Custom Role Redirect

// Custom Role Redirect / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 function custom_role_dashboard() { // Replace ‘contractor’ with your actual custom role slug $restricted_role = ‘contractor’; if ( is_admin() && ! defined( ‘DOING_AJAX’ ) ) { $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); // Check if…Continue reading

Restrict Role Access

// Restrict Role Access / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 function restrict_role_access() { // Check if user is trying to access admin area if ( is_admin() && ! defined( ‘DOING_AJAX’ ) ) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); // Check for Subscriber or…Continue reading

Disable All Search

// Disable All Search / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 function disable_search_query( $query, $error = true ) { if ( is_search() && !is_admin() ) { $query->is_search = false; $query->query_vars[‘s’] = false; $query->query[‘s’] = false; if ( $error ) { $query->is_404 =…Continue reading

No Index Category

// No Index Category / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_filter(‘wp_robots’, ‘no_index_category’); function no_index_category(array $robots) { // Check if the current post has ‘members’ category if (is_single() && has_category(‘members’)) { $robots[‘noindex’] = true; } return $robots; }Continue reading

No Index Page

// No Index Page / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_filter( ‘wp_robots’, ‘no_index_page’ ); function no_index_page( $robots ) { if ( is_page() ) { $robots[‘noindex’] = true; } return $robots; }Continue reading

Auto Admin Logout

// Auto Admin Logout / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_filter( ‘auth_cookie_expiration’, ‘short_session_admin’, 10, 3 ); function short_session_admin( $expiration, $user_id, $remember ) { // Only apply the short timeout for administrators if ( user_can( $user_id, ‘manage_options’ ) ) { return 3600;…Continue reading

Sticky Tag Post

// Sticky Tag Post / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, function($query) { if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() && is_tag()) { $sticky_posts = get_option(‘sticky_posts’); if (!empty($sticky_posts)) { add_filter(‘posts_orderby’, function($orderby, $query) use ($sticky_posts) { if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() && is_tag()) { global $wpdb;…Continue reading