Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. This tag should not be used to mark requests for plugin recommendations, which are off-topic per the FAQ.
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What is the correct way for a theme to support plugin UIs?
For instance if my plugin is creating a form on a page, what can I do to make it as easy as possible for theme developers to skin the form too?
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Hide wordpress plugins from list
I am using a couple of wordpress plugins for my theme, enabling them programmatically.
I would not want the user of my theme to be bugged with plugin updates for these plugins, as well as viewing ...
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Combine multiple plugins into one?
I've collected a few plugins that each have specific functionality I need for what would otherwise be a single large plugin.
Is it possible to bundle these into a single installable zip?
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Query Posts by Custom Field 'Price'
I'd like to display all posts within a given price range. For example: When a user inputs 100 and 1000 (in two separate form fields) - my site will display all posts that have a custom field called ...
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Output in XHTML or HTML 5 for plugins?
I'm currently writing a plugin that displays some images - possibly with captions. So, I was wondering whether to use XHTML (<div>s and <span>s) or HTML 5 (<figure> and ...
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WordPress Plugin Development from Scratch. How?
I would like to learn how to create a plugin from scratch, there are tons of tutorials out there on the internet, but they are either premium or not a reliable resource. would like to know which are ...
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How Do I add a redirect rule to Wordpress?
Right now, I'm able to dynamically generate js and css, based on my theme options
To do that i set up a query var, that if present redirects to a php file, which then loads itself as a javascript ...
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Get a button for <hr> in the Editor
Somehow the WordPress editor doesn't have a button to insert a horizontal line (<hr /> in html). Is there a plugin that adds this button? Or an easy way to add such a button myself?
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Preserve custom URL parameter on more pages
I created a custom URL parameter for sorting posts by their vote scores. I have a "most voted" link that sends a ?sort=most_voted URL paramater and using a query posts filter I display posts with most ...
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Plugin (or Theme) containing its own Plugins?
My Theme defines its own actions and filters so that it can be extended by third-parties without having to fork or modify the Theme's core code.
I already have a few plugins specific to my Theme, ...
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When coding a Wordpress theme, where does the theme (i.e. the presentation) end and the plugin (i.e. the functionality) begin?
The best guideline I have seen for what should be in a theme is to put "functionality" in a plugin.
I am looking at adding more "premium features" like jQuery image sliders. This requires a back-end ...
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Core framework/helpers for logging stuff?
I'm writing two plugins at the moment which need to (optionally) log stuff...lots of stuff...somewhere. Since i don't like the 'you need to have proper permissions in this and that folder' messages of ...
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Plugin for sharing on social sites? [closed]
I'm looking for a plugin that enables sharing an article on sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkeIn. One catch is that I want a plugin that respect the privacy of the user and doesn't include ...
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OpenID for WordPress 3.x? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to implement a customizable free OpenID authentication?
Is there any WordPress plugin that provides OpenID authentication for comments that works in WordPress 3.0?
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Rename files on upload
I have been trying to rename my images on upload and only piece of code I found was the one that uses a 32char hash.
function make_filename_hash($filename) {
$info = pathinfo($filename);
$ext ...
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Handling jQuery Component Collision
In plugin development, what is the best practice to prevent jQuery component collision on the front end?
For instance, let's say I include the jQuery Apprise dialog in a plugin that loads this on the ...
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WP E-commerce: Showing 3 random products from current category when viewing product
This is more of a template tag question than a programming question, but since WPEC's wiki and forum is quite useless I had to give it a shot here.
Using shortcodes you can easily include a given ...
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Wordpress and magic quotes
I've been writing some Wordpress plugins, and I've been having some problem with Wordpress putting magic quotes on POST and GET data.
Specifically, the "wp_magic_quotes" function in ...
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Suggestion and Voting Plugin for Wordpress
I'm looking for a plugin for wordpress 3 that will allow me to setup a suggestion page.
I'll post a question or idea at the top, and then users can post thier suggestions in the comments. then other ...
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How to automatically install default Wordpress plugins?
I setup a decent number of Wordpress installations clients/friends. There are a number of plugins that I use on every instance. Is there a good way to automatically have these plugins installed on ...
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How to override normal Wordpress search in Buddypress?
hi
i have wordpress and buddypress installed and i wanted to be able to search through forum posts, blog posts and other info all over the site.
i found Search Engine (Wordpress Plugin) and installed ...
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How to transfer a WordPress blog to a different domain?
Let's say we are currently hosting our WordPress blog on certain domain and would like to move it to a new domain. How to do this with the least hassle and SEO hit?
Are there any plugins that could ...
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Using plural-only translation of register_post_status() in plugin
tl;dr: My plugin wants to translate strings from core or other plugins that use _n_noop(). How?
This question related to this plugin and is sort of a follow up to this question.
My plugin adds ...
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Forum plugin that allows private groups that are invite only [closed]
I'm looking for a plugin that would allow me to create private groups for discussion that are invite only. These would be for people who have taken a workshop and want to remain in communication with ...
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Which method is best to enqueue scripts
I'm currently authoring the development of a plugin for wordpress, and I'm having trouble figuring out which would be the best way to add scripts to the plugin. I'm in the process of adding more ...
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Disable saving comment details (name, e-mail) in cookie?
The European Union has introduced a directive requiring that websites obtain permission for setting all 'non-essential' cookies. In the UK (where my site is based), the appropriate detail is explained ...
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Delete Post With No Traffic?
My site has over 8k posts, some of which are outdated. To keep site maintainable and tidy, I want to delete all post with no traffic. Can this be done?
Is there any plugin for this purpose? Or any ...
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How to make plugin required in a wp theme without using php conditional statements when calling an individual function from that plugin?
One of my Wordpress themes requires a few third party plugins to run correctly.
Most of the times I used to call functions from third party plugins using conditional statements like
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Automattic's eCommerce Plugin
Question
Does anyone know what plugin Automattic uses for their eCommerce functionality in the MU installation of WordPress located on the free sub-domains at wordpress.com?
Please share where it ...
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Registering Class methods as hook callbacks
I'm not sure if I have done this correctly.
As I understand it:
if I have a class foo and a static method bar I can register that as the callback by passing the array array("foo","bar") as the ...
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How to Add jQuery Infinite Scroll to My Custom Archive Page
I currently have a custom archive page that displays my current post at the top and then links to all of my older posts below that. However, I need to break up the page so that it displays the ...
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Automatically Creating Posts for Popular Forum Topics or Products
I am integrating a Wordpress template with Buddypress (with bbPress included).
I would like to automatically create a post for popular forum topics so that it will show in my main page. I am hoping ...
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Searching users with WP_List_Table plug-in
I am trying to devlope a plugin that will search and return my users so I can edit some other metatdata that belongs to them. I have been using the plug-in listed on the Codex as my starting point.
I ...
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Being notified when some YouTube video in some post becomes unavailable
Is there a plugin or some PHP code that notifies you whenever a YouTube videos becomes unavailable in some post of a WordPress website ?
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use Wordpress theme / plugin editor in my plugin
Is there a way to use the wordpress theme / plugin editor inside my plugin to give the user the ability to edit the css file of my plugin ?
Im building a plugin that gives the user an option to add ...
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What's the recommended process for organising collaborative posting?
The users over at the scifi/fantasy SE site are getting our blog organised. We definitely need:
To know who is writing (or planning to write) about what.
What stage (planning, writing, ...
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Prevent publishing the post before setting a featured image?
As the title says , I want a plugin/function to prevent/inform the user when he tries to publish the post without setting the featured image.
ANY HELP ???
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A Blog's changelog
I'm looking for a plugin that would keep track of a all the structural "changes" journal. For instance, the date+time of each wordpress upgrade, or plugin install/update/activation/desactivation or ...
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Wordpress 3.5 Media Manager - add a button
In my plugin, I would like to add two buttons to Media Manager (to the left of "Insert Into Post" in "media-toolbar-primary" section), and connect a jQuery action to it.
First one - The "Select All" ...
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Disable plugin / plugin action via theme
I have installed the Google Analyticator plugin on my site. I am also using the MobilePress plugin to serve up a theme designed for non-smart-phone mobile browsers. I have set up Google Analytics for ...
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How to translate a plugin via .po .mo?
I want to translate this plugin. This plugin already has translations to some languages, and it has .pot file for adding new languages (as far as I understood from description). Although I never had ...
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How to do I get a list of active plugins on my wordpress blog programmatically?
I have 2 blogs, one which is multisite and one which isn't. I want to get a list of plugins active on both the blogs so I can compare them.
On the multisite blog, I want to list the plugins which are ...
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Suggest a plugin for up/down voting posts
I need a free wordpress plugin that will allow the users to upvote or down vote every post. Something similar to stackoverflow.com
If not give me suggestions of how to create one. I am a java ...
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Should a SEO plugin be necessary?
I'm using the All in One SEO plugin for my site. The extra fields and options it supplies seem like they could be handled via a theme, possibly negating the use for a plugin.
Should SEO ...
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Is there a maintenance mode in Wordpress core?
If I want to put a Wordpress (3.2.1) site into Maintenance mode, is it still necessary to use a plugin? If so, is this a good option?
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How to edit a wordpress plugin without break its update process
I would like to add some additional features with already available wordpress plugin. Is it possible to carry over my customization while updating the plugin.
Sorry for my bad english :-(
Thanks in ...
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Building a plugin that doesn't break when deactivated
I wrote a WordPress plugin that creates an admin page for deciding what posts go in a feature slider on the front page. Everything works fine and I'm simply calling to the function inside the plugin ...
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insert data in database table from plugin with WP3.1
I am quite new in WP Plugin World. I am trying to develop a plugin in WP 3.1 when I am trying to insert data into my table named "wp_enam" in the following way:
$wpdb->insert($wpdb->enam, ...
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Getting Path To Uploaded Attachment Image After Upload
After you have uploaded an attachment in Wordpress using the media upload screen, is there a hook or filter I can run after the image has been uploaded where I can get the path to the uploaded image ...
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Wordpress Vote Plugin - Vote Once and Track User
I've been looking through voting plugins and cannot seem to find one that works for me. I'm hoping you can help me out before I have to build my own as I'm tight on time.
I have a page that will be ...
