Customization
Why URL Control Matters Controlling URLs is crucial for any WordPress website. Custom rewrite rules allow site owners granular control over URLs to improve user experience, aid search engine optimization, and customize site behavior. Improves User Experience Clean, descriptive, and consistent URLs positively impact user experience. Rewrite rules can create human-readable URLs that clearly communicate…
Why You Need Custom Archives Creating custom post type archives in WordPress allows you to better organize content that utilizes custom post types. By registering an archive, you enable control over how those custom posts are displayed and can improve site navigation. Better Organization for Custom Post Types WordPress comes with built-in archives for posts…
What are Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Fields WordPress allows users to extend and customize its content management capabilities through the registration of custom post types, taxonomies, and fields. At a high level: Custom post types – Enable creating custom content types beyond the built-in post and page. Examples are products, services, testimonials etc. Custom…
Overview of Template Files Template files in WordPress allow developers to customize the layout, design and functionality of WordPress sites and pages. They control how the various site components like headers, sidebars, footers, content areas and more are structured and displayed to site visitors. The main template files used in WordPress include: Page template files…
The Problem: Restricted Content Display Options The default WordPress loop allows you to display post and page content easily, but custom post types require additional code to output their content outside of standard templates and queries. This poses a problem for developers and site builders aiming to incorporate non-standard content, like custom post types, across…
Why Exclude Tags? Excluding specific tags from the main WordPress query can provide multiple benefits for a WordPress site including improved performance, reader experience, and more. There are two core reasons site owners may want to exclude tags from queries: Improve site performance by reducing unnecessary queries Focus reader attention on more relevant content Excluding…
Understanding the Main Query The main WordPress query is the default query that runs on every page load to retrieve the posts to display based on the URL and context. The purpose of the main query is to get the primary post content for the current page from the database and set up the loop…
Creating Custom WordPress Widgets WordPress widgets allow you to extend the functionality of your site by creating reusable components that can be placed in widgetized areas. There are many reasons you may want to build a custom widget: Extend functionality – Create widgets to add specific features not available in default widgets, like custom post…
Understanding Custom Post Types Defining Custom Post Types A custom post type in WordPress allows you to create a new type of content that acts like the built-in posts and pages but with its own separate database table, admin menu, and custom labels and functionality. Custom post types provide an extensible framework for managing diverse…
The Problem of Overly Complex Taxonomies As a WordPress site grows over time, it is common for the number and complexity of custom taxonomies to increase. Many sites start with just the default category and tag taxonomy, but as new types of content get added, additional custom taxonomies like “product_type”, “news_source”, or “book_genre” often get…
