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I'm a beginner plugin developer. I need my plugin to save and edit multiple indexed sets of key/value pairs on my custom settings page and retrieve later them by their index on the Appearance>>Widgets page.

Is it best to create a custom table in the database for this or does the Settings API have dimensional accommodation for this? If so can someone please get me pointed in the right direction?

TIA

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Because you mentioned the Settings API I assume you want to do AJAX from the admin area of wordpress. You have some research to do, so my answer is to check out these:

http://dobsondev.com/2015/06/12/wordpress-ajax-example/

https://pippinsplugins.com/custom-database-api-reasons-for-custom-tables-and-an-api/

That should get you where you need to go. Happy Wordpressing!

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  • Looks like Pippin's gotta eat too. Now he wants paid for the info :-/
    – N Barns
    Commented May 15, 2017 at 15:31
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The short answer is to go ahead and expand the existing wordpress database. That is because the Settings API really only goes one dimensional and would be a very inefficient use of the database. https://pippinsplugins.com/custom-database-api-reasons-for-custom-tables-and-an-api/

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