How To Use Code Snippets Without A Plugin In Wordpress

[@wplearninglab]

If you want to replace more plugins on your site with simple code, check out my plugin killer playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZfNfKZnm6h1pqs

[@NirajKumar-zc8ny]

Simply Awesome! Love your work. I've never seen such kind of tutorials on youtube.

[@NirajKumar-zc8ny]

What a great Work my dear friend. Good for developers and those who knows some coding!

[@felixrivera9298]

I love what you do! This one is very confusing. I will check out your post on the killer playlist, that should clear up my confusion. Thank you!

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Felix, Can you point to a specific part that is confusing? Any time code in the functions file is involved, things can get tricky. If you're not comfortable with code you can use plugins to add snippets to your site. With this tutorial series I'm not saying "never use plugins." I'm just saying "avoid them if you can" :)

[@jerrychan1471]

Fantastic tips, most fun I've had in years!

[@hefalump56]

Thanks Bjorn, this was exactly what I needed to help me position my javascript snippets without bloating the functions.php . I am guessing I would do something similar and call my PHP snippets instead filling the functions.php with them too?

[@wplearninglab]

Sweet, I'm happy I could help! If you don't have too many PHP snippets (less than 10) I would put them directly into the functions.php file. If you have lots you can call them from the functions.php file.

[@rabbits_moon]

Thank you! This really helped me get started.

[@miguel213]

This is a big one... Replacing the "plugin replacer" plugin. What else do you have under your sleeve, Bjorn? Love this series.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Miguel, haha, I never thought of it as "replacing the 'plugin replacer' plugin". I wish I was that witty! I have a few more gems coming down the pipeline, stay tuned!

[@neilcoelho]

I think it's easier to go in the WordPress dashboard Themes > Theme File Editor rather than going into the hosting website. This way it will be same for most people.

[@johnlyons7678]

Will this work with php files as well as javascript?

[@nickpage9138]

thankyou for this! I was wondering if there was a way to minimise the amount of plugins used, because a few guidelines i have read have recommended between 5 - 10 plugins to maximise site speed and load times. I realised these guidelines were extremely difficult to stick to. If the site was any more than a simple blog or company 'about us' website the amount of plugins just goes up and up ending up in the 20-30 plugins per site mark. I was debating whether to master (or try) to master PHP, but I'm thinking ill just learn what is needed... you have probably saved me a few years of learning and bashing my head against a hard surface repeatedly to numb the pain. Very grateful!

[@NoisyBoyMotoAdventures]

Is there a way i could addon some file converter to my site using the same method..Please make some video on it. Example. PDF to Word or some sort of it.

[@marknasri1201]

thanks for giving so much, god bless u

[@wplearninglab]

I do my best, thanks for watching Mark :)

[@bigdude6513]

Hi, will you be doing a tutorial on how to secure a wordpress site without a plugin cos i find that wordfence slows my sites down quite a lot in some cases. been thinking of moving to Ithemes Security. I think/know you can do some work in the .htaccess file that can improve security but not sure how to do it. Thanks

[@barsk76]

Where is the link Bjorn??

[@wplearninglab]

Great question! If I had a nickel for every time I forgot a link in a video description... Here it is: wplearninglab.com/add-snippets-to-wordpress-without-a-plugin/

[@barsk76]

@@wplearninglab Bjor thank you very much for the link. At your next episode; Can you show "how to implement google tag manager without plugin"? Thanks in advance.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Baris, I sure can. It'll be using the same functioncode as this video. The only difference is that GTM needs to be added in two parts.

[@barsk76]

@@wplearninglab Thank you Bjorn. We learned a lot from you. 👍👍

[@wplearninglab]

Awesome, I'm happy to hear it! Anytime you want a specific tutorial, let me know and I'll see if I can make it happen.

[@JimKernix]

Where is the link?

[@wplearninglab]

Great question! If I had a nickel for every time I forgot a link in a video description... Here it is: wplearninglab.com/add-snippets-to-wordpress-without-a-plugin/ Thanks for watching!

[@JimKernix]

@@wplearninglab thanks

[@marknasri1201]

thanks, great to the point.

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome Mark, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@Y.Bergamot]

is HTML the same as a snipping code?

[@b01lion79]

Thank you very much.

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome Zaki, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@abdullashafi580]

can I edit html ????

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Abdulla, which HTML do you want to edit and what do you want to do with it?

[@justsnappy5534]

He'll sir updraftplus backup restoration Images gone after backup restoration (updraft plus How to fix this problem sir.

[@wplearninglab]

Are you able to download the updraft plus back up file and open it on your computer? If the media files were successfully backed up then they should be in side that file.

[@justsnappy5534]

@@wplearninglab yes full backup completely

[@justsnappy5534]

He'll sir updraftplus backup restoration in new hosting server

[@miguel213]

I appreciate Bjorn's attempt to help, but this is something you might want to bring up to UpdraftPlus dedicated support (if you got the Pro version). There's more info here: wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/

[@b01lion79]

We need to kill plugins for speed wp, auto backup, Image Optimizer, Cache. Thank you.

[@wplearninglab]

I have videos planned for some component of all of those. As far as auto backup goes, if you have a solid hosting account, Siteground, they will make backups for you right in your hosting account. That'll save you a plugin :)

[@lunacyworks]

I agree with the over all thought, but I think your way is regression. These days we move away from directly modifying the function.php when possible. That is why the plugin Code Snipplets actually is a better way to do the same thing. So using 1 plugin enables you to avoid using and all the issues with child themes, and allows you to keep track of each code/snipplet.

[@husnimubarakmaidanwall1260]

Hello Dear

[@justsnappy5534]

Wordpress media image gone

[@wplearninglab]

Please see my response to your other comment?

[@mara_alexander]

Too many commercials too close together.

[@Signosis2007]

I feel this video is going backward. It seems smart to move away from child themes. Perhaps on high performance and sites that won't be updating child themes might be workable. Using snippets has allowed us to continue to do A/B testing with various themes and makes it easy to test each functionality between updates.

[@jakethorson6525]

wtf even are you doing