Wordcamp Miami

1. So Obvious You Miss It!
WordPress Tips
WordCamp Miami 2014
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See Me?
Bet You Missed Me!

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Screen Options
Many WP dashboard screens
have their own
Screen Options button.

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We can checkmark
the options we want to be visible
Screen Options let us change
the details we see
in the screen we are viewing

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Help!
Many dashboard screens
have their own
Help buttons

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Click the Help Tab
to reveal help for
the admin screen you are on.

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Organize the Dashboard

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Drag & Drop Panels
Put dashboard panel widgets
where you need them.
Click & hold to move them around

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Collapsible Panel Widgets

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Look for the Arrows
See one of
these
arrows on a
panel
widget?
Click it to
open or
close the
widget the
arrow is on

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Edit Faster

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Quick Edit
Post, page & other admin screens
have
‘Quick Edit’ options

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..disable comments, change publish
dates, switch the author name.. and
more
Use Quick Edit to..

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Bulk Edit
Quick Edit’s Big Brother.
Checkmark the box at the column head then
select a Bulk Action

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Find Faster
Search posts, pages and comments...

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Sortable Columns
Click the triangle in a column header
to sort rows
alphanumerically

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Filters
Filter by date and category.
Different screens have different filters.

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To Edit or Not to Edit..
Some files should not be edited

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Never Edit WP Core Files

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WordPress core files are overwritten
when WP updates. File edits are lost.
Use a plugin, a child theme or add a
code snippet in functions.php

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Create Child Themes
Use the Plugin: Child Theme Configurator

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3 Reasons to use Child
Themes
Easy to make
We can edit the code
Template edits are safe when
the parent theme updates

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Rename Plugins
When we customize a plugin,
we rename the plugin & its folder
to protect against the original plugin’s
update releases

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To rename a plugin..
Open the plugin’s main php file,
change the “Plugin Name” and
rename the parent folder.

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When we rename a plugin,
the old plugin & the new plugin
cannot usually
be active at the same time..
..without the new plugin’s
function names
being renamed first.

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Snippets of Code
&
Functions.php

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Hooks and filters
are found in
core WP code,
themes,
&
some plugins.
Use action hooks & filters to..
..plug code into WordPress.

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When you write a code snippet
like the one below
that adds text to the footer..
function vr_foot_text() {
echo ‘<p>Some text</p>’;
}
add_action(‘wp_footer’,’vr_foot_text’, 14)
..you can
add the snippet to functions.php

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Code snippets can be
put into
the active theme’s
functions.php file

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Look Before Leaping

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Read Changelogs
When Updating
Plugins & Themes

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Changelogs tell us about..
new features,
bug fixes,
plugin name changes,
whether settings will be lost,
WP version compatibility,
warn of product end of life (EOL),
& more

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We have learned
Screen Options
The Help Button
Drag’n’Drop Panels
Collapsable Widgets
Quick Edit
Bulk Edit
Sortable Columns
Search Filters
Never Edit Core Files
Use Child Themes
Rename the Plugins
We Customize
Use functions.php
Read Change Logs

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Blanca Stella Mejia
Social Media Consultant/Blogger
blanca@vizred.com
Twitter: @miamishines @micaminar
Lee Hodson
Web Developer/Tech Blogger
leehodson@vizred.com
Twitter @lee_hodson
@vizred
Presentation: http://vizred.com/wordcamp-miami-2014/