WordPress Cheat Sheet

WordPress

Cheat Sheet

Most common functions, commands,

and keyboard shortcuts to help you with

your WordPress theme development

journey.

WP-CLI

WordPress Themes Development

WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts

Table of Contents

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WP-CLI Cheat Sheet

Download WordPress

Generate wp-conﬁg.php ﬁle.

Install WordPress

Search plugin

Install plugin

List plugins

List installed themes

Search for new themes

WP-CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. You can update plugins, conﬁgure multisite

installations and much more, without using a web browser.

wp core download

wp core config --dbname=<dbname>

--dbuser=<dbuser> --dbpass=<dbpass>

--dbprefix=<dbprefix>

wp core install --url=”your_domain_name”

--title=”Your Blog Title” --admin_user=”admin”

--admin_password=”your_password”

--admin_email=”your_email”

wp plugin search yoast

wp plugin install pluginname

wp plugin list

wp theme list

wp theme search keyword

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Install theme

Activate theme

List posts

Edit post

Post update

Create posts

List WordPress users

Change WordPress post author

Optimize db

wp theme install bootstrap-four

wp theme activate bootstrap-four

wp post list

wp post edit 1

wp post update 1

--post_title=

”Your New title...”

wp post create

--post_status=publish

--post_title=”Second Post”

--edit

wp db cli

wp db query “SELECT user_login, ID FROM wp_users;”

wp post update 6 --post_author=1

wp db optimize

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Update WordPress

Update WordPress DB

Update all plugins

wp core update

wp core update-db

wp plugin update --all

WordPress Themes Development

Cheat Sheet

WordPress Theme Deﬁnition

Your theme’s information is stored in the theme’s main style.css ﬁle. The information is displayed

when you view your theme on Appearance > Themes or on WordPress’ theme repository (if it’s

submitted and approved).

Theme Name: Twenty Seventeen

Theme URI: https://WordPress.org/themes/twentyseventeen/ Author: the

WordPress team

Author URI: https://WordPress.org/

Description: Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with immersive

featured images and subtle animations. With a focus on business

sites, it features multiple sections on the front page as well as

widgets, navigation and social menus, a logo, and more. Personalize

its asymmetrical grid with a custom color scheme and showcase your

multimedia content with post formats. Our default theme for 2017 works

great in many languages, for any abilities, and on any device.

Version: 1.0

License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.

gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: twentyseventeen

Tags: one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-header,

accessibility-ready, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu,

custom-logo, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, post-

formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-

comments, translation-ready

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.

Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you’ve learned

with others.

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WordPress Template Files

Basic ﬁles every WordPress theme should have:

style.css

index.php

single.php

archive.php

searchform.php

search.php

404.php

comments.php

footer.php

header.php

sidebar.php

page.php

// Theme’s main stylesheet file

// Main template file

// Single post file.

// ..Used for to display single posts only

// Archive or Category template file

// Search form file

// Search results file

// 404 error page file.

// ..Will be displayed if no page can be found.

// Comments template file

// Footer content file

// Header content file

// Sidebar content file

// Single page file. Used for pages only.

WordPress Template Anatomy

header.php

The Loop

get_header();

wp_nav_menu();

//(registered in functions.php)

get_search_form();

index.php

home.php

archive.php

page.php

single.php

comments_template();

search.php

author.php

404.php

sidebar.php

get_sidebar()

footer.php

get_footer()

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Not Displayed

style.css

functions.php

comments.php

// Theme style

// Theme functions

// Comments template

WordPress Template Tags

Template tags are used within themes to retrieve content from your database. The content could

be anything from a blog title to a complete sidebar. Template tags are the preferred method to pull

content into your theme because: they can print dynamic content; they can be used in multiple

theme ﬁles; and they separate the theme into smaller, more understandable, sections.

the_content()

the_excerpt()

the_title()

the_permalink()

the_category(‘, ‘)

the_author()

the_ID()

edit_post_link()

next_post_link(‘%link’)

previous_post_link(‘%link’)

get_links_list()

wp_list_pages()

wp_get_archives()

wp_list_cats()

get_calendar()

wp_register()

wp_loginout()

Get post content

Get the post excerpt

Get the title of the post

Display post link

Display category of a post

Show post author

Display post ID

Show Edit link for a post

Display next page URL

Display previous page URL

Retrieve blogroll links

Retrieve all pages

Retrieve archive for the site

Retrieve all categories

Show the built-in WordPress calendar

Show register link

Displays login or logout links (for registered

users)

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Include Tags

Useful Header Functions

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php

get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php

get_footer(); ?>

<?php

comments_template(); ?>

site_url()

wp_title()

bloginfo(‘name’)

bloginfo(‘description’)

get_stylesheet_directory_uri()

bloginfo(‘atom_rul’)

bloginfo(‘rss2_url’)

Use these tags to include templates to your theme.

Includes header.php and display its content

Includes sidebar.php

Includes the footer.php

Load speciﬁc template for comments

Get WordPress site url

Get page title

Get blog name

Get blog description

Get stylesheet directory URI

Get Atom feed URL

RSS 2.0 URL

The Loop

The Loop is the default mechanism WordPress uses for outputting posts through a theme’s

template ﬁles.

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

// Display post content

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

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WordPress Menu and Sidebars

Default Navigation Menu

Speciﬁc Navigation Menu

Category Based Navigation

Page Based Navigation

<?php wp_nav_menu(); ?>

<?php wp_nav_menu( array(‘menu’ => My Navigation’ )); ?>

<li <?php if(is_home()) { ?> class=”current-cat” <?php } ?>>

</li>

<?php wp_list_categories(‘title_li=&orderby=id’);?>

</ul>

<li <?php if(is_home()) { ?> class=”current-cat” <?php } ?>>

</li>

<?php wp_list_categories(‘title_li=&orderby=id’);?>

</ul>

Registering New Sidebar

add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘theme_slug_widgets_init’ );

function theme_slug_widgets_init() {

register_sidebar( array(

‘name’ => ( ‘My Sidebar’, ‘theme-slug’ ),

‘id’ => ‘sidebar-1’,

‘description’ => ( ‘Description’, ‘theme-slug’ ),

‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,

‘after_widget’ => ‘</li>’,

‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=”widgettitle”>’,

‘after_title’ => ‘<h2>’,

));

}

Add the following code to your functions.php ﬁle to register a new sidebar.

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Windows/Linux: “Alt + Shift + Key”.

Mac: “Ctrl + Option (alt) + Key”. (WordPress 4.2 below use “Alt + Shift + Key”).

n Check Spelling (This requires a plugin.)

l Align Left

j Justify Text

c Align Center

d Strikethrough

r Align Right

o • List

a Insert link

o 1. List

s Remove link

q Quote

m Insert Image

w Distraction Free Writing mode

t Insert More Tag

p Insert Page Break tag

h Help

x Add/remove code tag

1 Heading 1

2 Heading 2

3 Heading 3

4 Heading 4

5 Heading 5

6 Heading 6

9 Address

WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt

+ +

Shift Key

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Windows and Linux: “Ctrl + Key”,

Mac: “Command + Key”.

Formatting Shortcuts while using visual editor.

c Copy

v Paste

a Select all

x Cut

z Undo

y Redo

b Bold

i Italic

u Underline

k Insert/edit link

* Start an unordered list

- Start an unordered list

1. Start an ordered list

1) Start an ordered list

## H2

### H3

#### H4

##### H5

###### H6

> Transform text into blockquote

--- Horizontal line

`..` Transform text into code block

Formatting Shortcuts

Ctrl Key

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