Author: Tom (Page 103 of 432)

When it comes to working with the_content, it’s straightforward.

1. Set up a filter that’s hooked into the_content,
2. define a function that accepts the incoming post content,
3. make your changes,
4. return the modified content.

And most of the time, this is all that’s needed. But there are times in which you may want to do more advanced things.

For example, perhaps you’ll want to include content from an external template. Or maybe you’ll want to add attributes to images that you find in the post.

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When it comes to working with WordPress, the Codex does a good job of showing how to configure the application for debugging.

In short, you add the following to your wp-config.php:

// Enable WP_DEBUG mode
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

// Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

// Disable display of errors and warnings
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );

There’s more you can add, but this is the general idea as to what I find useful.

But why bother covering this?

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This is a really nuanced case but I thought it might be worth trying to generalize for a post for anyone who may be working with future events with Modern Tribe’s Events Calendar.

Say you’re setting up some recurring event and within the body of the event (or, more appropriately, the post_content) you want to say something like:

It’s been N-years since [this event] occurred.

The thing is, each subsequent event will obviously be one year greater than the one before it. So you can’t necessarily hardcode the value into the events without it being placed into the post content of every event.

So what’s one way to tackle this?
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