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Using Facebook Comments with Wordpress » Alpha Kilo Hotel — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:34:19 +0000

[...] that you could probably do this same thing with any WordPress theme, but you'd first have include a custom PHP file with this function inside [...]

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:48:13 +0000

Thanks Chris! It looks like both Content Filter and Shortcodes would do the trick.
Cheers.

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:36:55 +0000

Joel, to make your function run in the text (aka. the content), you'll need to use the content filter. When you use a filter, your function must return output rather than echoing it. Here's a reference page on the content filter in the WordPress codex.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:01:49 +0000

Chris, thanks for your guidance! I’m somewhat a WordPress newbie, but I’ve included my function in my plugin and it works when called from pages.php for example, but I’d really like to be able to call it from INSIDE the post/page, i.e. from the text area that the author types in. Any help you could provide would be very helpful!

By: Bhaskar

Bhaskar — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:57:53 +0000

Another way to achieve the same end result in wordpress is to create a separate folder named “mu-plugins” in the wp-content folder. (mu stands for Must use plugins and they need not even be activated like other plugins)

Include all functions in a “my-custom-functions.php” file inside this folder

This way you can do away with the need for including include_once (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/user-functions.php’);
code in the function.php

WordPress core functionailities draw up all functions listed in the mu-plugins folder

By: Marius Nielsen

Marius Nielsen — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:38:51 +0000

Hi, I’d like to try and get this to work, but for some reason it doesn’t. I started to use wordpress just this week, so everything is new to me.

I’ve got the user-functions.php file up and running with the example function. I’ve set the include_once in functions.php. But when I go to one of the blog posts perma link all I get is a blank page (except for the menu and header. Everything from where the blogpost should have been is gone.

I suspect the include line is incorrect for some reason, maybe it can’t get the TEMPLATEPATH? If so, how should I definde this myself?

By: Sumit

Sumit — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:06:53 +0000

hello, i wanted to show three latest posts on my home page is that any one can help me how i can achieve this.

By: Thanh Tung

Thanh Tung — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:58:32 +0000

Thanks for your soon reply !

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:35:22 +0000

Thanh, as it turns out, I don't offer support for WordPress themes besides Thesis anymore. But I do offer support for issues like this if you're a Thesis user (in the DIYthemes forums).

By: Thanh Tung

Thanh Tung — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:26:26 +0000

Hi @Pearson,
i want to add a new widget called “slidebar” on the right of single post, like a sidebar.
firstly, i created a php file call “slidebar.php”, and located it in the theme folder. Then i activated it as i have read this article by ” include_once (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/slidebar.php’);”.
finally, i placed the call function: “” –> Fatal error: Call to undefined function slidebar().
Can you help me to fix these mess ?