How to Stop Safari from Automatically Unzipping Downloaded ZIP Files

WordPress plugins are typically distributed in compressed ZIP file format. If you are using Safari on a Mac computer, you might notice that after clicking the download link, instead of receiving a .zip file, you get a folder. This can make it impossible to upload the plugin to your WordPress dashboard.

This issue occurs because Safari automatically unzips downloaded ZIP files. To resolve this, you can either use a different web browser, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, to download the plugin file, or you can configure Safari to stop automatically unzipping downloaded ZIP files.

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How to dynamically add or remove images and videos in a WordPress gallery using JavaScript

Product:

Wonder Gallery

Level:

Advanced

Tutorial:

You can use the Wonder Gallery plugin to easily create images and videos for your WordPress website. This tutorial will guide you on how to dynamically change the images and videos in the gallery using JavaScript.

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How to display single button WordPress audio players and text in one line

Product:

Wonder Audio Player

Tutorial:

You can use the Wonder Audio Player plugin to create a single button WordPress Audio Player, and you may want to display the audio player and text in one line.

This seems like an easy task, but in fact, it's quite difficult. The reason is that text is normally added to the webpage as a paragraph <P></P>, whereas the audio players are rendered as DIV blocks <DIV></DIV>, and a paragraph cannot contain block-level elements. If you simply add them to one line, they will break into multiple lines on the front page.
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How to embed a PDF file hosted on Google Drive in a WordPress page or post

This tutorial will guide you how to embed a PDF file hosted on Google Drive in a WordPress page or post.

We will also show you how to open the PDF file in a WordPress lightbox using the plugin Wonder Lightbox.

There are three steps in the tutorial:

  • Step 1 - Share on Google Drive and copy the link
  • Step 2 - Change the format of the Google Drive link
  • Step 3 - Embed the PDF to a WordPress page or post using an iframe
  • Optional - Open the PDF file in a WordPress lightbox

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How to create a WordPress post grid gallery and add a post category filter?

Product:

Wonder Grid Gallery

Tutorial:

This tutorial will guide you how to create a WordPress post grid gallery using the Wonder Grid Gallery plugin and add a post category filter.

There are three steps in this tutorial:

  • Step 1 - Create a WordPress grid gallery and define the gallery categories
  • Step 2 - Add WordPress posts to the gallery and assign the category
  • Step 3 - Enable category filter of the gallery

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