Questions tagged [actions]
A name for an event that is executed at specific points throughout the WordPress core.
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How do I add something to the "Edit Tag" page in wp-admin?
I have some term_meta that I would like to display on the "Edit Tag" page in wp-admin. I found the following two action hooks, but both don't do what I want.
edit_tag_form
edit_tag_form_pre
These ...
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Filter for when the post is updated
Is there a way to check in admin page if a post was just updated?
It looks like WP shows a notification so there must be a hook but I can't find it..
I want to trigger some js in the post.php in the ...
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Enque script based on url paramater
I'm using the following to enqueue a script in admin.
function add_admin_scripts( $hook ) {
global $post;
if ( $hook == 'post-new.php' || $hook == 'post.php' ) {
if ( 'custom' === $...
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Filter taxonomy admin pagination
In the taxonomy admin area, I'm filtering out some taxonomy terms based on meta keys associated to users. The pagination still think there's the full number of terms. Does a hook exist that would ...
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Remove tags without a specific meta key from "choose from the most used tags"
I'm trying to only show the tags that are associated to the currently logged in author; I've got this 99% working, but the author can still choose tags associated to other users via the "Choose from ...
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Remove genesis_404 hook from genesis_loop [closed]
I am using the genesis theme and I want to make a custom 404 page. For that, I wish to remove the default 404 hook and implement my own. In my plugins functions.php I added my action:
add_action( '...
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How to remove a custom action on child theme?
On parent theme index.php i have this code:
// The function.
add_action( 'mytheme_example_action', 'mytheme_example_function' );
function mytheme_example_function() {
echo 'Example text on index ...
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Insert plugin html content to a specific spot in the frontpage
I'm trying to insert plugin html content to a specific spot in the frontpage of a site. The site uses the Divi theme.
I'm trying to avoid putting any code in the original Wordpress or Divi theme ...
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call custom action after delete account
I want to call custom action, after a user is deleting his account. I'm using the premium theme wplms which is using buddypress for this stuff. After the submit button in the delete-account.php there ...
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why does not work ajax that add_action registered in wordpress
I create a template page in WordPress and use add_action to define action that use in Ajax.
<?php
/*template name: get_pass
*/
add_filter('wp_ajax_my_action1','mda_get_license');
function ...
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Plugin developer automated documentation
I have published a plugin which provides a nice extensibility. Now, I want to provide my users an automated PHP Documentation which describes the API Functions, Filters and Actions like this page here:...
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Action when sidebars updated
Is there any action that triggers after the sidebars have been updated? For example, for menus, I use wp_update_nav_menu, but I didn't find any way to do something alike with sidebars.
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How to remove function?
I'm trying to remove a function that is defined in my parent theme but can't get it to work. The function I want to remove prints previous/next post navigation.
Here's the function:
add_action( '...
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Remove Editor From Homepage
Im trying to remove the editor from the homepage using the following functions however I am struggling to achieve this?
function hide_homepage_editor() {
if ( is_admin() ) {
if (...
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Find out if post was just updated on post edit screen
Is it possible to add an admin_notice to the post.php edit screen in the admin– only if the post was just updated.
function my_admin_notice(){
global $pagenow;
if ( $pagenow == 'post.php' ) {
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How can i take all ids from untrash_post action?
When the user chooses to restore a post ( from "Trash" folder ) with the following way, through the action untrash_post, i get the id of the posts.
function my_untrash_post_type( $post_id )
{
...
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How do I pass arguments for multiple functions hooked to a single action?
I wanted to set a default value for a parameter:
function my_function( $arg = 'foo' ) {
echo $arg
}
add_action('my_action', 'my_function');
function my_2nd_function( $arg = 'bar' ) {
echo $...
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Remove meta box except on category pages
To disable custom fields except on category pages, how would I check if it's a category page?
Maybe it would be like this:
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_custom_fields' );
function ...
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Add/remove CRON action depending on variable
I've hooked a function on to a CRON job called 'job_manager_check_for_expired_jobs', and I want it to run based on the value of a variable $create_sitemap. The value is true by default, but can be ...
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How to run a function when post is edited or updated using publish post action?
I want to run a function A() when a post is published and function B() when the same post is edited or updated.
For this, I found publish_post action which is triggered whenever a post is published, ...
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Add html code in admin page
I'm trying to add floating button in admin page.
If I using
add_action('admin_footer', 'my_admin_function');
The button will in the bottom of the page and I need to scroll down.
I need the ...
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Put data in my-account/view-order/id/ page
Is ther a filter or an action to put information after order status information just before "Order Details" title?
I found 'woocommerce_view_order' action, but it puts all at the bottom of the page.
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Keep br tags from stripping
Is there some filter to disable this, sometimes awful feature?
I need content of some custom post type to be displayed intact, with all of <br>s.
To get the content I'm using get_the_content()...
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Extend a class of a plugin
There is a plugin that uses a class; and create an object like this:
class WC_Disability_VAT_Exemption {
public function __construct() {
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_order_notes', ...
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Form action unfamiliar
I am refactoring some code in the header.php:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://...
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How to access $post from a callback function
I am wondering whether using global $post is a 'best practice' when it is necessary to get the $post within a callback function triggered by an action hook.
The code would be:
class myPlugin {
...
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What action/hook do I need to register to have my plugin handle front-end editing?
What action/hook do I need to register to have my plugin handle front-end editing?
For example; with the plugin Elementor if a user clicks the below blue button they get taken to the url http://...
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Hooks with same priority number. Can one stack items returned in divs, position: absolute each with their own z-index?
Is there is a way to call a single hook via do_action, attaching four different functions with the same priority number (wrapped in divs) calling items (get_title get_thumbnail etc) and set position:...
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Which action hook to update custom field at network/site-info.php in multisite on update site info
I am currently using code to add a custom field to the site-info.php & site-new.php in the network admin management to add a custom option to the database, this does work when I create a new ...
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Functions.php change for Woocommerce not working
I am trying to add this to functions.php. In my test lab on a different site it adds the test info information fine. But on the website I am trying to add it to nothing happens. The website is running ...
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How to pass variables to a function argument using add_action [duplicate]
I have a test.php plugin file inside my plugin/ folder and I am trying to send an email from this plugin.
I have a code that looks like this currently in my plugin.
add_action('init', '...
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How to remove products-links after the product title using remove_action
I'm trying to remove the navigation between products that appears right after the product title in my products pages.
The navigation is set in the woocommerce.php file of my theme:
/**
* Class for ...
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Get Taxonomy name from “registered_taxonomy” hook
I am using add_action to run a function after a taxonomy is created. Everything works but I can’t figure out how to grab the taxonomy name. I figured $args->name would be the way to go but it is not ...
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Grab meta data before post is saved
I'm trying to grab the metadata for a post before it is saved. I know that I could use the 'post_updated' hook (https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/post_updated/) to grab the before/after ...
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AMP - Change rel="canonical" from functions.php [closed]
the source action in
/amp/includes/amp-post-template-actions.php
is:
add_action( 'amp_post_template_head', 'amp_post_template_add_canonical' );
function amp_post_template_add_canonical( $...
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What's the difference between hooks, filters and actions? [duplicate]
It seems like the terms hooks, filters and actions are used interchangeably. What's the difference between them? What do they do? How do I use them?
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Add a filter inside an action init
Hello in the init action, I would like to add a filter to a fairly large function to modify variables in the $vars array, for example the Wordpress post ID.
That is to say:
add_action( 'init',...
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Remove an action hook within a Class
I've got the following class declaration:
class stachethemes_ec_main extends stachethemes\event_calendar\stachethemes_main_template {
and the following function with the action hooks:
public ...
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Wordpress hooks to call a function inside a construct
I am trying to call a custom function inside the constructor function. Which action hook to be used?
class myClass{
public function __construct(){
add_action('$hook', array($this, ...
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trigger save_post event programmatically
Is there a way to trigger the post saving or updating event in code? such as do_action('save_post', $post_id);
The function here seems to imply that a WP_POST object needs to be passed in. Is there a ...
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Is this the correct way to enqueue style sheets from parent theme and then from child theme in wordpress?
I am creating a child theme of a theme in WordPress. In Parent theme i have style.css and inside css folder of parent theme i have a base.css file ( and some more css files but the problem is only ...
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Can I run a slow action in a seperate thread?
I have a really slow-running action (30-45 seconds) that loops over each user in my DB and syncs the data with some off-site database. I want this to happen once or twice daily, so I have a WP-Cron ...
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wordpress is_front_page() issue
I am updating the page title of all pages with a function i have created:
function wpss_show_custom_description() {
$wpss_disable = get_post_meta(get_the_id(), 'wpss_disable', true);
$...
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How dynamic action login_form_{action} is working
I found this action hook in wp-login.php file. It says it can be used to create custom actions to the wp-login. However, as I'm new to WP coding and PHP, I do not understand how {action} can work even ...
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Action on post publish
I want to do something when a post is published (doesn't matter if updated [draft -> publish] or just created)
In my plugin I tried different actions to try this. I tried the following code to detect ...
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Wordpress filter that hook after each action/filter hook
In my wordpress site virus script added in footer on wp_footer action.
I try many techniques, but i cant find virus hook location.
Is there any wp action/filter, that hook after each action /filter ...
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How to access certain WP functions inside custom class, in theme folder
I'm building a custom theme and I want to create a helper class for handling creation of metaboxes in admin panel. I have my class declared like this:
namespace ci\wp;
Metaboxes::init();
class ...
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How do you use the plugin boilerplate loader class to hook actions and filters?
The Plugin_Name_Loader class of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is very useful if you must hook into a WordPress action or filter from your plugin. The original author, Tom McFarlin, says the ...
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How to find list of all functions bind to a particular hook from my plugin?
I want to remove all actions attached to admin_notice hook in my plugin at the time a user updates the plugin. Is there any way to find the list of functions attached to admin_notice hook by my plugin?...
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Tried in different ways but sidebar not working?
function Y_widget_register(){
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=>esc_html__( 'Sidebar', 'Y-07' ),
'id'=> 'y-sidebar',
'description'=>'Dynamic Right Sidebar',
'before_widget' =...
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