WordPress includes a lot of helper functions that can make your life as a developer much easier. One function in particular that I really love is add_query_arg(), which provides an extremely simply way to append query variables to any URL. Query vars, in case you’re not familiar with them, allow you to perform any number [...]
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A Better WordPress Excerpt by ID Function
One of the things I’d always disliked about the core get_the_excerpt() function in WordPress is that it does not allow you to retrieve an excerpt based on a post ID or object. This limitation means that this function is essentially useless in custom WordPress loops that do not have the global $post object set up. [...]
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