27. January 2018

Generate Unique User Nicenames for WordPress

Simple little snippet, that can easily be used in conjunction with wp_update_user()

/* Generate Unique User Nicename */
function generate_unique_user_nicename( $x ) {
	// set up args to query
	$args = array(
		'search'         => sanitize_title( $x ),
		'search_columns' => array( 'user_nicename' )
	);
	// query for user
	$user_url_exists = new WP_User_Query( $args );
	$results = $user_url_exists->get_results();
	// if user url is found, check for new one
	if( !empty( $results ) ) {
		$i = substr( sanitize_title( $x ), intval( strrpos( sanitize_title( $x ) ,'-' ) ) + 1 ); 
		if( is_numeric( $i ) ) {
			$i++;
			$y = substr($x, 0, strrpos($x,'-' ));
			$company_name = $y . '-' . $i;
		} else {
			$company_name = $x . '-1';
		}
		$new_company_name = sanitize_title( $company_name );
		return generate_unique_user_nicename( $new_company_name );
	} else {
		return sanitize_title( $x );
	}
}

/* Generate Unique User Nicename */

function generate_unique_user_nicename( $x ) {

// set up args to query

$args = array(

'search' => sanitize_title( $x ),

'search_columns' => array( 'user_nicename' )

);

// query for user

$user_url_exists = new WP_User_Query( $args );

$results = $user_url_exists->get_results();

// if user url is found, check for new one

if( !empty( $results ) ) {

$i = substr( sanitize_title( $x ), intval( strrpos( sanitize_title( $x ) ,'-' ) ) + 1 );

if( is_numeric( $i ) ) {

$i++;

$y = substr($x, 0, strrpos($x,'-' ));

$company_name = $y . '-' . $i;

} else {

$company_name = $x . '-1';

}

$new_company_name = sanitize_title( $company_name );

return generate_unique_user_nicename( $new_company_name );

} else {

return sanitize_title( $x );

}

Enjoy coding …

23. January 2018

Cleaning up the WordPress Feed (Validation)

When using your main content feed to share posts via buffer or other services, it is crucial that your feed validates cleanly.

There are always things in the generated WordPress content that can break your feed validation. Here some things to cleanup or alter your delivered feed content.

CONDITIONAL TAGS

is_feed()
Check for syndication request. This tag is not typically used by users; it is used internally by WordPress and is available for Plugin Developers.

Check for feed syndication in your themes functions.php

if (is_feed()) {
    /.. tweaks go here ../
}

if (is_feed()) {

/.. tweaks go here ../

}

REMOVE IFRAMES

function rss_noiframe($content) {
        
    $content = preg_replace( '/<iframe(.*)\/iframe>/is', '', $content );

    return $content;
}

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'rss_noiframe');
add_filter('the_content_feed', 'rss_noiframe');

function rss_noiframe($content) {

$content = preg_replace( '/<iframe(.*)\/iframe>/is', '', $content );

return $content;

}

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'rss_noiframe');

add_filter('the_content_feed', 'rss_noiframe');

REMOVE / DISABLE COMMENTS

function rss_nocomments($content) {
    
     global $post;
      $post->comment_status="closed";
   
  
}

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'rss_nocomments');
add_filter('the_content_feed', 'rss_nocomments');

function rss_nocomments($content) {

global $post;

$post->comment_status="closed";

}

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'rss_nocomments');

add_filter('the_content_feed', 'rss_nocomments');

REMOVE RESPONSIVE IMAGES

The sizes attribute breaks feed validation, here how to clean it up.

function no_responsive_image_feeds() {
    add_filter( 'max_srcset_image_width', function() {
       return 1;
    } );
}

add_action('rss2_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );
add_action('atom_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );
add_action('rss_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );

function no_responsive_image_feeds() {

add_filter( 'max_srcset_image_width', function() {

return 1;

} );

}

add_action('rss2_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );

add_action('atom_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );

add_action('rss_head', 'no_responsive_image_feeds' );

INCLUDE PAGES IN POST FEED

if (is_feed()) {
function feedFilter($query) {
	if ($query->is_feed) {
		$query->set('post_type','any');
		}
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');
}

if (is_feed()) {

function feedFilter($query) {

if ($query->is_feed) {

$query->set('post_type','any');

}

return $query;

}

add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');

}

ADJUST AMOUNT OF POSTS

if (is_feed()) {

function feedFilter($query) {
	if ($query->is_feed) {
		$query->set('posts_per_page','11');
	}
 
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');

}

if (is_feed()) {

function feedFilter($query) {

if ($query->is_feed) {

$query->set('posts_per_page','11');

}

return $query;

}

add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');

}

LIMIT BY CATEGORY

if (is_feed()) {
function feedFilter($query) {
	if ($query->is_feed) {
		$query->set('category_name', 'my-special-cat');
	}
 
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');
}

if (is_feed()) {

function feedFilter($query) {

if ($query->is_feed) {

$query->set('category_name', 'my-special-cat');

}

return $query;

}

add_filter('pre_get_posts','feedFilter');

}

Enjoy coding …

30. August 2017

GreenApe is breathing again

After some downtime, GreenApe is breathing again. I revived the brand with a good friend of mine and we will be reopening shop options shortly.

Michael and I have been friends for a long time. We have been working on many different projects over the years.

He launched GreenApe in 2011 and I helped him with his first steps. A couple of months ago we decided to merge our competences and expand what GreenApe offers and stands for.

From the website: “The GreenApe brand was established in 2011. GreenApe’s career began with the 1st Single Malt Whisky Coffee.

As the first of its kind, our coffee is refined with Original Single Malt Whisky. To this day, he pampers many connoisseurs and gourmets with his unique taste. Now there is another reason to rejoice.

From now on, we are continuously expanding the GreenApe product world with several stylish gadgets and useful accessories. For you this means that you will be able to discover even more beautiful, special or practical things in the future.“

GreenApe is all about lifestyle & leisure products, fun gadgets and unique food & drinks.

14. May 2017

Secure BCrypt hashed passwords for WordPress

“wp-password-bcrypt is a WordPress plugin to replace WP’s outdated and insecure MD5-based password hashing with the modern and secure bcrypt.”

GitHub

10. January 2017

Paw – essential HTTP client to test your APIs

Paw is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test the APIs you build or consume. It has a beautiful native OS X interface to compose requests, inspect server responses and generate client code out-of-the-box.

This is one of my go-to tools, when test-driving my API endpoints.

Paw for Mac

20. November 2016

Gravity Forms PHP Trait to send notifications and execute hooks on demand

When performing tasks using the Gravity Forms API, handling notifications and hook execution on demand is something that becomes really handy.

<?php

trait GravityForm{
	
	
	function GravityForm_send_notifications($form_id, $entry_id){

	  // Get the array info for our forms and entries
	  // that we need to send notifications for
  
	  $form 	= RGFormsModel::get_form_meta($form_id);
	  $entry 	= RGFormsModel::get_lead($entry_id);
  
	  // Loop through all the notifications for the
	  // form so we know which ones to send
  
	  $notification_ids = array();
  
	  foreach($form['notifications'] as $id => $info){
  
		  array_push($notification_ids, $id);
  
	  }
  
	  // Send the notifications
  
	  GFCommon::send_notifications($notification_ids, $form, $entry);

	}
	
	function GravityForm_execute_hooks($form_id, $entry_id){
	
	
		$form 				= GFAPI::get_form( $form_id );
		$entry 				= GFAPI::get_entry( $entry_id );
		$registered_addons 	= GFAddOn::get_registered_addons( );
		
		foreach( $registered_addons as $reg){
			if(method_exists($reg, "get_instance")){
				
				$execute = $reg::get_instance();				
				
				foreach($registered_addons as $addon){					
					
					$execute->maybe_process_feed( $entry, $form);
				}
			}
		}
		
		return true;
	}
		
	
}

<?php

trait GravityForm{

function GravityForm_send_notifications($form_id, $entry_id){

// Get the array info for our forms and entries

// that we need to send notifications for

$form = RGFormsModel::get_form_meta($form_id);

$entry = RGFormsModel::get_lead($entry_id);

// Loop through all the notifications for the

// form so we know which ones to send

$notification_ids = array();

foreach($form['notifications'] as $id => $info){

array_push($notification_ids, $id);

}

// Send the notifications

GFCommon::send_notifications($notification_ids, $form, $entry);

}

function GravityForm_execute_hooks($form_id, $entry_id){

$form = GFAPI::get_form( $form_id );

$entry = GFAPI::get_entry( $entry_id );

$registered_addons = GFAddOn::get_registered_addons( );

foreach( $registered_addons as $reg){

if(method_exists($reg, "get_instance")){

$execute = $reg::get_instance();

foreach($registered_addons as $addon){

$execute->maybe_process_feed( $entry, $form);

}

return true;

}

Enjoy coding ….

17. November 2016

WP REST API rendered output & Visual Composer

Visual Composer shortcodes are normally not converted within the WordPress REST API rendered output.

This can be accomplished by calling WPBMap::addAllMappedShortcodes();

add_action( 'rest_api_init', function ()
{
   register_rest_field(
          'page',
          'content',
          array(
                 'get_callback'    => 'convert_do_shortcodes',
                 'update_callback' => null,
                 'schema'          => null,
          )
       );
});

function convert_do_shortcodes( $object, $field_name, $request )
{
   WPBMap::addAllMappedShortcodes(); // This does all the work

   global $post;
   $post = get_post ($object['id']);
   $output['rendered'] = apply_filters( 'the_content', $post->post_content );

   return $output;
}

add_action( 'rest_api_init', function ()

{

register_rest_field(

'page',

'content',

array(

'get_callback' => 'convert_do_shortcodes',

'update_callback' => null,

'schema' => null,

)

);

});

function convert_do_shortcodes( $object, $field_name, $request )

{

WPBMap::addAllMappedShortcodes(); // This does all the work

global $post;

$post = get_post ($object['id']);

$output['rendered'] = apply_filters( 'the_content', $post->post_content );

return $output;

}

12. August 2016

A sandbox for WordPress plugin updates … WP Safe Updates

WP Safe Updates allows users to test plugin updates in a sandbox before applying them on a live site.

The plugin tells WordPress to temporarily use a different database prefix and a different plugins directory while in the alternative sandbox.

WP Safe Updates

4. August 2016

WordPress Development with Varying Vagrant Vagrants

Varying Vagrant Vagrants is an open source Vagrant configuration focused on WordPress development. The primary goal of Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) is to provide an approachable development environment with a modern server configuration. VVV is ideal for developing themes and plugins.

GitHub

26. May 2016

Query Leads from Gravity Forms

“Gravity Forms for WordPress is a full featured contact form plugin that features a drag and drop interface, advanced notification routing, lead capture, conditional logic fields, multi-page forms, pricing calculations and the ability to create posts from external forms.”

There are multiple options how to handle the confirmation page. Gravity form allows you to send query parameters to the page it is redirecting to.

You can send all form information in the clear, via query variables, but that looks really messy. Its better to use something like this .. lead_id={entry_id} and query form information on the actual confirmation page.

GET THE LEAD

This will output the submitted form data as an array, with all fields linked by field id.

$lead_id = intval( $_GET['lead_id'] );
$lead = RGFormsModel::get_lead($lead_id);

1 2	$lead_id = intval( $_GET['lead_id'] ); $lead = RGFormsModel::get_lead($lead_id);

TRANSLATE FIELD IDS TO FIELD LABELS

When you are reusing the field data for your own purposes, its easier to deal with field names than with fields ids. So we get the form meta data

$form = RGFormsModel::get_form_meta( $lead['form_id'] );

foreach( $form['fields'] as $field ) {

 $values[$field['id']] = array(
        'id'    => $field['id'],
        'label' => $field['label'],
        'value' => $lead[ $field['id'] ],
 );
}

$form = RGFormsModel::get_form_meta( $lead['form_id'] );

foreach( $form['fields'] as $field ) {

$values[$field['id']] = array(

'id' => $field['id'],

'label' => $field['label'],

'value' => $lead[ $field['id'] ],

);

}

and extend the lead array.

foreach($lead as $key => $val){
 if(is_numeric($key)){
  $lead_key = str_replace(" ", "_", strtolower($values[$key]['label']));
  $lead[$lead_key] = $val;	
 }
}

foreach($lead as $key => $val){

if(is_numeric($key)){

$lead_key = str_replace(" ", "_", strtolower($values[$key]['label']));

$lead[$lead_key] = $val;

}

Before you needed to know the actual field id to get its value. Now you can use the generated lead key to get that value.

BEFORE

$field_key = 10;
echo $lead[$field_key];

1 2	$field_key = 10; echo $lead[$field_key];

AFTER

$field_key = "e-mail";
echo $lead[$field_key];

1 2	$field_key = "e-mail"; echo $lead[$field_key];

Much easier to reuse and remember :)