Gambit's WordPress Helper Functions

A collection of helper functions which we use in our various WordPress plugins and themes. Feel free to use them in your own.

Usage

Require it in your WordPress project:

require_once( 'gambit-helpers.php' );

Use it:

add_filter( 'the_content', 'do_something_only_in_the_content_not_in_excerpts' );

function do_something_only_in_the_content_not_in_excerpts( $content ) {
	if ( ! gambit_is_doing_excerpt() ) {
		$content .= 'I should only show up in post content and not excerpts.';
	}
	return $content;
}

Helper functions

Helper Function	Returns	Description
gambit_is_doing_excerpt()	boolean	Returns true if currently creating an excerpt. Useful while inside the_content filters.
gambit_get_all_post_types()	array	Gets all the post types currently registered. Returns an associative array of all post type slugs and post type names.
gambit_get_all_taxonomies()	array	Gets all the taxonomies currently in the site. Returns an associative array of all taxonomy ids and post type names.
gambit_get_all_terms_of_post_type($post_type)	array	Gets all the taxonomies associated with a post type. Returns an array of all taxonomy ids.
gambit_get_current_url()	string	Gets the current URL, regardless whether we are in a singular page or not.
gambit_abbreviate_number($value)	string	Abbreviates a number with a unit. E.g. Converts 1100 to 1.1K
gambit_hex_to_rgb($hex)	array	Converts a hex color #ffffff or #fff to rgb array(255,255,255)
gambit_hex_to_rgba($hex, $opacity=1.0)	string	Converts a hex color #ffffff or #fff and an opacity value 1.0 to an rgba string rgba(255,255,255,1.0)
gambit_get_ip()	string	Gets the current IP address of the visitor
gambit_is_spam($content)	boolean	Checks whether a given content is spam using Akismet's system. Returns true if Akismet tagged the given content as spam, false otherwise. Requires Akismet. If it isn't installed, this always returns false.
gambit_get_video_provider($video_string)	array	Gets the Video ID & Provider (whether YouTube or Vimeo) from a video URL or ID. Supports only YouTube and Vimeo. E.g. Converts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ to array('type'=>'youtube', 'id'=>'dQw4w9WgXcQ')