Author: Menaka Sankaralingam

code snippets php Front page Post lists pre_get_posts add_action() is_home() is_main_query()

Show random posts on front page

By default, the latest posts list on the front page gets displayed in reverse chronological order and that is what latest posts is. Can you customize it further? Can you display random posts on the front page? Add this small bit of code to your child theme’s functions.php and you […]

code snippets php Archives Titles tc_time_archive_header_content add_filter() apply_filters() get_the_date()

Change title of time-based archives

If you want to change the titles of daily,monthly or yearly archives, add this to your child theme’s functions.php and modify the archive titles to suit your needs. add_filter(‘tc_time_archive_header_content’,’my_time_archive_header_content’); function my_time_archive_header_content($content) { if ( is_day() || is_month() || is_year() ) { $archive_type = is_day() ? sprintf( __( ‘My Daily Archives: […]

code snippets php Post metas Titles __after_content_title __before_body __before_content_title add_action() is_single() remove_action()

Move Post Meta before Title

If you want to have the post metas of your single posts displayed before the title and not after the title, add this little bit of code to your child theme’s functions.php add_action (‘__before_body’ , ‘move_single_post_metas’); function move_single_post_metas() { //checks if we are displaying a single post. Returns false […]

code snippets php Excerpts Front page excerpt_more add_filter() get_permalink()

Replace … with “Read More” link or button

In the alternate thumbnails layout, the default display shows the excerpt with a […] at the end. The thumbnail and the title are linked to the post. If you want to add a “Read More” link or a “Read More” button, here is how your do it. To replace the […]

code snippets php Tagline tc_tagline_text add_filter()

Replace tagline with buttons

If you want the tagline to be replaced with a button similar to the demo site, all you have to do this place this code in your child theme’s functions.php and change to suit your needs. add_filter(‘tc_tagline_text’, ‘replace_tag_with_button’); function replace_tag_with_button($content){ /* Change link inside href=”” to suit your needs */ […]

code snippets php Slider Titles tc_slide_title add_filter() str_replace()

Change font size of specific words in Slider title

The slider of the Customizr theme is used to attract attention to certain important posts. What if you want to give emphasis to some words in the Slider title, for instance, ‘FREE‘? Can you enlarge specific words in the title? To achieve this effect, just paste this to your child […]

code snippets php Header Menu tc_sidenav_menu_button_view add_filter() str_replace()

Change the Menu label

The Hamburger Menu or the 3-bar Menu of the Customizr theme has the default label ‘Menu’ next to it. To change the default label to custom text, just paste this function into your child-theme’s functions.php file. /************************************************************************/ /* Change default menu label ‘Menu’ to ‘Custom Word’ /************************************************************************/ add_filter(‘tc_sidenav_menu_button_view’,’my_menu_label’); function […]