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Incorporating the Settings API in WordPress Themes - by Chip Bennet

I am using the code by Chip Bennett to create a settings options page for my plugin. The problem is that I am getting a Warning error as indicated below that I cannot figure it out. Any help is ...
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Theme settings default, strange behavior before first save

I was building a theme options page with the settings API. I use an ajax call to compute some settings automatically from other pages / tabs. I noticed that all of the new settings default ("std") ...
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Tab from Settings API resetting all options with INSERT INTO

I have an Options menu created with the code from Chip Bennett tutorial, the old code, though, the one from like a year ago (the new one has a much better validation structure, but still, it works ...
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Difference between Option_Group and Option_Name in Register_Settings

I think the title pretty much says it all! I'm working my way through various tutorials on how to add an options page to my test plugin and am struggling to understand the Register_Settings function. ...
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Is there any other place - besides a theme, a plugin, or a mu-plugin - that an option page might conceivably be used?

I'm creating a helper class for simplifying the creation of an option page in admin that could conceivably be used in a theme, a plugin, or a mu-plugin. I'm trying to make the class as easy to ...
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Filtering a Database Query

In a WP_List_Table example I'm using, I am seeing how to make a general query to the wp_options table in the Wordpress database. For example, $query = "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->options"; I also see ...
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How to store options in an array

I am creating a custom table to display selected options for a page called "Testimonials". The user will enter their options on a "manage testimonial settings" page, and then those options will ...
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Page Options Saving But Not Updating In Backend

I have created a custom options page for a slider that you can upload slides to. Everything works great except when trying to save the data. It will get saved and I can use it on the front end. But ...
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Plugin options will not save in database

I'm not sure what's happening here, since this has worked in another plugin I've created. I'm simply trying to store data in the options table. Here is the code I'm using: function on_myplugin_start ...
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Saving multiple fields as array

I'm adding a settings section to a theme that will allow the user to enter testimonials which will be randomly displayed on the site. Each testimonial has 2 fields, author and testimonial, I've ...
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Multisite: How to add Custom Blog Options to new blog setup form?

Seems like a simple enough requirement, but I'm struggling: I want to add an option field to the "Add New Site" -- a simple text option is fine. How do I do this?? I need to save this custom blog ...
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Need to add/remove group of options and display them as rows

I am creating a plugin which has 5 textbox for options. What I need to do is to treat these 5 options as 1 item, and being able to add more items. I've always worked with static hardcoded options for ...
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Settings API - save an array of options as one setting (array_push?)

1. Basic settings API callback. Using Settings API my $sanitize_callback validating function looks like: (...) if($type == "foo") { $valid_input[$id] = $option[$id]; } else ...
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Settings API - easiest way of validating checkboxes?

I'm using Settings API and I can't get checkboxes to work, if they're set to "false" they're not even being $_POST and that's the point. Stephen Harris & Chip Bennett explained it, but I believe ...
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Settings API - how to update options manually?

I'm storing all my options using Settings API: function registerSettings() { register_setting('XX_theme_settings', 'XX_theme_settings', 'setting_validate' ); add_settings_section('theme_options', ...
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Settings API erases itself?

I have two forms created using Settings API, and when I save one of them the other one gets erased and vice versa. Here's the whole code so you could paste it into your functions.php file and see ...
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What's the difference between Options & Settings?

And which one should I use? What's the difference between Options API and Setings API? I have a theme with over 100 admin options, how should I register & store them? At this moment I'm using ...
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How can I add an options page for my class based plugin?

I'm trying to use the new Settings API with a class based plugin to add a settings page. This is the code I have so far: class simple_sample_plugin{ function simple_sample_plugin() { ...
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How should I use register_setting, add_settings_section, & add_settings_field in my plugin's options page?

I'm working on a settings section for my plugin, and after reading over Wordpress's documentation which is in ROGUH DRAFT status, and also the Creating Options Pages - which is also in "transition", ...
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How to save user meta on custom admin page

I have removed the edit profile page from WP admin as I don't want users to be able to edit their details as this is a closed intranet and their details are fed from AD. However I do want them to be ...
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Can't save checkbox option

I know this is a mess, but can someone tell me why I can't save to checkbox option in this plugin? /* Runs when plugin is activated */ register_activation_hook(__FILE__,'vigtigt_besked_install'); ...
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Wordpress Plugin Setting's POST

I've developed a few plugin for Wordpress. Currently I've not been able to replicate the way wp save settings. I've a setting page which I learned from a tutorial. It POST to option.php, and wp take ...
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How to add field for new site-wide option on Network Settings screen?

I'm working on a plugin, and part of it involves setting an option value that applies to all sites in a WordPress network. I know about the add_site_option and get_site_option functions that let you ...
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wordpress - php class to add pages and fields in admin panel

im trying to build a little class to help build some simple input fields into a cutom page in the admin panel of wordpress, here's what i've got: <?php class create_panel { public ...
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Submenu pages delete settings from options array when saved

I'm writing a theme and adding a menu with several submenu pages. It works fine, except that I'm trying to use only one array to save all the settings into the database and this is causing some ...
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Can't save options

I created theme options page using Settings API, everything works fine but I can't save options. I tried to figure it out where I missed something but I failed. Any idea what can cause this problem? ...
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Where to hook register_settings for Settings API when also want to update options outside of Settings API?

The Settings API is a convenient way to add administrative options. Tutorials on the settings API hook register_setting to admin_init. But what if you also want to programmatically change the same ...
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How to add a new variable to blog creation form?

I'm trying to add a new INPUT field to the blog creation form on Buddypress. Adding the front-end element is the easy part. I'm having some hard time trying to save it. The variable is a string, and ...