mark l chaves

Hi @twd,

I recommend you run the code yourself so learn what it’s doing. You can also Duck Duck Go or Google var_dump function.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php

var_dump is useful for testing and debugging! So, it’s necessary for testing and proofing.

Once you prove the code works, you can remove the var_dump call. You should really be testing all this code yourself as proof.

Thanks!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by mark l chaves. Reason: Clarification

Hi @twd,

Give something like this a try.

define('ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE', 'something');

$classes[] = defined('ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE') ? ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE : false; 
var_dump($classes); // Dumps 'something'

// define('ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE', 'something');

$classes[] = defined('ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE') ? ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE : false; 
var_dump($classes); // Dumps false

Hi @tu586,

The easiest way to find out what theme your site is on if you have wp-admin access is Appearance > Themes.

If you don’t have access, bring up the site in a Firefox or Chrome > Right Click > View Source > Search for “themes/”.

I think you are on something called anco. Which I don’t see in the themes directory. That should throw up some flags for you.

BTW, if you hang around long enough, you’ll notice that finger-pointing between WordPress, themes, and plugins is very common. It’s best if you hire a developer or learn how to code yourself to figure out what’s really going on.

Good luck!

Hi,

Ya, you can probably run a filter if you want to remove dates. Or, whip-up CSS like you’ve tried. Let’s see what the moderators say–if they have a great hook for that. This is WordPress. You can filter just about anything. 😉

But, I think your bigger issue is Yoast. It’s setting your dateModified and datePublished meta just like a good little SEO plugin should do.

<script
  type="application/ld+json"
  class="yoast-schema-graph yoast-schema-graph--main"
>
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
      {
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "@id": "https://testfellow.com/#website",
        "url": "https://testfellow.com/",
        "name": "testfellow",
        "inLanguage": "en-US",
        "description": "Online MCQs Test Preparation for Competitive Exams",
        "potentialAction": [
          {
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": "https://testfellow.com/?s={search_term_string}",
            "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "@type": "WebPage",
        "@id": "https://testfellow.com/#webpage",
        "url": "https://testfellow.com/",
        "name": "Online MCQs Test Preparation for Competitive Exams like NTS,PPSC",
        "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://testfellow.com/#website" },
        "inLanguage": "en-US",
        "datePublished": "2018-10-13T11:20:13+00:00",
        "dateModified": "2020-03-25T13:34:13+00:00",
        "description": "testfellow.com is an online quiz website which contains solved MCQs questions for the preparation of competitive exams, or Jobs Test like NTS, PPSC, FPSC",
        "potentialAction": [
          { "@type": "ReadAction", "target": ["https://testfellow.com/"] }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
</script>
<!-- / Yoast SEO plugin. -->

Maybe turn Yoast off and remove all visible dates from all your posts? I think Googlebot is pretty smart. If it smells like a blog, it’s going to look for a date.

https://searchengineland.com/google-explains-how-dates-within-search-results-snippets-work-313742

Good luck!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by mark l chaves. Reason: Reformatted code snippet

Hi @surbhishringi,

Your page size is about 3.4 MB. Mainly due to your images. This is the common culprit. Try to get the page size down to 1 MB or less.

You can start by optimising your images and using a WebP service.

I cover WordPress performance in more detail on Quora for another theme. But, you can look at the items that aren’t theme-specific.

Good luck!

Oh. And, I agree with @fierevere. Your page has a lot of bloat. Most likely from plugins. Your DOM is much larger than average (2,866) and your block rendering scripts are high (14.2s). I would address these after you optimise your images.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by mark l chaves.

Hi @tu586,

@fierevere’s answer is correct. You can override the default social preview image (e.g. WordPress feature image) with Yoast Premium.

Then, you can remove your feature image. Or, keep your feature image but disable it from displaying on your page depending on your theme.

If you don’t want to use Yoast Premium, you can write the OG markup yourself. Then inject the markup yourself using your theme (if supported) or an insert header/footer plugin.

Good luck!

Hi @chcw,

Instead, maybe try

&copy; <script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script> XYZ

for the current year.

This is what I usually do for my client sites. Live demo on CodePen just above the footer bar.

Hi @rozard,

Agreed. Web dev can get complicated.

You never said what pagebuilder you’re using. If you are using Gutenberg, try using its columns block.

Read more here

https://wptavern.com/coblocks-adds-row-and-columns-page-building-blocks-for-gutenberg

Or, hire a web developer. 😉

Good luck!