WordPress Plugins allow easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the core programming of WordPress, you can add functionality with WordPress Plugins
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Strategies to implement selective loading of plugins
I'm trying to figure out some kind of mechanism to load plugins on demand, depending on the page url, to improve performance.
My primary concern is that I have some admin-ajax.php calls that are ...
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How to Remove Certain Screen Options and Meta Boxes from add/edit post type?
Now, when you add or edit a particular post within your desired post type, there are more screen options as well. Although, these Screen Options are showing/hiding meta boxes. I would like to be able ...
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Get List of Registered Meta Boxes and Removing Them
Is there a function for getting a list of registered Meta Boxes and removing them? I see there is a method for adding, and removing.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_meta_box
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Admin config screen without menu
I want to create a sub config from some page on admin panel, eg:
I've set config menu this way:
add_menu_page( 'E+', 'CRE+', 8, 'cr_e_plus_user_config', 'cr_e_plus_user_config');
add_submenu_page( ...
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dealing with large HTML output via plugin code
I recently wrote my first WP plugin that adds a shortcode for embedding a custom jquery image gallery into posts. It's primarily just dumps a good chunk of HTML into the post, along with javascript ...
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List all sidebar names?
I'm listing all sidebars like that:
global $wp_registered_sidebars;
echo '<pre>';
print_r($wp_registered_sidebars);
echo '</pre>'
So I'm getting something like:
Array
(
...
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Update plugin from personal API
I'm developing a wordpress plugin at the moment which I do not want in the Wordpress plugin repository. However I still want to be able to push updates to my costumers from my own API repository.
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Creating a theme option page?
I have a template page in Wordpress that I want the Admin to be able to change the text on that page. I'd love to learn how to make a plugin (I know how to make a plugin so that it shows up in WP, ...
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Does the number of downloads displayed for a plug-in in the WordPress.org plug-in directory include automatic updates?
I'm wondering how the number of downloads displayed in the plugin-directory correlates to the number of actual websites using the plug-in.
I realise some people will download and never install and ...
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Creating a Custom Post Type as a Plugin? Why?
I've been experimenting with creating a Custom Post Type as a plugin (because I've seen this recommended in various places).
But I have a question not about the how, but rather the why of building ...
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Update a Plugin while maintaining back compatibility: general
How can I make updates a public plugin of mine without breaking the plugin for all existing users.
Firstly, I'd like to change the main plugin's class/namespace, because I'd like it to be similar ...
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Change admin language based on user (in single-site)
I'm trying to make a small plugin to install in some sites of a german client.
I can make my way around WordPress in german, but would be easier if it was in english.
There's a plugin that manages ...
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How can I change the frequency of a scheduled event?
I have declared a scheduled event in a plugin like this :
function shedule_email_alerts() {
if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'send_email_alerts_hook' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event(time(), 'hourly', ...
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Is There A Hook To Process The Content Of The Text Widget?
Is there any filter which can be used in a plugin to process the content of the text widget before it is rendered?
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Prevent plugin from deleting important directories
I want to allow users to upload custom files to specific plugin directory. The problem is, obviously, that WP removes everything upon plugin version update.
I think that the upgrader_pre_install and ...
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stray <p> elements
I coded a wordpress shortcode for columns that basically inserts html via a shortcode. Problem is that wpautop adds stray p elements that renders the code invalid.
To test put this into your ...
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Conditional add_filter?
I need to apply an add_filter from my functions.php but only if the user has opened media-upload.php from my custom function. Is it possible to send a variable when opening media-upload.php that I ...
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Integrating WordPress Content into a jQuery Slider
I have a pretty basic 'featured-list - image slider' implemented above my content in my custom WordPress theme. How do I integrate WordPress content into the slider so that the slide content is pulled ...
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Load js/css files only on specific admin UI pages
How do I adapt this solution to work with my plugin? (Please see the link).
I enqueue my css and js script as follows:
function my_plugin_init() {
wp_enqueue_script('my_plugin_script', ...
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Where is it better to start learning how to develop for Wordpress?
I have already read this question and answer to it ( Where do I start from ).
So I have slightly different question. If I basicaly have no knowledge of how the WordPress code is structured and I have ...
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How can I make it so the Add New Post page has Visibility set to Private by default?
I'm trying to create a plugin that alters the Add New Post page so the Visibility field says "Private" by default:
Status: Draft
Visibility: **Private**
Publish immediately
[Publish]
...as opposed ...
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How to prevent specific plugin files or subfolders from appearing under “plugin files” listing
I have a folder inside my plugin that's used to store cached data for the application.
There's no need for the user to edit these files so I'd like to remove this folder's files from appearing in the ...
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Can I add pages to my custom menu via script?
My theme has a custom menu assignment...
function my_register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array('header-menu' => __( 'Custom Header Menu' ) )
);
}
...and I'm creating an "installer" ...
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Can Not Redirect from Plugin-Registered Admin Page
I am doing the following in my plugin:
Register a custom admin page and in the callback function (the last parameter of add_submenu_page)
Redirect to another page
However, when I open the custom ...
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_mail()
I am using a plugin wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart for my cart requirement. I am trying to send an email through this plugin when some payment is made by using IPN.
My code :
$invoiceProducts ...
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Getting a WordPress Debug Strategy
I have been reading up on debugging. I watched Chip Bennett's video on wordpress.tv and was inspired to take debugging seriously. What I have found in my reading up though has confused me a bit. I ...
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which parameter take Yet another post Plugin in Wordpress [closed]
hii i am using yet another post plugin on my 404 custom page
but want to know which parameter or variable this take to show related post
i want that which paramater pass in my 404 page url
i can use ...
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Why isn't the Settings API designed to work for plugins using custom admin menus? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should one implement add_settings_error on custom menu pages?
The Settings API offers all sorts of labour saving features and future proof code. I find it really odd ...
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Plugin Development: Wordpress processes twice on post update. How to skip process on the first?
When you create a plugin and set up a process function, Wordpress will run the plugin process function twice upon clicking the update button. I believe the first process is for the versioning ...
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how to search through plugin in wordpress cimy-user-extra-fields?
I have a plugin clalled - Cimy User Extra Fields.
I need to search the content through this plugin. This plugin is in WordPress, and all the content are stored in the database also, like industry, ...
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Best way to initiate a class in a WP plugin?
I've created a plugin, and of course being me, I wanted to go with a nice OO approach. Now what I've been doing is to create this class and then just below create an instance of this class:
class ...
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In Which Contexts are Plugins Responsible for Data Validation/Sanitization?
I want to make sure all of the data in my plugins/themes is handled securely before entering the database and before being output to the browser. My problem is that there are situations where the API ...
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How do i best handle custom plugin page actions?
I'm constantly running into the same annoyance, so i thought i'd see if there's any ideas or experience out there...
I've created a plugin that uses it's own admin page. It has to. Now that i sorted ...
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Getting a peer review for my new plugin?
What is the best way to get an experienced WordPress developer take a look at my plugin and give constructive criticisms? I have written code to solve some of my questions on this site, and I think ...
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Automatically determine minimum WordPress version required for a plugin?
When developing a plugin, is there a way to automatically determine the minimum version of WordPress that's required to run it? I want to make sure that the Requires header is accurate, but manually ...
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Enhance Media Manager for Gallery
I would like to enhance the Media Editor, after WordPress 3.5, on the gallery view.
I want to add a new select field on the right side and send the selected values to the gallery shortcode.
I ...
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Unit testing for plugin development
I need to apply unit testing for one of my plugins. I recently re designed it into classes, so unit testing should be easier to apply now.
What are some effective strategies to unit test my plugin? I ...
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Autoloading & Namespaces in WordPress Plugins & Themes: Can it Work?
Has anyone used autoloading and/or PHP namespaces within a plugin or theme?
Thoughts on using them? Any harm? Pitfalls?
Note: namespaces are PHP 5.3+ only. Assume, for this question, that you know ...
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How can I add an option to the Page Template list from a Plugin?
I've been looking around for the past couple hours for a way to create a custom page template from within a plugin but haven't had any luck yet.
What I am specifically trying to do is add an option ...
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How to make a WordPress plugin translation ready?
What is the best way create a plugin that is translation ready?
It doesn't have to be translated from the beginning but it has to be easily translatable so fellow developers from different cultures ...
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Best Practices for Creating and Handling Forms with Plugins?
I'm writing a plugin that creates and handles a simple form. This has been my approach sofar, but it's turned out to have some major flaws:
1) On plugin activation, create a blank page for the form ...
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Email verification for new users
I would like to implement a plugin that requires new users to reply to an email, to verify their email address, on registration. I am already doing extensive codex research, but I am very new and ...
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Default table collation on plugin activation?
I'm following this to make my plugin auto-create a table when the plugin is activated, but what happens is that while all the tables (the whole db) are utf8_general_ci, the newly created table is ...
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What is the etiquette on extending a plug-in
I recently played with a plugin which I liked a lot, but felt it was missing something. So as first stage I went and wrote a tiny plugin (my first), that just added the needed feature - meaning, that ...
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Passing arguments to a admin menu page callback?
Situation: I'm working on a plugin and I'm developing it as a class, everything worked fine until I run into this situation. I wanted to make things a bit cleaner and tried this..
class MyPlugin {
...
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How do I log plugin (cron) actions?
Is there a recommended way to log (failed) cron actions from your plugin? For example, I have a plugin that synchronizes with an external service every hour. I want to log how much was changed, but ...
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Make Categories and Tags required in admin
Hello i started from Bainternet solution in this post: don't publish custom post type post if a meta data field isn't valid
I made a plugin to make categories and tags required.
The ...
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Post from front-end with post types, categories and taxonomies
I am now developing a wordpress site that will be something like a directory. People will be able to submit walkthroughs, advanced reviews, as well as cheat codes for games. We were going to make a ...
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URLs of plugin resources?
I am trying to add in a script and css file for my plugin into the admin header.
Is there a function similar to get_bloginfo('url') that I could use to reference the files correctly without having to ...
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How would you require and automatically download dependent plugins?
Was wondering if there was a class or programming technique that would allow me to check for the installation and activation of a particular plugin and if said plugin were not installed, to have it ...
