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How to add demo content to theme from outside plugin
I am devloping a new Wordpress theme that requires the installation of an outside plugin, called Revolution Slider. I would like to create a set of demo slider images for the user upon theme ...
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Am I not understanding plugins?
So I am trying to make it so that you can load a class from a child theme, theme or plugin using the following:
class AisisCore_Loader_AutoLoader{
protected static $_instance;
protected ...
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attachment_fields_to_edit stopped working in plugin following 3.5 update
Following an upgrade to WP3.5 Elvin, a plugin that duplicates images (by duplicating metadata, not by actually copying the image) stopped working.
The plugin, BDN Duplicate Images, is just one file ...
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Uninstall script for a plugin in Multisite
I've just realized that the traditional uninstall.php file along a plugin is not working in Multisite.
if ( !defined( 'WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN' ) )
exit();
delete_option( 'plugin_option_name' );
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How to access menu items object from within plugin?
how to access menu items object from within plugin? When I try to use wp_get_nav_menu_items() I get : Fatal error: Call to a member function get_page_permastruct()
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Using preg_replace to clean widget output HTML
I am working on a wordpress site that uses a plugin / sidebar widget. The issue I am experiencing is that the widget generates HTML that is not valid, an example of this is below...
<p>
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Check spam in custom form - akismet
I have a plugin that has input form, I have decided to check submitted data with akismet. I do have API key, WP comments are filtered correctly...
here is, what I found: ...
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Headers already sent error with CSV export plugin
I have built a Wordpress plugin that allows the user to export all pages, with their levels and urls, to a csv file.
The problem I have is that I keep getting error messages when trying to export ...
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Adding (blog-specific) links to “My Sites” admin page
The My Sites admin page only has links to the sites’ dashboards and production pages which is of limited value. I am trying to figure out a way to add a more useful links to them like New Post, ...
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Wordpress Localization and Templating
I'm using Smarty Templates for the back-end and Handlebars for the front-end for the plugin that I'm building.
It's only now that I discovered that the localization doesn't work when I declare my ...
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Plugin development with unit tests
One of the things that my plugin does is creates a number of SQL tables as part of a versioning function (that is run under the admin_init hook as I couldn't find a better wordpress way of doing ...
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API to trigger prompt on leaving page
I have a proprietary plugin that creates a metabox on the edit-post page. When the data managed by the plugin is edited and the user navigates away then we would like the user to be prompted as ...
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Listen to Post action
I am writing a plugin that adds a custom metabox to the post page. I would like to trigger an event when the user navigates away from the edit post page or when a user stops editing a specific post. ...
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Dynamically generate meta tags and titles for a wordpress page
I have created a wordpress page that will output product details of a specific product from amazon: wordpress/product?asin=123
I'm just using the product page as a template and it really contains ...
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How can I prevent my plugin's next version from updating one of the files?
I read in another question that all the files in the directory are deleted during an update and this is bad design. Got it. Prevent plugin from deleting important directories
Is it possible to not ...
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Want to catch only the value between quote in metavalue SQL
HI I'm working on wordpress and I want to make a SQL request to catch only the value between "" stored in my bdd from usermeta.
For example :
a:2:{i:0;s:2:"82";i:1;s:2:"78";}
i want to catch 82 ...
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wp_schedule_event attempt causes T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING error
I'm developing a plugin and am trying to set up a recurring event for it. However, even putting the function that I'm about to link to an activation hook in my file causes wordpress to throw this ...
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Custom height/width for thickbox in WP Backend
I use thickbox in the WP backend for preview or other content. On own pages in the backend works my script very fine and a can use custom width and height for the thickbox. below my code:
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When would I use either function for plugins?
I am curious as there are three function for loading files in plugins:
plugin_dir_path() and plugins_url(), along with plugin_dir_url() So as a plugin developer, which would you use for loading php ...
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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare admin_notice() [closed]
I'm writing a plugin, most of my code is wrapped in classes, except for an admin_notice fallback function that I call when I am not loading the main plugin class:
class MyClass {
//Main plugin ...
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Change default admin page for specific role(s)
I was wondering if anyone knew of a plugin or a way programmatically to change the the default admin page for a specific user/role?
I have a master panel page for my plugin currently setup with ...
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rewrite rule, add query var, but it is not in the function.php, it is in the plugin
I tried to create a plugin so that users don't need to edit other files (like function.php, header.php).
I tried to add a rewrite rule in the plugin, all things works fine, but add query var.
My code ...
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method doesn't work when being called from wp cron
I don't know what's wrong but the method that I'm trying to execute doesn't seem to be running when being called through wp cron. In the code below I'm trying to insert a new blog post. When I have ...
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Plugin: How should I handle deleting comments?
I am writing a plugin that creates an api for a custom post type.
Users can comments on the custom post types and the comments are added using WP core comment methods.
My question arises when trying ...
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How to check if current static page is frontpage from admin plugin
I set static page as front page.
I need to know if user currently on homepage in my custom plugin.
Functions is_home() and is_front_page() doesn't works, since homepage is static page.
I can get an ...
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Nav Menu meta failing to import
I'm the author of the Nav Menu Roles plugin that lets you display/hide menu items based on the user's role. It has come to my attention that the menu item meta does not import when using the regular ...
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Add Page With Parent ID
I am writing a plugin that upon activation creates a set of pages. The first page that I create I want to be the parent of the rest of the pages that are added. For some reason, this is not working. ...
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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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Update Option Stored in Multi-Dimensional Array
I have data in the wp_options table currently stored as a multi-dimensional array (profile_element_order):
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How can I change my assigned user role in WordPress 3.5.1?
My current user role is "Administrator". I'd like to change my role to "Editor" (through out database field).
I read Database_Description, but it did not help.
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What is wrong with using add_option with Multisite instead of add_blog_option in a plugin
I'm working on a new plugin but it's my first to save which will save an option to the database.
Currently I'm using add_option and I assumed that
- activation would fail or
- the wrong value would ...
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How to change the name of the “edit my profile” link in the WordPress admin backend
I am really confused at this point. I can not figure it out how to rename Edit My Profile link in the admin backend.
How can that be done?
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Redirect after deleting post and keep track of pagination
I have a custom post list in the admin panel. This list is paginated, so this is it's url :
wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=xxx, if I open the default page
wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=xxx&paged=n, ...
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Using a Theme inside a Plugin directory
I am building a mobile friendly plugin and put the theme directory inside the plugin directory.
If it's a mobile browser, how can I redirect to the theme in the plugin directory?
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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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Finding WordPress sites using my plugins
I've now developed two WordPress plugins and would like to see some sites that use it. I'm looking for a way to find sites that use a WordPress plugin I built.
However, the official guidelines, don't ...
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get_template_part from plugin
This is default get_template_part function inside WordPress:
function get_template_part( $slug, $name = null ) {
do_action( "get_template_part_{$slug}", $slug, $name );
$templates = array();
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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 load plugin static data from cloudfront
I am moving my site's static content data to Amazon S3+ CloudFront and i am successful in doing this for most part of my site (no plugin used) except for the plugin section.
For the plugin i am ...
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How to embed a new string in url?
I am creating a custom tours and travel theme in which I have created custom post type Cities, Locations, Destinations and i am using custom permalink structure. /%category%/%postname%/
So now I want ...
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uninstall.php file in Plugin to clean DB
I am aware that WordPress provides Plugins a nice way to clean up the db if the Plugin is deleted by providing the uninstall.php hook. You just have to place the cleaning code and it works.
But my ...
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Wordpress is giving a permissions error on plugin submission [closed]
I'm creating a new plugin (based on a previous plugin I created that works). The options pages show up fine but when I submit I get the "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page." ...
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Plugin works when all in one file, but I get a strange text overlap output when splitting into two files
I am working on a plugin for myself that will export data from a custom table. The following code snippet creates a menu under "Tools" and lets the user select which fields to export (haven't ...
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Problem with sorting entries in a plugin's admin interface table
I'm developing a WordPress plugin that will display a publicly accessible noticeboard on a page.
I've been asked to add the means to delete existing posts from the noticeboard using the WordPress ...
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How to validate custom fields in custom post type?
I wrote a plugin that creates a custom post type with custom fields. To prevent users from entering incorrect information, how can I validate the data?
I assumed that the save_post hook function ...
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How to exclude the particular category from the woocommerce plugin?
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'custom_pre_get_posts_query' );
function custom_pre_get_posts_query( $q ) {
if ( ! $q->is_main_query() ) return;
if ( ! $q->is_post_type_archive() ) return;
if ( ! ...
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wp-load.php redeclares classes
I am trying to load WordPress options within a standalone PHP file. The file is located in /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name/file.php. I have used the following to open wp-load.php:
if ...
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Unable to delete custom post types, confusion around capabilities
So I'm working on a plugin for creating a questions/answers system that's as simple and well-integrated as possible (not unlike this site) but am stuck at the creation of the custom post types.
You ...
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Add Admin Menu Inside Construct or Init
I thought I was making headway in my WordPress Development education until I ran across the Boilerplate for WordPress plugins and it uses a class object. I'm fine with that and understand those ...
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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 ...
