focused on getting everything ready for CMB2 version 2.7.0. It also includes many bug fixes and compatibility improvements. CMB2 2.7.0 CMB2 released version 2.7.0 back in January. Since it took a year for that release to be ready, we wanted to wait a while to make sure there were not going to be any quick follow-up bug fixes before we implemented it. Now that we are confident it is ready for prime time, we've … [Read more...]
Adding VAT to WooCommerce Billing Address
It is a common occurrence to receive requests for invoices that include a customer's VAT for use with their country's tax records. While WooCommerce does not ship with support for generating invoices, there are many great plugins which add invoice functionality. Previously, when someone requested a VAT to be added, we simply directed the customer to cram it into the existing address fields - not anymore! As of today, we've added a special field to the billing address for entering a VAT which … [Read more...]