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Center Search Widget

Here’s how to center the Search widget in a WordPress Page or a post. This applies only if you’re using the default Search Widget. Div classes may vary based on theme being used. The CSS example below may not work for your theme. Check your theme’s source code to be sure.

.entry-content .wp-block-search {
  display:block;
  margin-left:auto;
  margin-right:auto;
  text-align: center;
}
.entry-content .wp-block-search label {
  display:none;
}
.entry-content .wp-block-search input {
  width:250px;
}

The CSS above centers the search block. It suppresses the search label, and finally sets the form’s input to a fixed width of 250px.

Revolution Theme

I’m now using the Revolution theme from StudioPress. It’s a minimal design with lots of whitespace. The default font is Playfair Display which highlights headlines and blockquotes. The Playfair Display is available from Google Fonts if you’re interested. I think it’s a perfect theme for a photography blog. Although the theme seems to invite you to write more, something I haven’t been doing lately. And before I sign off, let’s take a look at what a blockquote looks like. Not bad at all. A beautiful theme.

It’s a minimal design with lots of whitespace.

By Studiopress

Genesis Footer

Here’s how to display Copyright years in the footer section if you’re using the Genesis theme.

[footer_copyright first="2002"]

Result:

Copyright © 2002–2020

The current year is dynamic. It will display 2021 a year from now. The first year is always fixed.

WordPress Posts Revision

How to turn on post revisions in WordPress. Edit wp-config.php.

/** WordPress Revisions */
define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

Change to:

/** WordPress Revisions */
define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 10);

10 is the number of revisions you want to keep.

PHP Modules

Here are some missing PHP modules on my WordPress install. 

apt install php-gd php-dom php-mbstring php-imagick php-zip

Reboot Apache after the install.

systemctl restart apache2

WordPress Salt

Here’s a quick way to autogenerate salt for WordPress.

curl -s https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/