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May 26, 2025 WordPress

Why my Site Redirected to wpenginepowered.com after Moving to Kinsta and How I Fixed It?

If you’ve recently migrated your WordPress site to Kinsta and it mysteriously starts redirecting to yourdomain.wpenginepowered.com, you’re not alone — and you’re not hacked. In my case, after moving yourdomain.com from WP Engine to Kinsta, I ran into exactly this problem. Everything looked fine, but the redirect persisted. Here’s the full story and how to […]

Nov 27, 2023 WordPress

How to Remove Parent Slug From Child Page URL in WordPress

In WordPress, the URL structure for child pages typically includes the parent page’s slug in the URL. For example, if you have a parent page with the slug “parent” and a child page with the slug “child,” the URL for the child page would be something like: If you want to remove the parent slug […]

Drag and Drop Sortable Rows in WordPress using jQuery UI

Nov 25, 2023 WordPress

Drag and Drop Rows in WordPress Using jQuery

Introduction: As WordPress developers, we often find ourselves in situations where we need to create custom plugins to cater to the unique requirements of our clients. Recently, I encountered a challenge while developing a WordPress plugin for a client who required a user-friendly way to manage data through sortable rows with drag-and-drop functionality. Surprisingly, the […]

Nov 23, 2023 WordPress

Creating a Custom RankMath Sitemap with Pagination: Enhancing SEO and User Experience

Creating a custom sitemap with pagination for Rank Math SEO plugin is a powerful feature for SEO optimization. With a custom sitemap, you can control how your content is organized and indexed by search engines. In this article, we will explore how to create a custom sitemap using Rank Math SEO and add pagination to […]

Jan 11, 2023 WordPress

How to Make Images Retina-Ready for your WordPress Theme without any plugin?

Let’s first understand why its important for your website to retina-ready nowadays. With the rise of very high density “super retina” displays in the newest high-end devices, capping image fidelity to 2x leads to a big improvement in terms of rendering speed, and no perceivable quality loss for your users. So the first thing we […]

Jan 06, 2023 WordPress

How to Lazy Load images in WordPress without Plugin?

Lazy-load is a way to prevent images from loading before scroll. There are many plugins that help you with this, some themes even have a built-in lazy-load function. Here I will show you that it’s not hard to implement it yourself. Step 1: Replace SRC Attribute When an image has src attribute, it will always load no […]

Jan 01, 2023 WordPress

How to Create WordPress Meta Boxes?

What are Meta Boxes Exactly? Meta boxes are UI blocks in WordPress admin that allow you to manage post metadata. Okay, what is metadata? Every type of content in WordPress like posts, terms, users and comments has its own table in WordPress database, wp_posts, wp_terms, wp_users and wp_comments accordingly. Those tables are intended to store […]

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Laravel

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Jan 10, 2025 Laravel

How to implement Database Notifications in Laravel FilamentPHP V3?

In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through setting up database notifications using Filament in your Laravel application. We’ll cover how to send notifications and configure real-time updates. Step 1: Install Notifications Require the Notifications package using Composer: Run the following command to install the Notifications package assets: Step 2: Implement Notification Use the Filament\Notifications\Notification class to create […]

Jan 08, 2025 Laravel

How to Add User Profile Picture in Laravel FilamentPHP V3?

I was working on a project in Laravel using FilamentPHP v3 and decided to write this article to share how simple it is to add a user profile picture feature and display it as an avatar. Let’s dive in! 1. Add/Update Profile picture option: Step 1: Update Your Database First, we need to add a […]

Aug 27, 2024 Laravel

How to Add and Use env() Variables to the Laravel Configuration?

While working on a Laravel app, I ran into an annoying problem that I’m sure many of you have faced. I had created a few custom variables in my .env file and was using them throughout my app with the env('VARIABLE_NAME') function. It was working fine until I made some changes to the app. Suddenly, […]

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WooCommerce

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Jan 16, 2023 WooCommerce

How to count cart items in WooCommerce programmatically?

There are two ways to count cart items depending on what you want to achieve: Sometimes you may need to call global $woocommerce variable: Have fun coding!

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Events

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WORDPRESS WORDCAMP LAHORE 2023 | UCP LAHORE

Dec 10, 2023 Events

A Heartfelt Thanks to WordCamp Lahore 2023 Organizers, Speakers, and Sponsors

WordCamp Lahore 2023, hosted at the University of Central Punjab, was a remarkable convergence of WordPress enthusiasts, developers, and professionals. As an attendee representing Webzeto, a leading WordPress development software house in Lahore and a proud gold sponsor of the event, I am compelled to express my gratitude to the organizers, speakers, and sponsors who […]

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JavaScript

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Splide JS Product Thumbnail Slider/Carousel on hover or mouseenter event

May 07, 2024 JavaScript

How to create image slider with thumbnail?

Are you looking to enhance your product gallery with a sleek and interactive slider? Look no further! In this tutorial, I’m going to use Splide JS Slider/Carousel that offers a dynamic way to showcase your products. Extra: I’ll also show you how you can automatically highlight the active slide when you hover over its thumbnail. […]

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