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How to add more tabs in Categories box in Edit Post screen

Please have a look on attached image, it is the default view for all Categories in WP & I want to either to extend it or to add another Categories box which have some specific categories but ...
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39 views

Disable /wp-admin/plugin-install.php

How can I disable plugin upload and installation via Wordpress Admin? Should still be able to activate/deactivate plugins in admin.
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48 views

Function to prevent users from trashing comments

Is there any way to prevent/hide trash button for comments? Note that I only want to prevent users from emptying the trash for comments. Can't seem to find a way. Is there any possible way to do that ...
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Admin menu as submenu from another plugin

I would like to add my new developed plugin's admin menu to an existing plugin as sub menu. Would be possible to do this? In my first plugin I initilize the menus as follows: function add_pages() { ...
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Manage sub-admins and their content

I have a project in which I need to affect roles to sub-admins like "Managing merchants". So a sub-admin can manage merchant (edit, remove it, etc.). All that will be done in the back-end panel, so no ...
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Can features like Disqus or Intense Debate be done in a normal WordPress plugin without a 3rd party involved

I was searching for a real good feature rich comment system for Wordpress, I used Disqus a few times and may still not know the whole list on features and why it's so popular. Would features like this ...
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96 views

404 Error on Activate / Deactivate Plugin

I have a standard WP install (3.5.1) and am trying to activate a new plugin (WP Super Cache) however each time I try to activate it, I get my site's 404 error page... which is strange as it's the same ...
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71 views

Notifications Bar on home page only

Is it possible to create an "Alert" button that can be turned on and off thru wp-admin. Of course the "Alert" button im asking for is to be published at the main page, but can only be turned on when ...
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168 views

How to export comments in WordPress?

I want to export my comments to Excel, PDF or Word. The format really doesn't matter, I just want them exported. I tried the Export Comments plugin, the standard one, but couldn't get it to work, I ...
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How to Sort the Favorite Plugins Screen Alphabetically?

When viewing the Favorite Plugins tab, /wp-admin/plugin-install.php?tab=favorites, the list comes unordered, is it possible to sort it from A to Z?
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164 views

Using tabs for wordpress plugin

Done my research and found this is how to call the built-in ui tabs jquery script in wp for the admin area but I'm stuck on implementing the other jquery scripts needed that I believe are built into ...
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Odd /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php entries showing in Wassup

I have an odd issue going on that I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Ever since I installed a popular post plugin (Wordpress Popular Posts) I have been seeing a strange entry in Wassup real time ...
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How to activate/deactivate menu tab and keep the same id?

I have a problem here and i cant find/think of any solution yet. I want to have a menu button that can be activated/deactivated and still keep the same id so the CSS will still be applied. Is there ...
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After activating a Plugin, /wp-admin is no longer accessible

After installing/activating AWPCP (Another Wordpress Classified Plugin), when I type wp-admin/ I get a blank page but with /wp-login.php the login appears. I this there's a problem with redirection ...
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78 views

Why isn't admin_notices displaying my text? [Simple Plugin, Beginner]

Here is some code that is the result of four days of studying Wordpress and PHP. Unfortunately, it's not working the way it's supposed to. Nothing displays at the admin_notices bar. Originally, I ...
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201 views

How to make a WP admin button/menu similar to Jetpack Notifications?

I would like to add a button to the WP admin toolbar, similar to the Notifications feature released in Jetpack 1.9.1 (I think it was). The notifications icon is displayed beside the account button, to ...
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117 views

Rotating background images with admin options

I recently saw an admin panel that had options to set background images for a page. The option was found on from clicking pages and then a "main page". Under the description was a form that allowed ...
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how to not show plugin in admin area

I'm just getting started with wordpress development. I'm trying to create a simple plugin that show results from a db in a table. I can do this, but I'm having trouble with the plugin showing at the ...
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Edit page header on a custom plugin

I am writing a custom plugin for Wordpress but how in the world do I edit the page header? I need to add some javascript and related codes there.
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Edits to plugin not taking effect

I want to make some edits to a plugin that I've downloaded. I used the Plugin Editor, but the changes did not show up. I tried refreshing, logging out/back in, and deactivating/activating the plugin. ...
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177 views

How to output text with ob_flush [closed]

I have created a plugin for import in the blog more FB feed; i want , when the php file run, output a simple text ("feed imported from xxxx") each time a Feed is imported... In my code i have try ...
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674 views

Removing an admin page added by a 3rd party plugin. Gravity forms in this example

I'm trying to hide a help page from editors, added by the gravity forms plugin. I believe I've run into the same issue before with other plugins, so I'd like to know the correct way to do it for 3rd ...
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135 views

Is there any record of installed plugins in the database?

I have my live install on one server and a development install on another. I've added a plugin to both but it only appears in the plugin list in wp-admin on one. For a plugin to appear in wp-admin ...
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149 views

Is there an easy way to flag posts in the admin area?

I'm looking for a plugin, or maybe a bit of code (even another example I can look at that does something similar)... I'd like to be able to have certain users 'flag' posts, such that when something ...
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80 views

Reordering themes in admin panel

I've been searching for a hook to change the order in which themes are displayed in the admin panel (i.e. wp-admin/themes.php) but so far haven't been successful. Is there an existing hook to do ...
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159 views

How can I modify page <h2> content in the admin panel?

I'm modifying the layout and content of the wordpress admin panel using a custom plugin. For most sections I have been able to change the page heading (i.e. the title wrapped in h2 tags at the top of ...
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Hide extra menus from Wordpress Dashboard

How can hide extra menus from Wordpress dashboard. That is some plugins gives plugin settings menu may under Settings or anywhere else, how we can hide all this type of extra menus while plugin active ...
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256 views

Making plugin to use different table prefix cause permission problem

I have multiple wordpress websites that uses the same files and database but with different table prefixes, I use a plugin "Shortcode Exec PHP" and I would like to use the same shortcodes on all the ...
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68 views

Display Plugin Panels Outside of Admin Areas

I'm trying to find a way to display the work area content of different plugins on pages/posts/areas aside from the admin backend. For example, how would I display the options panel for a certain ...
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323 views

How to display terms and conditions in post area?

I'm running a multisite. I would like to display "Terms and conditions" when user trying to create a new post. Users should Click "I agree" link and then proceed to create a new ...
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142 views

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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166 views

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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Why does WordPress require a ftp server to be running on the webserver to transfer plugins?

I had asked a related question on Super User: A use case of a system "receiving" files over FTP would be, for example, the way WordPress plugins are installed via 1-click where WordPress ...
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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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Show an image in my header.php

I want to let my customer choose any image (in my backend) and then it will be displayed in my header.php. i've found Image Widget, but it just show images in the sidebar. I want something like: ...
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199 views

Where are plugins located

I typically download and install plugins via FTP, but I have installed a few from the web interface. I am trying to move WP from remote to local and I am getting a blank wp-admin screen. I think its ...
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1k views

Add menu page issues (permissions & position)

OK, I have an issue with Sidebar Generator Plugin. This plugin creates subpage called "Sidebars" in WP-Admin. The point is, it is created as a child of "Appearance" page. And I don't want it here, I ...
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Can't see my plugins on my WordPress.com blog?

I'm in the process of setting up a WordPress.com site and importing my content over from my old WordPress hosted blog. One of the things I need to do is to make sure I have the same plugins installed ...
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Is There a WordPress Hook to Filter the Edit Posts View?

I want to be able to customize the WordPress edit posts screen to filter based on a custom field (or whatever). Unfortunately I'm not sure what filter or hook to use here, and instead of opening the ...
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287 views

404 errors when updating options in admin dashboard

Whenever I try to update my Permalink settings or use the Theme Editor to modify some file, I am redirected to a 404 page. This also happens when I update the All-In-One SEO Pack plugin's settings. ...
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Error activating certain plugins

When I try to activate All-In-One SEO Pack or ANY (I've tried all by now!) caching plugin, the page goes blank - i.e the content of the page empty, except the WordPress bar on the top and the toolbar ...
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Weird problems after recovery from security breach

The shared server that I used for hosting my WordPress website was hacked recently, and many of the index.php files, plugin files and uploads were deleted, with my MySQL databases untouched. But after ...
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Adding Visibility Options

I've searched for plugins but while some do halfway accomplish the task they are normally very complicated. I'd like to add option to the visibility menu when creating a page (and post, but page is ...
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2k views

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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How can I make a Live Demo of my Premium Plugin? Are there security risks?

I'm glad to have the opportunity to ask my first question here. The scenario is this: My team and I released a Premium Plugin last week. We have since received a number of requests for a Live Demo. ...
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23k views

Adding a Taxonomy Filter to Admin List for a Custom Post Type?

I have created a Custom Post Type called 'listing' and added a Custom Taxonomy called 'businesses'. I would like to add a dropdown list of Businesses to the admin list for the Listings. Here is what ...
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5answers
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How to eliminate weird 404 errors in wp-admin?

I run a WordPress site with about 70 active plugins. Every so often, I'll get a random error page ("Not Found", though I haven't checked the headers to see if it's a 404) on a /wp-admin/ page that ...