Josh Moore, Author at Geektactics

Wordpress

How to Filter Spammy Words and Stop Notifications Sending When Using Gravity Forms

Josh MooreMay 25, 2015June 14, 2024

I was editing the contact form on one of my client's sites today, and was horrified to see the amount of spammy messages coming through their Gravity Forms contact form....

Web Development Wordpress

Changing the default Demo Store Notice in Woocommerce

Josh MooreMay 5, 2015June 14, 2024

Woocommerce has "store notice" functionality built in, which enables you to post a message that displays on every page throughout the site. Most themes display this message at the very top...

Wordpress

Why update_user_meta doesn’t work with display_name in WordPress and how to use pre_user_display_name instead

Josh MooreApril 16, 2015June 14, 2024

Wordpress is powerful ... but occasionally you'll hit a problem where you hunt for hours online trying to find a solution. You may find plenty of other people searching for the some thing...

Wordpress

Clearing All Filters in WooCommerce Layered Navigation

Josh MooreApril 7, 2015June 14, 2024

WooCommerce Layered Navigation is great for giving your online store visitors easy to use filters. I added the "Active Filters" widget to my sidebar so that users could easily see...

Functionailty

Troubleshooting YouTube Embed Links in WordPress

Josh MooreSeptember 8, 2014June 14, 2024

When embedding YouTube videos in Wordpress, sometimes only the link will appear. This occurs when the video has been copied from another webpage and already has formatting applied. When looking at...

Wordpress

How to Change the Author on a WordPress Post

Josh MooreAugust 20, 2014June 14, 2024

This video shows you how to quickly change the Author on a Wordpress post. Note - you must have "Editor" or "Administrator" rights to be able to change the author...

Wordpress

Custom Cropping of Thumbnails with the Canvas WordPress Theme from Woothemes

Josh MooreAugust 11, 2014June 14, 2024

Canvas is a powerful and flexible Wordpress theme, from Woothemes. However the way it dynamically creates it's own thumbnails can cause problems. 95% of the time the auto-cropping is fine....

Web Development

The Easiest Way To Test Your Website In Internet Explorer 5, 7, 8 and 9

Josh MooreMarch 8, 2014June 14, 2024

When launching a new website it is essential to test it in across multiple browsers. Unfortunately this also includes testing it on older versions Internet Explorer. Is it really necessary?...

Web Development

Strange Bug with the Facebook Likebox Plugin

Josh MooreFebruary 24, 2014June 14, 2024

If you have a website and a Facebook page, it makes sense to link the two together. Facebook makes this very easy with their popular Facebook Like Box. But there's...