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Last updated May 27th, 2019

The Loop

The Loop in Action (codex.wordpress.org)

Action Hooks

Enqueue Files

JS and CSS files should be loaded using the wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style() functions from the themes functions.php file.
Do not write link tags in the header.php template file. Enqueued files are pull-in with the wp_head() template function.
Enqueuing ensures proper loading and caching, and allows the use of conditional tags to target specific pages.
Including CSS and Javascript (developer.wordpress.org)
wp_enqueue_style() (developer.wordpress.org)
wp_enqueue_script() (developer.wordpress.org)

// wp-content/themes/{my_theme}/functions.php

function add_theme_scripts() {
    wp_enqueue_style('slider', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/slider.css', array(), '1.1', 'all');
    wp_enqueue_script('script', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/script.js', array('jquery'), 1.1, true);
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_theme_scripts');

Enqueue CSS Files

wp_enqueue_style($handle, $src, $deps, $ver, $media);

Parameter	Required	Description
`handle`	Yes	The name of the stylesheet. Should be unique.
`src`	Yes	The URL for the file.
`deps`	No	Refers to whether or not this stylesheet is dependent on another stylesheet. If this param is set, this stylesheet will not be loaded unless its dependent stylesheet is loaded first.
`ver`	No	An arbitrary version number.
`media`	No	Specify which type of media to load this stylesheet in, such as ‘all’, ‘screen’, ‘print’ or ‘handheld.’

Enqueue JS Files

wp_enqueue_script($handle, $src, $deps, $ver, $in_footer);

Parameter	Required	Description
`handle`	Yes	The name of the script. Should be unique.
`src`	Yes	Full URL of the script, or path of the script relative to the WordPress root directory.
`deps`	No	An array of registered script handles this script depends on.
`ver`	No	String specifying script version number, if it has one, which is added to the URL as a query string for cache busting purposes. If version is set to false, a version number is automatically added equal to current installed WordPress version. If set to null, no version is added.
`in_footer`	No	Whether to enqueue the script before instead of in the . Default ‘false’.

Prevent WP Auto Updates

Prevent automatic WordPress upgrades.
Config WP Updates (codex.wordpress.org)

# Disable all automatic WP updates.
define('AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true);

# Disable automatic WordPress plugin updates:
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );

# Disable automatic WordPress theme updates:
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );

add_filter( 'automatic_updater_disabled', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_translation', '__return_false' );

AJAX

Handling AJAX in WordPress

Debugging

Debug Mode

WordPress debugging mode displays PHP notices during development.
It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG in their development environments.
Debugging in WordPress (codex.wordpress.org)

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);