3
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Which action for triggering cron “wp”or “init”?

Which one do you recommend using within a plugin and why? add_action( 'wp', 'trigger_me' ); function trigger_me() { if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'my_plugin_cron' ) ) { ...
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40 views

Replace a word with a word in the URL string

I'm trying to replace a word on every page for example "Denver" with a word from a URL string, so I'll have like ?city=Atlanta in the URL. So I was thinking of using PHP's GET to just get the city ...
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1answer
24 views

Is there an action for save_menu and/or update_menu?

I want to "save" my menus into transients. I want to update those when there's been any changes to the menus via the admin custom menus. I've looked for an action but can't see to find anything. ...
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How to pass CLASS function with arguments to add_action? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Passing a parameter to filter and action functions This works: add_action('hook', array($this, 'someFunction')) These not: add_action('hook', array($this, ...
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2answers
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admin-ajax.php “ Missing argument 2” warning

I have the following code in functions.php <script type="text/javascript"> var post_id = "1055"; // hardcoded post id for testing purposes var type = "some_type"; var data = {action: ...
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1answer
199 views

Where is the best place to use add_filter

Should I use the function add_filter In my plugin's init action hook or just the in the main plugin script? Since sometimes I found people is using filter all over the place and if I put in the init ...
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2answers
61 views

How to count number of functions attached to an action hook?

I have some actions like this function simple_notification() { echo '<div>This is a notification</div>'; } add_action( 'site_notices', 'simple_notification' ); ...
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1answer
57 views

Call do_action class's function

There is the following do_action else do_action( 'example', $this->nothing()); Where nothing() does exactly what it sounds like. This logic is in a public function testFunction in a class ...
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1answer
127 views

frontend show edit profile with selected custom options

So I have many custom user profile fields. When I use do_action( 'show_user_profile', $profileuser ); hook it displays all custom user profile fields.. But I would like to show only certain fields. ...
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2answers
330 views

Check if action hook exists before adding actions to it

I am trying to add a rel=next and rel=prev link tags to the head element of image.php template file. I have Wordpress SEO installed and I like to hook to this plugin wpseo_head action hook to achieve ...
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vote
1answer
584 views

add_action in functions.php, do_action in plugin?

I am trying to set an add_action function in my currently active WordPress theme functions.php file, for a defined do_action function within an activated WordPress plugin. The add_action function in ...
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vote
1answer
83 views

Valid filenames for add_action's first parameter

Some examples in WordPress' docs pass a filename to add_action rather than an action name. For example, add_action( 'load-post.php', 'callback' ); add_action( 'load-post-new.php', 'callback' ); ...
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votes
1answer
69 views

Getting the action's tag name within the action

There's a function attached to a set of actions, like this: add_action('some_tag', 'the_function'); function the_function($maybe_some_vars){ // ... } Is it possible to find out the action name ...
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3answers
260 views

How to get post ID with hooks publish_post, new_to_publish, etc

I have two plugins, one uses the function wp_insert_post(), the other has a code like this: add_action('future_to_publish', 'myFunc', 10, 1); add_action('new_to_publish', 'myFunc', 10, 1); ...
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votes
1answer
573 views

How to override existing plugin action with new action

I'm using a plugin. It has an action like this. add_action('publish_post', 'old_action'); function old_action($pid) { "code goes here" } } I'm writing a module for this plugin. So i need to ...
0
votes
1answer
443 views

Getting admin notices working for plugin errors

I'm beginning with creating plugins and I don't quite understand the process of displaying error messages. e.g. I use the php readfile function to download a file from a hidden location. If something ...
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vote
2answers
121 views

how to determine how many and what kind of arguments are passed to hooks

I am not able to understand a very logic behind add_action / add_filter Consider following example: function SearchFilter($query) { if ($query->is_search) { $query->set('post_type', ...
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vote
1answer
577 views

When to load auto-login code?

I'm using this (simplified) code to automatically login users via a plugin for a single sign-on system: $user_info = get_userdatabylogin( $username ); $user_id = $user_info->ID; ...
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1answer
562 views

What is the very earliest action hook you can call?

After the solution to this question was to get a function to launch BEFORE the init action is fired by taking the sequence out of its function, it got me thinking, is there any earlier in the WP load ...
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3answers
1k views

How to know what functions are hooked to an action/filter?

Is there a way to know what functions are hooked to a particular hook? For example if I'd like to know what functions are hooked to the wp_head hook. Thanks in advance.
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1answer
2k views

Difference between after_setup_theme and init action hooks?

What is the difference between the after_setup_theme and init action hooks? It seems they are both called right before any page in WordPress is loaded (even admin pages).