Wordpress

Wordpress Cheat Sheet

WordPress is an Open source software that you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

WP-CLI

Update all plugins

wp plugin update --all 

Update WordPress DB

wp core update-db 

Update WordPress

wp core update 

Optimize db

wp db optimize 

Change WordPress post author

wp post update 6 --post_author=1 

List WordPress users

wp db query ​"SELECT user_login, ID FROM wp_users;" 

Create posts

wp post create --post_status=publish --post_title=​"Second Post" --edit 

Post update

wp post update 1 --post_title=​"Your New title..." 

Edit post

wp post edit 1 

List posts

wp post list 

Activate theme

wp theme activate bootstrap-four 

Install theme

wp theme install bootstrap-four 

Search for new themes

wp theme search keyword 

List installed themes

wp theme list 

List plugins

wp plugin list 

Install plugin

wp plugin install pluginname 

Search plugin

wp plugin search yoast 

Install WordPress

wp core install --url=​"your_domain_name" --title=​"Your Blog Title"​ --admin_user=​"admin" --admin_password=​"your_password" --admin_email=​"your_email" 

Generate wp-config.php file

wp core config --dbname=<dbname> --dbuser=<dbuser> --dbpass=<dbpass> --dbprefix=<dbprefix> 

Download WordPress

wp core download 

WP Theme

WordPress Menu and Sidebars

Default Navigation Menu

<?php​ wp_nav_menu(); ​?> 

Specific Navigation Menu

<?php​ wp_nav_menu( ​array​(​'menu'​ => My Navigation​' )); ?> 

Category Based Navigation

<​ul​ ​id​=​"menu"​> <​li​ <?​php​ ​if​(​is_home​()) { ?> class="current-cat" ​<?php​ } ​?>​> <​a​ ​href​=​"<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>"​>Home</​a​> </​li​> ​<?php​ wp_list_categories(​'title_li=&orderby=id'​);​?> </​ul​> 

Page Based Navigation

<​ul​ ​id​=​"menu"​> <​li​ <?​php​ ​if​(​is_home​()) { ?> class="current-page-item" ​<?php​ } ​?>​> <​a​ ​href​=​"<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>"​>Home</​a​> </​li​> ​ <?php​ wp_list_pages(​'sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li='​);?​ > </​ul​> 

Registering New Sidebar

Add the following code to your functions.php file to register a new sidebar.

add_action( ​'widgets_init'​, ​'theme_slug_widgets_init'​ ); function​ ​theme_slug_widgets_init​() { register_sidebar( ​array​( ​ 'name'​ => __( ​'My Sidebar'​, ​'theme-slug'​ ), ​ 'id'​ => ​'sidebar-1'​, ​ 'description'​ => __( ​'Description',​ ​'theme-slug'​ ), 'before_widget'​ => ​'<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">'​, 'after_widget'​ => ​'</li>'​, ​'before_title'​ => ​'<h2 class="widgettitle">'​, ​ 'after_title'​ => ​'<h2>'​, )); } 

The Loop

<?php​ ​if​ ( have_posts() ) : ​?> <?php​ ​while​ ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ​?> // Display post content <?php​ ​endwhile​; ​?> <?php​ ​endif​; ​?> 

Useful Header Functions

site_url​() Get WordPress site url wp_title​() Get page title bloginfo​(​'name'​) Get blog name bloginfo​(​'description'​) Get blog description get_stylesheet_directory_uri​() Get stylesheet directory URI bloginfo​(​'atom_url'​) Get Atom feed URL bloginfo​(​'rss2_url'​) RSS 2.0 URL 

Include Tags

<?php​ get_header(); ​?> Includes header.php and display its content <?php​ get_sidebar(); ​?> Includes sidebar.php <?php​ get_footer(); ​?> Includes the footer.php <?php​ comments_template(); ​?> Load specific template for comments 

WordPress Template Tags

the_content​() Get post content the_excerpt​() Get the post excerpt the_title​() Get the title of the post the_permalink​() Display post link the_category​(​', '​) Display category of a post the_author​() Show post author the_ID​() Display post ID edit_post_link​() Show Edit link for a post next_post_link​(​'%link'​) Display next page URL previous_post_link​(​'%link'​) Display previous page URL get_links_list​() Retrieve blogroll links wp_list_pages​() Retrieve all pages wp_get_archives​() Retrieve archive for the site wp_list_cats​() Retrieve all categories get_calendar​() Show the built-in WordPress calendar wp_register​() Show register link wp_loginout​() Displays login or logout links (for registered users) 

WordPress Template Anatomy

**header.php**

get_header​(); wp_nav_menu​(); ​// (registered in functions.php) get_search_form​(); 

The Loop

index​.php home​.php archive​.php page​.php single​.php comments_template​(); search​.php author​.php 404​.php 

**sidebar.php**

get_sidebar​() 

**footer.php**

get_footer​() 

Not Displayed

style​.css // Theme style functions​.php // Theme functions comments​.php // Comments template 

WordPress Template Files

style​.css // Theme's main stylesheet file index​.php // Main template file single​.php ​// Single post file. // ..Used for to display single posts only archive​.php // Archive or Category template file searchform​.php // Search form file search​.php // Search results file 404​.php // 404 error page file. // ..Will be displayed if no page can be found. comments​.php // Comments template file footer​.php // Footer content file header​.php // Header content file sidebar​.php // Sidebar content file page​.php // Single page file. Used for pages only. 

WordPress Theme Definition

/* Theme Name: Twenty Seventeen Theme URI: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentyseventeen/ Author: the WordPress team Author URI: https://wordpress.org/ Description: Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with immersive featured images and subtle animations. With a focus on business sites, it features multiple sections on the front page as well as widgets, navigation and social menus, a logo, and more. Personalize its asymmetrical grid with a custom color scheme and showcase your multimedia content with post formats. Our default theme for 2017 works great in many languages, for any abilities, and on any device. Version: 1.0 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: twentyseventeen Tags: one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-header, accessibility-ready, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL. Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others. */