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Passing variables to templates (alternatives to globalizing variables)

I want to make my WP code simpler (there’s some mess within header.php, page.php etc.). So, for example, I want to set something ...

May 11, 2022
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How to set global variable in functions.php

I want to be able to echo the URL of the featured image of a post and after looking some on the web ...

May 11, 2022
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Accessing $post global on a custom post type archive page

I have a custom post type called projects, and its archive is at /projects, on the archive page I get notices Notice: Trying ...

May 10, 2022
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query_posts() in function makes global $wp_query out of sync?

This has me stumped for a while already. Either I am missing something very obvious or something very not obvious. I am also ...

May 8, 2022
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Using global $post v/s $GLOBALS[‘post’]

It’s probably more of a PHP question, but I would like to know if there are any differences in using global $post; echo ...

May 8, 2022
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Filtered query_vars becomes global. Why does this work?

For some reason that’s not quite clear, when I add custom query_vars, they become available everywhere without the need of an accessor like ...

May 7, 2022
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Registering AJAX callback function that is part of a class without instantiating the class in function.php

I’m not even sure if this is possible. But nevertheless I thought of asking. I’m in habit of wrapping/grouping AJAX calls for a ...

May 7, 2022
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Create a global variable for use in all templates

I used following code function userinfo_global() { global $users_info; wp_get_current_user(); } add_action( 'init', 'userinfo_global' ); in a file users.php , this file are ...

May 6, 2022
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Why declare $post globally?

I’m new to WordPress development and am seeing examples everywhere that have a line to declare the $post variable explicitly via: global $post; ...

May 5, 2022
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How to deal with global information without creating a Singleton class

I am trying to walk away from the Singleton pattern when it comes to develop plugins for WordPress. Why? Because I have been ...

May 4, 2022
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