General settings in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the site title in WordPress.

Wordpress

update_option('blogname', [1]);

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Ablogname

Bsite_title

Cget_bloginfo()

D'My New Site'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a variable name instead of a string.

Forgetting quotes around the title.

The update_option function updates the site title by passing the new title as a string.

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medium

Complete the code to retrieve the WordPress timezone setting.

Wordpress

$timezone = get_option([1]);

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A'gmt_offset'

B'timezone_string'

C'time_format'

D'date_format'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'date_format' or 'time_format' instead of timezone option.

Forgetting quotes around the option name.

The timezone_string option holds the timezone setting in WordPress.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to update the admin email in WordPress.

Wordpress

update_option('admin_email', [1]);

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A'[e-mail]'

BadminEmail

Cget_admin_email()

Dadmin_email

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing a variable without quotes.

Using a function that does not exist.

The new email must be a string in quotes to update the admin email correctly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get and update the WordPress site description.

Wordpress

$desc = get_option([1]);
update_option([2], 'New description here');

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A'blogdescription'

B'site_description'

C'description'

D'blogname'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different option names for get and update.

Using 'description' or 'site_description' which are incorrect.

The option name for the site description is blogdescription. Use it to get and update the description.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a custom option and retrieve it in WordPress.

Wordpress

add_option([1], [2]);
$value = get_option([3]);

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A'custom_setting'

B'custom value'

D'default_value'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different option names for add and get.

Passing a variable instead of a string value.

Use the same option name custom_setting to add and get the option. The value is a string.