How to Track Google Ads Conversions with CAOS
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How to Track Google Ads Conversions with CAOS

Recently I received an inquiry on the support forum asking if it is possible to track Google Ads conversions with CAOS. It appears it is! Using CAOS’ integrated filters it is quite easy to modify the tracking code using a WordPress plugin. Let me show you how you can write your own mini plugin for…

How to integrate Google Optimize into CAOS
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How to integrate Google Optimize into CAOS

Recently I added possibilities for WordPress developers to modify CAOS’ tracking snippet using filters. Shortly afterwards I received an inquiry on the support forum asking if I could integrate Google Optimize in CAOS. Instead of continuously releasing updates, I figured I’d just explain, how you can write your own WordPress plugin, and integrate it into…

How to show only Visible/Active Products in Product Count
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How to show only Visible/Active Products in Product Count

Magento’s integrated function getProductCount() also counts invisible/inactive products. If your theme displays product counts next to each category (e.g. in the top menu or category blocks), this can be very confusing for your customer. If your category product count shows 10 products, but 6 are set to invisible. Your customer wil end up very disappointed…

Return total number of items in Cart
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Return total number of items in Cart

Sometimes you run into tiny idiosyncracies in Magento templates. It makes you question many things. Such as: why would a theme developer choose to only show the total amount of different types of products in the minicart.phtml? Today I’m showing you different ways to return the total amount of items in your customer’s shopping cart…

How to add Social Share Buttons to WordPress without Plugins
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How to add Social Share Buttons to WordPress without Plugins

There are plenty of plugins for WordPress that allow you to add social share buttons to your Posts and Pages. Usually, these plugins are bloated. They require a lot of CSS-overrides to make it fit with your theme’s design. Some even slow your site down, because they’re not coded well or are packed with a…

Redirect Simple Products to Configurable Parents with Options Preselected
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Redirect Simple Products to Configurable Parents with Options Preselected

Recently I met quite a challenge while building an extension for Magento. By default, the urls of simple child products whom belong to a configurable parent are answered with a 404. This behaviour can be easily overridden with a small extension. Our client wanted to take it a step further. Today we will build an…