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There are a myriad of different ways to block internet traffic to your website from foreign countries.  Most of them cause a strain on your server by comparing each visitor’s ip address with a list of ip address ranges inserted in your htaccess file. There are also country traffic blocking services that are not free…

Sometimes you want to be able to add a login form anywhere on your WordPress website. You can add the following code to your child theme’s functions.php file. add_shortcode( ‘djs-login-form’, ‘djs_login_form_shortcode’ ); /* Use this shortcode to display a login form anywhere – [djs-login-form redirect=”http://yoursite.com/somewhere”] */ function djs_login_form_shortcode( $atts, $content = null ) { $defaults…

To move or redirect your WordPress site to run completely using HTTPS, insert the following code into your .htaccess file: # First rewrite to HTTPS: # Don’t put www. here. If it is already there it will be included, if not # the subsequent rule will catch it. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] # Now, rewrite…

WooCommerce does not provide a woocommerce image gallery shortcode to be used in Beaver Builder Themer or other page builders. But sometimes you want to develop a different WooCommerce template that places the featured image gallery in a different location than the default. You can add the following code to your child theme’s functions.php file.…

If your multisite network is redirecting to www.example.com/wp-signup.php?new=example.com then your site is most likely interpreting www. to be a new site on your network. You’ll need to add some corrective instruction to your .htaccess file. Note: For subdomains, each subdomain will need its own redirect instructions. # DOMAIN #1 – Force www RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain1.com…

In order to move Woocommerce related products into a tab, place the following code snippet in your child theme’s functions.php file: // Remove standard Related Products section remove_action( ‘woocommerce_after_single_product_summary’, ‘woocommerce_output_related_products’, 20 ); /** * Add Tab * * Set the priority to position the tab * Default is 25, this adds the tab between additional…

Steps to changing the core domain of a WordPress multisite network: 1. Load and run Interconnect’s “Search and Replace” (DATABASE SEARCH AND REPLACE SCRIPT IN PHP, NOT THE PLUGIN) replacing the old domain with the new. It will change the following tables… wp_options: options named “siteurl” and “home” wp_site wp_sitemeta: the option named “siteurl” wp_blogs:…

While creating a Woocommerce product you can indicate whether or not the product is taxable using the Tax Status and Tax Class fields. But if you’ve enabled Shipping Tax in Woocommerce settings, then wholesale customers will still see a shipping tax. My solution: add a Woocommerce role based tax exempt filter to the child theme. It…

Protectionism is bad for the economy as was demonstrated in the late 1920’s early 1930’s. Import taxes or any other special interest subsidies artificially inflate prices and ultimately reduce the quality of life for everyone except the benefactors of the subsidy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 9 million US workers in…