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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Adding more text to a post, after it was published
I'm trying to build a wp plugin, which will basically add some text for every post, in the post itself, I'm afraid that the codex is too large for me to even know what to look for, so I'd appreciate ...
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Can Wordpress plugins “Talk to each other”?
Sorry if this is a really silly question, but I am very new to Word Press.
My question is, can one plugin update the settings of another Wordpress plugin? I suppose this might depend on the plugin ...
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How can I hide that I Use Wordpress (with W3 Total Cache)
For security reasons I don't want it to be obvious that I use Word Press.
I use the W3 Total Cache plugin and minify HTML, CSS and JS. I may also use a CDN.
Is it possible to modify the W3 Total ...
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Menu_slug used for creating options page
I am following this page on designing options menus: http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus
What is the significance of the menu_slug ?
I ask because when I change this value, the options ...
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Making my plugin multi-site compatible
I want my plugin to be installed on each blog and create database tables per blog. I have this code:
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'install1' );
function install1() {
global $wpdb;
if ...
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Change template dynamically
Is it possible to change the template loaded for a page, as it loads, without having to change the record in the database?
I suspect it can be done with the template_redirect action, and the will ...
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How can i create page through plugin
I am developing WordPress plugin.This plugin has own login system.Which means users can register into the system. Then they can login. if the user login, i want to redirect them to their own profile ...
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How to store username and password to API in wordpress option DB?
I'm currently developing a plugin and the chances are that I will more than likely release it on the public plugin repository so others can use it.
The plugin will be using an API and to use this API ...
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adding plugin settings link upon activation
Here I want to have upon activation of my wordpress plugins activation
Before Activation
Activate | Edit | Delete
After Activation
Settings | Edit | Delete
How can this be done in code to add ...
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Is it possible for a plugin to register a page template file?
Is there a way for a plugin to house page template files and have them available after plugin activation?
E.g, I have a plugin that requires specific page page templates to be used, so I'd like ...
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Plugin: Custom menu item problem
I'm using the following snippet to add a menu item:
<?php
add_menu_page(
'Foo Server',
'Foo Server',
'manage_options',
'foo-server',
array('Class', 'method')
);
?>
Fine, ...
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How are bulk actions handled in custom list table classes?
I'm working on a custom data table to display in the WordPress dashboard. The table populates from a database table I built in a plugin.
I've been using the provided WordPress Custom List Table ...
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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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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 ...
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How to add text editor in plugin menu?
Can I add a text editor to my plugin menu? So I can let users edit custom css file? Something like /wp-admin/plugin-editor.php but I want users to be able to edit only one file. The custome css file.
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Finding the paragraphs in content
I am trying to create two functions, one that catches the first paragraph of some content, and one that catches the rest, but I have hit a bit of a conundrum.
I have this in my single.php:
<div ...
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the_editor() function
I'm writing a WordPress plug-in that requres user input, so I thought I'd try and use the default WordPress rich-text-editor. Firstly so as not to have to include a text editor in my plug-in when ...
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WYSIWYG editor in WP 3.2 plugin
I've created my own WP 3.2 plugin. Now I want to put the WYSIWYG editor in it. I've tried the following code:
<?php the_editor(null, 'body', null, false); ?>
Then it's displayed. I don't know ...
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What are the advantages to the Settings API?
Let me preface this by saying that I hardly ever work with WordPress - in fact, the last time I did a site in WordPress was back during 2.2. Yesterday I made quite a mess of everything and asked ...
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add_action with a class method is causing fatal errors
I wasn't sure if this was a PHP issue (suited for StackOverflow) or a WordPress issue (suited for StackExchange), however since my issue appears to be with the add_action() function, I have placed the ...
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How do I access the menus produced by Dashboard > Appearance > Menus
A continuation to this question:
Replacing WordPress menu functionality with a plugin
Since I really rarely work with WordPress (I've done a lot of work with phpBB, myBB, Concrete5, and custom PHP ...
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Replacing WordPress menu functionality with a plugin
I asked this earlier on StackOverflow.com before realizing there was a StackExchange specifically for WordPress. Here is the link to the old question (for moderator deletion):
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Add a jQuery function to admin pages
I need to add a bit of document ready jQuery to post/page editors in admin. I'm hacking an old plugin that adds a text box to the editor page and handles inserting that text in a template file, but ...
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How can I run AJAX on a button click event?
Update: I managed to get the AJAX working, but not in the click event. I updated the question to match this.
I'm trying some code I found on the page: 'AJAX in Plugins'.
However I can't get it to ...
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HTML link within my plugin settings page
My plugin has a settings page. It's working fine. Now, i want to put a html link within this page. This link will go to another settings page. How could I do that?
Thanks.
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I cannot include a file in my plugin settings page
I'm trying to create a settings page. If I print things within index, I can see it. If I try to include it, I can't see anything, neither errors.
add_options_page('My Plugin', 'My Plugin', ...
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What's the best method for emptying an option created with the Settings API?
I'm trying to empty an option created with the Settings API and failing.
update_option ( 'my_option', '' ); appears to do nothing, whereas delete_option ( 'my_option' ); destroys the whole option ...
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Hook the Keydown Event in the TinyMCE Post Editor
I would like to hook the keydown event in the TinyMCE Editor on the edit post admin page. I managed to hook the HTML content editor using the following code:
jQuery('#content').keydown(function(){
...
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How could I execute my plugin just in frontend (not in backend)
I don't need my plugin running through wp-admin, including wp-login. How could I prevent it? is_admin works fine but i don't know how to ignore everything related to wp-admin (like wp-login.php).
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Paging on a future post loop?
I am trying to get paging to work on my future post loop, but to no avail. I am getting no links, when I expect them at the bottom, for pagination despite there being several valid posts in the ...
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Using the Settings API, how should I add multiple values to an option?
I'm trying to add/ update additional values to an option created with the Settings API. I'm trying to do this with my validation callback function, but I'm not getting very far. Here is my code:
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Display future posts?
Is there a way to display posts, scheduled for the future?
I want to use the published data as an event date and time, which is obviously in the future. I still would like to use these posts for a ...
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Development plugin to view and manage scheduled wordpress cron jobs?
Is there a plugin for wordpress that can help a user to view and manage the crons that are currently schdeuled in WordPress? I have looked into Core control but doesn't allow the user to manage the ...
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How to receive notification of deprecated API elements and functions?
There is some way to get notifications when deprecated API elements are used in WordPress. How is it done? Put WordPress in debug mode (which also shows all other types of errors) or is there another ...
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Using add_theme_support inside a plugin
I've created a custom post type as a plugin and released it into the repository. One of the core features involves using a featured image. I've added thumbnail to $supports in register_post_type(), so ...
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Wordpress Specified file failed upload test
I am trying to upload a excel file to wordpress, i am getting error:
"Specified file failed upload test.", .xls format file cannot be uploaded??
How do get arround it?
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CSV file generation failing
I'm using a plugin for a client (that i modified to some degree) that creates and maintains a database of organization members (using a new wp table to do so).
There is a nice feature that does a csv ...
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Force plugin to fail activation
I'm writing a plugin that will be using custom fields added by a theme.
Because of this, it would be ideal if my plugin not be able to activate should these fields not exist.
How do I go about ...
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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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How should one implement add_settings_error on custom menu pages?
The Professional WordPress Plugin Development book explains in detail how to properly use the Settings API, and it also demonstrates how to add Menus and Submenus, but unfortunately it doesn't provide ...
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Scheduled event does not run at midnight
I have an event scheduled to fetch feeds from different sources at midnight. I believe for some reason it is not being triggered. I use Core Control plugin for testing. When I 'Run Now' through it, ...
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breadcrumb need to show all pages and subpages
am using Breadcrumb NavXT plugin.
i want to show all the pages and subpages in breadcrumb.i know this is tough to understand, so am explain briefly here.
i have the pages:
->mainpage
...
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Change the 'published on' text?
I am using the date and time in the post dialogue to log the date and time of future events, and would like to change the text to reflect that.
Is there an action hook I can tap into to achieve that?
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Plugin settings not saving
I'm having a devil of a time getting my plugin settings to save. I've gone through the code so many times I have to think I've simply missed something. I'm following the Setting API, but any changes ...
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Using password protection to load different page elements?
I have a page that is password protected, and I wish to removed some parts of the theme, and add others. Can I do that? Is there a check I can do in the theme files to see if a user has entered the ...
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Problems with removing admin bar
I am trying to remove the admin bar from a theme front end of a theme.
I found the following code block:
add_filter( 'show_admin_bar', '__return_false' );
remove_action( 'personal_options', ...
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Add user managable titles to custom menus?
I am looking for a way to include a user managable title in a menu. Ideally, it will take the place of the first <li> object in the output.
Any ideas?
Edit Clarification
I am looking for a ...
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When to check if a function exists
I've just started developing a WP plugin, and i've been reading some code from other plugins as a way to get started. I've seen a couple of plugins that wrap all or some of their functions in the ...
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How can I find the 'public absolute' path of a file?
Short Version
I need to give in the absolute path of a Javascript file that is to be hooked into something. It works if I hardcode it into
'http://mywebsite.com/folder/script.js'
However I prefer ...
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“Print to printer” functionality in a plugin
I want to add "print" button to print simple reports in a plugin. The basic idea I have is to generate a printer friendly html page and redirect user to that page where he/she can use browser's print ...
