That caused my WordPress plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter to fail. Some googling suggests php-7.3 switched to pcre2, which is more restrictive in terms of escaping special characters.
Tag: wordpress
WordPress plugin – do you know what they do?
During the course of learning how to write a plugin, I realize it is very easy for a plugin to access information inside WordPress. A plugin has unrestricted access. Here is a quick demo about what can be done.
Writing a wordpress plugin to filter comments
I’m completely new to wordpress plugin development. I want to write a plugin to delete comments I don’t want based on a keyword list. Update: WordPress already comes with this feature under Comment Moderation The code The code isn’t complex. It first use the preprocess_comment hook to check the comment content. If it contains hyperlinks,…
google reCAPTCHA
Google likes to reinvent, against what Einstein once said – simple but not simpler. It’s certainly not simpler on the backend but a pleasure for users. Plugins for WordPress are available, why not give it a spin! reCAPTCHA – https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html WordPress plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-recaptcha