Comments on: How You Can Use WordPress Functions to Run a Smarter Blog

By: Marii

Marii — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:33:24 +0000

I am not very familiar with PHP but I did manage to understand important things from this article. Very good written, thank you.

By: Deepa Govind

Deepa Govind — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:21:56 +0000

Very simple, clean, and more focus on the logic of custom-functions (creating, including, and accessing them). Thanks a bunch

I have one doubt.
You mention :include_once (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/user-functions.php’);in the core function.php

I get it, both theme-function.php and theme-userfunction.php are placed in the same folder.

Now that i have a child-theme-folder (with style.css/header.php).. and i upload my userfunction.php to my child theme folder, how do i make the same call to call the custom-user functions?

include_once (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/user-functions.php’); ??
Coz, Templatepath, would then call the path of the parent theme

Looking forward to your response
PS: I am using NewsGrandTheme as parent theme

By: Robert Knapp

Robert Knapp — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:21:48 +0000

Very helpful Thank you.

By: Johann

Johann — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:06:02 +0000

Thank you. I was able to follow the instructions and make the day OK.

By: Frost

Frost — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:24:19 +0000

I wonder why did you even write this article. User-defined function is one of the most important when creating CMS or writing a WordPress theme framework or simple a theme.

You can’t go anywhere without using user-defined function.

By: Shah

Shah — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:04 +0000

Hi Chris, just wanna ask you … what if i have too many functions to add , my functions.php will be swarming with ‘crazy’ texts . How can i break it to multiple files like ‘functions.php’ , ‘functions-primary.php’ . i did try but got a bunch of php errors . Some hints would be appreciated . Thanks

By: Calvin

Calvin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:54:16 +0000

Great post! I’ve only just switched from Blogger to WordPress due to it’s better ability to handle mathematics symbols and equations. Tho not quite techie myself I think you’ve explained it quite well. Thanks a lot!

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By: Joel

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

In reply to Chris Pearson. 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

In reply to Joel. 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.