I was trying to create an infinite scroll in WordPress. All I wanted was to parse the next page url without making any changes to the code so that the code becomes interoperable with the pagination templates. To achieve that, instead of passing custom query parameters to the API, I decided to parse the next…
Author: Abhineet Mittal
Abhineet is IIM Alumnus and Founder of popular Digital Publishing Platform, Sahityapedia. He is a technology enthusiast by hobby & an avid reader.
MySQL Disk Size Issue
I was facing a strange issue on one of my servers. Storage was getting full even when I did not upload any extra files. Turned out it was a MySQL logging issue and got resolved only when I disabled logging. References: https://www.christophe-casalegno.com/mysql-how-to-purge-binary-logs-when-you-have-no-space-left-on-device/ https://www.alittleofboth.com/2020/04/droplet-out-of-disk-space/ https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/where-did-my-disc-space-go
JPG Image Compression
When you upload images to Facebook or Whatsapp, you must have noticed a reduction in size and quality of the image. Though the image looks fine on most devices, its size get reduced by over 95%. The reason is compression. It is recommended to compress the images before uploading them to your blog or website….
Why click event not working on SVG
I created a simple menu with SVG icons and to my surprise, clicking on the icon was not taking me to the linked url. It turned out that as SVGs are independent HTML objects, the target element is actually nested path. So, it does not match with the clicked element and thus click event listeners…
Add event listener on SVG element
I was facing problem while adding event listener to an svg element. Then I added event listeners to both svg and path tags, and it worked.
When my boss told me not to prepare for CAT
"Don’t prepare for CAT if you want to succeed here." Those were the words of the manager of my first project. I was a fresher B. Tech graduate in my first job and had joined my first project along with a few others. Our manager called us into his cabin for a casual introduction session….
Will electric cars ever succeed?
Many people think that electric cars cannot replace petrol cars due to high charging time and low battery capacity. Range anxiety is a big issue with electric cars today. This reminds me of the range anxiety of smartphone batteries we had just a few years ago. While traveling, we were always worried about whether our…
Startups going back to the old models
Life comes full circle! Big EdTech startups who created so much hype about online education are returning to the offline coaching center model. Similarly, we are returning to the auto-rickshaws from the golden days of on-demand app-based cab services. Raising and spending investors’ money may be necessary for fast-paced growth, but it is equally important…
Beauty of randomness in life
I do not mean to offend anyone but lately I have observed a peculiar trend in my LinkedIn feed. A lot of people are posting random stories about small instances from their daily life and trying to create analogies with something meaningful to bring out great learnings out of that. To be honest, sometimes these…
Reolved failed upload in WordPress post edit filter
When adding an upload form to the post edit screen in WordPress admin, I found the upload to fail. The $_FILES array was empty.The reason was that by default, WordPress post edit form does not send files data. To fix that, we need to add enctype attribute to the form.Here is the code to do…
How to customize PHP error message in WordPress
WordPress displays a default error message when it encounters a PHP error- There has been a critical error on this website. Learn more about troubleshooting WordPress. Now this message is subtle, but still reveals 2 things- Your website has some error Your website is built on WordPress Now second point is usually fine unless you…
How to change custom post permalink in WordPress
I have struggled with this issue for years. I tried different ways but they always felt like hacks and gave inconsistent results most of the time. I also tried a popular plugin which broke my site. Whenever you add a custom post type in WordPress through code, there is no way to select a permalink…
WordPress: Missing canonical tags on archive pages
WordPress keeps surprising me even after more than a decade since I started using it. Today I came to know that WordPress only generates canonical tags for singular pages (posts & pages). WordPress does not add canonical tags to archive pages including author page, post type archives, taxonomy archives etc. So, how to add canonical…
404 pages getting redirected to home
Today, I wasted major part of my day trying to figure out why my subfolder based WordPress multisite install is redirecting all 404 errors to the site’s home page. The problem turned out to be the constant “NOBLOGREDIRECT” which I defined in wp-config.php file. This constant ensures that in a multisite install, if anyone tries…
Resolved: TWA App not working fullscreen when downloaded from Play Store
To hide the address bar in a TWA app, you must have setup and asset links file on our server with valid SHA certificate fingerprint. Sometimes the app works fine when we test it by directly installing through apk, but address bar is shown when we download the app from play store. The reason for…
How to track if a web page is opened in TWA app
The Trusted Web Activity (TWA) in Chrome has made it so easy to package and publish any website as an app. But the problem arises when we want to track when your website was opened inside the TWA app. Usually we can easily do this in a webview app by appending a custom string to…
How to persist state through query string in url
In some cases when you do not have the option of cookies to manage state, query string can be a good option. In this article, I am going to use some Javascript to persist state through a query string in the url. The Javascript code is added to head section of html when the desired…
Experience vs Manager
Being a manager is a huge responsibility. Even if only one employee is reporting to you, you have the responsibility to mentor them, guide them, support them and be vigilant if they are facing any work-related issue. I have seen many brilliant employees whose talents simply got wasted just because they had an incompetent manager….
Rewrote Sahityapedia Android App in Flutter
Though I love coding, I am not a professional app developer. As an entrepreneur, I write code as means to an end. It saves cost which is essential for our bootstrapped startup. After delaying for quite some time, I finally rewrote the entire Sahityapedia app in Flutter (the latest app framework by Google). I wrote…
Modify page title tag in WordPress
To change page title tag in WordPress, use the pre_get_document_title filter. Most of the answers on web have mentioned the filter wp_title, but do not use it as wp_title function will be deprecated in future and wp_title hook will not work. At present, wp_title filter does not work when modifying the title tag.