Restrict WordPress blocks by post type
When building custom blocks for the WordPress editor, sometimes we want to make them only available on specific post types.
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Send UpdraftPlus backups to different S3 folders
Send UpdraftPlus backups to different S3 folders, so that separate lifecycle policies can be applied to them.
Block editor link control for custom post types
The WordPress block editor supports a link picker that we can add to our custom blocks. The best bit is we can restrict its searches to a post type of our choosing.
Easy Digital Downloads and WebP images
Easy Digital Downloads is the ideal WordPress eCommerce plugin for sites that distribute non-physical products like software or ebooks. You can run into a problem if your site has WebP optimised versions of your images though. Easily fixed through a filter hook.
Reduce Gravity Forms spam false positives with multipart emails
Standard Gravity Forms notification emails are HTML emails. They don't have a plain text part, which some spam filters flag as maybe spam. Stop this happening by making them multipart emails.
Allow editors or contributors to change settings
The WordPress settings API makes it easy to add shared content to a site for administrators to edit. But it would be nice to let other roles edit some settings too.
Variable fonts with legacy fallback
Variable fonts support several variations of a typeface from a single file. Support older browsers through progressive enhancement.
Proxy subdomains of a remote domain with nginx
With a few simple rules, nginx can proxy all domains of a remote server.
Photographic PNGs with transparency are better as lossy WebP
WebP image files are typically much smaller than their JPEG and PNG originals, with virtually no loss of fidelity. But a photographic PNG with a transparency can really show how much better WebP can be.
WordPress login link with a popup form
I'm a big fan of the Login with Ajax plugin. It makes it really easy to add a nice popup login form to a website. Here's how to make the most of it, with a little custom code.
Enqueue scripts on the WordPress front end and login page
If you want to load a script or stylesheet on both the WordPress front end and login page, here's how to register it once and load it in the appropriate places.
Gravity Forms and WooCommerce country codes
Gravity Forms and its User Registration add-on make it really easy to create custom registration pages. One problem you'll hit if you combine that with WooCommerce is that WooCommerce uses standard country codes, but Gravity Forms uses country names. But that can be fixed.