I know a lot of us come across various code snippets while searching for a solution to a given problem pertaining to WordPress.
More often than not, you will be told to include the code snippet in your theme’s functions.php file.
This practice has its shortcoming – the code snippet disappears after a theme is updated.
Rather than adding code to theme’s functions.php, a site specific or custom functionality plugin is better.
All code hacks and snippets used by my WordPress blog are all in a dummy plugin named Hacks and Code.
Creating a dummy plugin
Follow the steps below to learn how dummy plugins are created taking my Hacks and Code plugin as an example.
- In WordPress plugin folder (/wp-content/plugins), create a PHP file name my-hacks-code.php.
- Add a plugin header as follows
<?php /* Plugin Name: Hacks and Code Plugin URI: https://w3guy.com Description: WordPress code snippet den Author: Collizo4sky Author URI: https://w3guy.com/about/ */
- Dump the code snippet and save.
- Go to your WordPress dashboard and activate the plugin.
When next you have a WordPress code snippet, dump it to the site specific plugin.