
Snippets can be exported for transfer to another site, either in JSON for later importing by the Code Snippets plugin, or in PHP for creating your own plugin or theme.Ĭomprehensive Code Snippets tutorial with practical examples by Ferdy Korpershoek The snippet editor includes fields for a name, a visual editor-enabled description, tags to allow you to categorize snippets, and a full-featured code editor.

Snippets can be activated and deactivated, just like plugins. Quick overview of Code Snippets by Imran SiddiqĬode Snippets provides graphical interface, similar to the Plugins menu, for managing snippets. Most snippet-hosting sites tell you to add snippet code to your active theme’s functions.php file, which can get rather long and messy after a while.Ĭode Snippets changes that by providing a GUI interface for adding snippets and actually running them on your site just as if they were in your theme’s functions.php file. It removes the need to add custom snippets to your theme’s functions.php file.Ĭode Snippets Pro is now available, with full CSS, JavaScript, Gutenberg and Elementor integrations.Ī snippet is a small chunk of PHP code that you can use to extend the functionality of a WordPress-powered website essentially a mini-plugin with less load on your site. Code Snippets is an easy, clean and simple way to run code snippets on your site.
