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How do I handle multiple Submit buttons in plugin's option page?
I'm developing my first plugin for WordPress and I'm getting a grasp of the whole hook system. I'm now stuck on a (probably) small issue, that I could possibly circumvent, but I'm afraid of coming out ...
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Why enqueue styles on hook
Why do we need to enqueue styles on a hook, why not just enqueue them straight in like this?
wp_enqueue_style( $handle, $src);
the codex page gives an example of using a hook but doesn't explain ...
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How to add custom button to new media upload interface
I am developing a plugin and i want to add my own button to the wordpress media upload interface (WP version 3.5). Right next to the standard 'insert into page' button, i want my button to be there, ...
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How to save the values of checkbox to the register setting?
<?php
function default_menu() {
<form action="options.php" method="post">
<?php settings_fields( 'sample_check' );?>
<input type="checkbox" name="sample" value="nofollow"/>
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Restrict certain actions to plugin-specific admin menu pages only
I'm working on a plugin and want to restrict some things to my plugin-specific admin menu pages only. Therefore, I write the slugs being returned when adding (sub)menu pages into an array so I can ...
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How to modify post content before writing to database?
Hi~ I'm back again and I'm trying to add another function to the script I was working on a plugin that notify my friends of new post that mentions(@) them. Now I want to change the plain text of my ...
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Placement of Code in Plugin for hooking `save_post`
I ran into a strange Problem today developing a new Plugin.
I set it up as usual, creating the f711-roomprice folder in the Plugindirectory, and creating the f711-roomprice.php as well as an inc ...
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How to display a message about updates in the plugin list
I am trying to use the hook in_plugin_update_message in order to display a one line message below the name of my plugin in the admin plugin list section.
However, the function called in the hook does ...
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publish_post plugin hook doesn't always pass $post->post_content
I've written a simple plugin that grabs the contents of a post, as the post is published, and sends them to an external site for archiving. This generally works but when dealing with posts that ...
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How can I filter blog name?
I want to filter the blog's name for Google's user agents.
I have tried the_title, the_content, comment_text, single_post_title, wp_title, category_description, bloginfo hooks, but none of them ...
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comment_email hook doesn't seem to work for comment editor field
I am building a plugin that allows users to PPK encrypt their users' IP/email data. Thus, IP/email data is set to dummy values in the comments table and encrypted values are stored in corresponding ...
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Conditional hook based on the core function that is calling it
In a Multisite, I'm applying the filter get_blogs_of_user to sort the "My Sites" admin bar menu, where the sites are listed by blogname:
What happens is that I'd like another order elsewhere, where ...
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Plugin uninstall function is not working
I am updating my plugin for Wordpress version 3.5 compatibility. These are my important plugin files:
Sort_SearchResult_by_Title.php:
<?php
if(!class_exists('Class_Sortsearchresults'))
{
...
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Using the 'draft_to_publish' hook (post status transition)
I am trying to use the draft_to_publish hook (http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Status_Transitions) to run a function when a post that is a draft becomes published. This hook does not appear to be ...
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How do I replace title with my plugin?
I am developing a plugin for WordPress 3.5. My blog's default title is "Test". Here is some code of my plugin:
add_filter('wp_title', 'my_replace_title');
function my_replace_title(){
return ...
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template_redirect not being called when using ajax
Usually I hook all my custom plugins code with the template_redirect hook but one of the issue I encountered is it does not work for the ajax call.
So if I want to target both standard calls and ajax ...
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What's the hook for filtering every texts of site?
I'm developing a plugin to replace a character that google doesn't show it with an accepted character. I want to get all the texts that wordpress returns (content, comments, title, names, etc.) but I ...
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Failed to invoke other hook from the init hook
Related to this question (Use wp init hook to call other hooks?) but not the same.
Sometimes, I found that the hook will failed to run when I place inside the init hook, e.g.
Not Work:
...
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How do I make a theme “plugin-ready”?
How do I revise a theme so that I can publish my event hooks and anyone can build a plugin to add new functionality easily to my theme?
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Adding option to Gallery shortcode
just starting out in WP dev, and I'm looking for any guidance I can get. What I'd like to do is use a hook or filter to add my own option to the core WP gallery shortcode. I would want it to work just ...
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Looking for Hook that is fired after a plugin or wp upgrade is installed/updated
I'm trying to write some code to sms me whenever someone updates/installs a plugin, or updates the WP core, but I can't seem to find a hook that gets fired when this happens. Does anyone know if there ...
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387 views
BuddyPress: hook to add new profile fields and groups
I am writing a plugin that adds additional profile group and some fields in it when activated. I am using basic $wpdb functions to insert new rows into bp_xprofile_groups and bp_xprofile_fields
So ...
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Add a new confirmation page before saving
I'm going to add a hook that does some modifications of the text before saving. Before making the changes permanent, I would like the user to confirm the changes after a "save_post" hook. Is there a ...
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Get user logged in status from within a plugin. $current_user not defined
I'm writing a plugin which adds a class that creates an endpoint for third party software to make API calls to and check if the current user is logged in. Here's a stripped down version of what I'm ...
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449 views
How to use filter hook 'post_updated_messages' in coherence with action hook 'save_post'
I am trying to send out e-mail, SMS and IM notifications to group members of this WordPress website, whenever a WordPress page in their user group has been published/updated.
I figured using the ...
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correct way to call javascript into hook function
function node_wp($post_ID) {
global $post;
$post_title = get_the_title( $post_ID );
$post_url = get_permalink( $post_ID );
$json = array(
'title_post' => $post_title,
...
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Checking url from plugin
I'm trying to change the login url from wp-login.php to simply 'login'. I'd been looking through another plugins source to find ways of doing it.
Some of the applicable parts that I've got so far:
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Is there any way to allow a plugin to write over a previous version?
When installing a plugin, it will not install if the directory to which it is attempting to install already exists. This means that users of our plugin must first manually deactivate and delete the ...
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1answer
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How Do I Load My Action Earlier Enough?
With add_action, I want to intercept as early as I can in my plugin and send a 304 Not Modified header per some rules. Does anyone know what the order is of events? When I view this page, it seems to ...
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Bug: Post needs to be updated twice when adding action for save_post hook
My function does exactly what I want it to do: I'm trying to add/update meta fields in another post type when an "events" post is saved. Except the post needs to be updated twice for the information ...
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How to deactivate my plugin upon deactivation of NextGen
i'm writing this plugin and i need to deactivate it when NextGen is deactivated:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Plugin Name
Description: Description
Version: 1.0
Author: Author
Author URI: Author URI
*/
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Hook to get image filename when it is uploaded
I want to get the full local filename of an uploaded image so that I can copy it to a new directory and process it with my own image processing scripts. Which hooks/actions should I look into to ...
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Call php to generate file on user publish post? [closed]
I have a php script that will generate a text file based on the post ID passed into it. I have it set so that it will run when a user publishes a post, I know this is functioning because if I screw up ...
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Showing Notifications While Activating Plugin
I want to give errors like this, while activating my plugin.
Which hooks should i use ? Can you share simple examples ?
In shortly,when user activate my plugin, is a directory's CHMOD isn't 777 , ...
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Hook for page Request?
I want to run a function that looks at the current url params of the page that is requested and sets a cookie based on those params.
So, I guess I'm looking for:
The Wordpress Hook that allows me ...
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Apply function on all action hooks?
Is there an easy way to apply a function on all action hooks?
I want to apply esc_attr() to every action hook (in a way that would work from functions.php or a plugin).
I figure I would need ...
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How to automatically activate users after registration without activation email?
I want to auto-login my users after signup without an activation email requirement (I'm not concerned about spammers). How might I go about doing this? Thanks!
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Creating a plugin that will display text on every page
I know there is going to be an easy way to do this but I just can't seem to find the best practice for the following;
I have a plugin which when complete should generate HTML on every page, I want it ...
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add action for displaying posts using a shortcode
I'm developing a simple plugin for letting a user insert a post from the frontend.
I have a shortcode [add-post] which a user can put on any page, say, for eg. My Wall Page
Now on My Wall Page a ...
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Two-step login process - Is it possible?
Is it possible to do the following with Wordpress (without hacking too much code - I would like to make this a general plugin using simple hooks)?
Log in with the username/password.
If ...
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3answers
781 views
Changing Plugin Load Order
I'm writing a plugin, bar, which is dependent on another plugin, foo, being activated, and I need the functions from foo to be available when bar loads. Normally plugins are loaded in alphabetical ...
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What action hook can I use to add a JavaScript to a page post using a theme template that is not including get_header() nor get_footer()?
So the reason why I am don't want to include get_header() or get_footer() tags is because this page will be loaded as an iframe using the thickbox modal plugin and its content will be a form and I ...
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1answer
1k views
WordPress Hook for user register
how can I tell WordPress, that if a user registers, it shall execute my function?
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2answers
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Which hook should be used to add an action containing a redirect?
I want to build a plugin that grabs certain url params from the query string to build a new query string for the same page. I'm following the excellent the Professional WordPress Plugin Development ...
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1answer
508 views
Does admin_print_scripts-$hook_suffix work for nested paths to individual files?
Can the hook admin_print_scripts-$hook_suffix be used for a hook which has been created like $hookname = get_plugin_page_hookname("my-quiz/lib/admin/$code_page", '' );?
.. where $code_page is ...
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Good tools for locating hooks in a wordpress page/admin interface/blog post?
I've recently started using the Hikari Hooks plugin for Wordpress as it seems to allow you to get a good idea of what do_actions are being called on the page, so that you can easily find out where ...
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How to get all of the activate_plugin action parameters?
I am trying to hook into activate_plugin.
I know that activate_plugin has 1 required param and 2 optional ones. I am trying to acquire all 3.
Here's my setup:
// create plugin settings menu
...
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add_action hook for completely new post?
publish_post Runs when a post is
published, or if it is edited and its
status is "published". Action function
arguments: post ID.
-Plugin API Documentation
I've added the publish_post ...
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Which are the hooks run before/after when a category's deletion?
What are the actions that a plugin can hook on to for processing when the user deletes a category?
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1answer
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Explanation of the “posts_join” and “posts_fields” filter hooks?
I'm new to the "posts_" filter hooks and wanted to know a few things from those in the know:
In this question, someone posted
an answer using posts_join that took
a second parameter of $query:
...
