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<?php
function pts_news_add() {
	wp_add_dashboard_widget('pts_news_list', 'Poststat.us News', 'pts_news_list_build');

}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'pts_news_add');

function pts_news_list_build() {

	$rss = fetch_feed('http://poststat.us/feed/');

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<?php

/**
 * Helper to work with Wordpress admin notices
 *
 * @example
 * Notice::success('All is good!');
 *
 * @example
 * Notice::warning('Do something please.', true);

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<?php
add_filter( 'rest_prepare_post', __NAMESPACE__ . '\add_featured_image_data_to_rest', 70, 3 );

/**
 * Format the possible featured image metadata in the REST API response.
 *
 * @param  WP_REST_Response $response  The response object.
 * @param  WP_Post          $item      The original post object.
 * @param  WP_REST_Request  $request   The request used to generate the response.
 *

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<?php

/**
 * handle the calculation
 * @param  integer $seconds [description]
 * @return [type]           [description]
 */
function rkv_calc_read_time( $seconds = 0 ) {

	// calc the minutes

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# custom login link
RewriteRule ^login$ http://localhost/whitelabel/wp-login.php [NC,L]

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<?php
function confirm_css_unit( $string ) {

	// First check for a null or allowed strings.
	if ( empty( $string ) || null === $string || in_array( $string, [ 'auto', 'fit-content', 'inherit' ] ) ) {
		return $string;
	}

	// Pull out the numerical portion.
	$value = preg_replace( '~\D~', '', $string );

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// **************************************************************
//  password validation
// **************************************************************
function checkPassword(pass) {

    var numbers = pass.match(/\d+/g);
    var uppers  = pass.match(/[A-Z]/);
    var lowers  = pass.match(/[a-z]/);
    var special = pass.match(/[!@#$%\^&*\+]/);

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http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg

The first one in the list is a full size image and others are thumbnail images. The default thumbnail image (ie. one of 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg) is:

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/default.jpg

For the high quality version of the thumbnail use a url similar to this:

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<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Norcross Debug Functions
Plugin URI: https://gist.github.com/norcross/7864205/
Description: A set of functions I use on all sites while building
Author: Andrew Norcross
Version: 0.0.1
Requires at least: 3.0
Author URI: http://andrewnorcross.com
*/

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<?php

$countries = array(
	'Afghanistan',
	'Albania',
	'Algeria',
	'American Samoa',
	'Andorra',
	'Angola',
	'Anguilla',