In WP `options` is the term used for variables stored in the database. They are accessed through the options API.
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Woocommerce or Wordpress , changing default settings
Im looking for a solution to change default settings, for example:
In the picture you're seeing (attached)
Default = Enable
And i want
Default = Disable
i want to set default to disable, ...
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How to change user admin_color with WP CLI?
I like to know how I can change a users admin color theme with WP CLI.
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How to save the option's new values plus old value without overwrite old one
i have just tried this
function myplugin_update_field_foo( $new_value, $old_value ) {
if ($newvalue !== $oldvalue && !empty($oldvalue)) {
$newvalue = array_unique( array_merge( $newvalue, ...
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Multisite: How to store global options vs. site options?
Hey there I am pretty confused on how to store network wide options within a WordPress multisite installation.
The usual way to store any settings in WordPress is:
add_option();
update_option();
...
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options.php not found when saving Theme Settings
I am building a custom theme from the Underscores starter theme (https://underscores.me/), and am building a theme settings page. When I go to save my fields, I get the "Error: options.php not found" ...
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Add option for editors through `register_setting`
I want to add some options in wordpress admin panel which editors also can update through a form. I have used register_setting() function to add those options.
For administrator this works fine, but ...
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Add New Sub Site from the WordPress back end then in sub site options table option_value must be with https
I installed multi site setup for the domain https://uninfo.org but when i add new sub site from the back end it is creating but in sub site WP-options table it created with HTTP rather then https ...
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How to add the option to choose between sizes for featured image within post editor?
Drew a blank Googling for this...
Our website homepage shows a grid of featured image thumbnails on the home page. Some of these images are portrait and some are landscape.
I would like to be able ...
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WP options plugin setting not saving the selected checkboxes
I am trying to make a plugin, so far everything is working, the problem is when its time to "save changes" the text are saved but the selected 2 checkbox didnt save so both remains unchecked.
Heres ...
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Options API - Validation Callback $input is NULL
Issue is that the validation callback function for my plugin has NULL as the $input value.
It's my understanding that the validation callback will use the $input parameter, which contains the POST ...
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Enable plugins that are “not supported”
I just create a clone of a website with All-in-One WP Migration, the original site being hosted on wordpress.com. Since wordpress.com is a typical managed WordPress provider, it allows only for a ...
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In db https is used for home, but in backend http is used and cannot be edited
I switched my web from http to https by using "Better search and replace" and everything worked fine - at first sight.
All resources were deliverd via https and the Firefox showed a green lock. But ...
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Options saved and called in wrong order
for a plugin i am creating i want to execute a function only when the specific options is updated to save ressources. It works so far, but the hook update_option_{$option} should normaly be fired ...
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Get Data From wp_sitemeta for Multisite network
I have a multisite network with around 30 sites on it.
In the wp_sitemeta table, there are some options the previous dev had set (one of which is 'template_color').
So in the wp_sitemeta table, ...
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Best choice of options/settings framework for plugin/theme development
My question is what is the best options/settings framework out there now to safely build custom plugin/theme upon? I found the similar question here, but it was asked 7 years ago and definitely, ...
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How to store a value on WP_option table
<?php
function myplugin_register_settings() {
add_option('marker_pin','');
register_setting( 'marker_group', 'marker_pin', 'myplugin_callback' );
}
add_action( 'admin_init', '...
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What ALL can cause “Another update is currently in progress.”? [closed]
I have been digging through stuff and I can't seem to find any other reason for the "Another update is currently in progress."
To clarify I have already tried the Fix Another Update Is In Progress ...
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Custom post type option page template
I'm making a website which has a page that contains all members.
So till now I've made a custom post type using the following code:
function midas_team_post() {
register_post_type( 'midas-team',
...
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Where to store user data for my slider plugin?
I'm building a slider plugin and having a difficult time deciding how best to store the user inputs.
My idea is that the plugin will allow users to create and store multiple sliders. Each slider ...
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Function to incorporate an option in each Page
Hello (sorry for my bad english).
I have searched but not found what I want. I would like to know if there is a possibility to incorporate an option for each page. Something like in the Customize. ...
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Use delete_option in action link
Is it possible to use delete_option in an action link directly?
Currently, my thoughts are to add a page named reset.php and link to it. This is not the same as a uninstall. The link would look like ...
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Woocommerce Variation dropdown <select><options> doesnt allow arrow key navigation
On all my woocommerce websites. Product variation dropdowns do not allow arrow keys to navigate once selected.
For example if you select an option from the dropdown. It "unselects" itself.
If you ...
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Update siteurl and home in multisite subsites to https
I want rewrite the siteurl and home options on multisite subsites.
In wp-admin/option.php this is it:
if ( !is_multisite() ) {
if ( !defined( 'WP_SITEURL' ) )
$whitelist_options['general'...
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Is get_option() faster than accessing get_transient()?
Today I run a test over my db to explore the speed difference between accessing a key from options, custom table & transients. I ran the test for 1000 times and following is the time taken to run ...
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not getting API setting saved confirmation message after update on option page
I am able to add option page to dashboard Menu and so far it works properly (at least to me) But I am not getting API Setting Saved Message after updating the page
add_action( 'admin_menu', '...
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How to add values to media “whitelist_options” in wp-admin/options.php template?
I would like to set default values of the media variables on my multisite. If I want to do this on one site, it's a simple thing, I add values on mysite.com/wp-admin/options.php to the ...
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Wordpress Boilerplate Plugin doesn't see callback functions for add_settings_field and add_settings_section
I am developing my first plugin, and I have an options page setup. Now, I am trying to add some fields.
I have this in xxx-admin.php in admin folder
public function section_callback() {
echo ...
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How do I add a textarea (multirow) option to my Wordpress plugin?
I'm getting a little confused between the options and settings APIs. I want to add three multirow text fields (displayed as a textarea) for my plugin. I just want to allow the user to specify three ...
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Echo Option Value Based On Wordpress User Role
If someone can figure this out, man you would make my week!
Basically what I'm trying to do is echo a different value in a option based on a the users role on Wordpress.
If user is administrator ...
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Plugin scheduled event not working
I have created this interval in my functions.php:
function minute_interval( $schedules ) {
$schedules['minute'] = array(
'interval' => 60,
'display' => __('Every minute')
);
...
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1answer
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Custom delete option button in plugin settings
I would like to add Delete button next to my file Upload option in my plugin settings.
At this moment I am using Settings API, using form below.
<form method="post" action="options.php" enctype="...
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Is there a options api element of table?
I need a dynamic table of values saved to each user profile. Only issue is they cannot edit the values inside the table, but they can fire a search event from a button click, or delete the searches if ...
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Custom Plugin Options Won't Update
We wrote a small custom plugin for a client to pull some custom options (set in the WP dashboard) to be used to calculate custom shipping costs in Woocommerce.
The issue right now is that changes to ...
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Should I still use Settings APIs?
I'm writing a countdown timer plugin for WordPress. I want users to be able to add it to a post using a shortcode, like so:
[countdown-timer preset="user-defined-preset"]
Basically, it's going to ...
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Yoast SEO - updating titles and descriptions causes 403 or 404 error
Some weird things are happening on my website. When I try to save any options in Yoast SEO (connected with e.g. XML maps, social things, advanced settings), everything is fine - besides "wpseo_titles" ...
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update_option and the option cache
Ive been doing some reading regards wordpress and its options table. Im aware that all options ( with autoload active ) will load into the cache on page load to avoid multiple database hits.
What im ...
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Run query on specific admin options page and send results to select field in another function
How do I run a get_posts query on an individual options page for my plugin and send those results to another function to populate the select fields?
I'm building a custom plugin that builds a vcard ...
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Settings Page doesn't save settings to Database
I'm making a very simple plugin that adds a menu item under Settings and an options page with two textareas that add header or footer scripts.
The Admin Menu link displays and the "Add Scripts" page ...
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Registered sidebar area is not shown from plugin.
I am trying to list all registered sidebar. But while I put the code inside plugin it does not work but if I put it inside theme it works.
function chup_list_sidebar(){
$sidebar_options = array();
...
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1answer
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Override plugin option by with a custom theme
I'm creating a custom theme and using one of video embedding plugins from the market. There are plenty of options and among them "don't load css style", is there a way how to make it always checked ...
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2answers
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Can I use register_settings and unregister_setting once the settings page has loaded?
I want to add few settings fields dynamically on settings page depending on user action. I am planning to register these new fields dynamically once user asks for it and show the corresponding HTML ...
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Issues with overwhelmed autoload
I'm not a developer but understand som basics of WP development. I have a site hosted at WPE, which initially was very fast but after some tweaking and twisting on the site, the frontend and backend (...
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When storing small amount of data should I use Option, Settings API or custom table?
I am relatively new to WordPress and saw some of related questions but they where mostly old. Not sure what is the optimal way to store data in the current WordPress version.
I need to store a list ...
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add image in dropdown select
if (!function_exists('dropdown_categories')) :
function dropdown_categories($show_option_none, $name, $selected = '') {
if (of_get_option('blog_cat_id')) {
return apply_filters('...
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How to save plugin custom settings page fields
I want to implement a plugin which gets 2 fields in admin area and saves those in options as array
I read the page Custom Settings Page but seems it doesn't describe how to save fields values in ...
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Work flow for multiple developers
I'm looking to streamline the development work flow for a new project that will have multiple developers involved (backend and frontend).
My biggest quandary is how best to make sure all devs have ...
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1answer
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Storing product price data in the database
I am writing a Wordpress plugin to store product data that is pulled from the Amazon Affiliates API. My goal is to have an admin page where I can add new products and view/edit/remove existing ...
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Options API get_option() and update_option() Not Correctly Updating or Returning
Consider the following code:
if(!class_exists('Update_Option_Error')){
class Update_Option_Error
{
public function __construct()
{
ob_start();
// This ...
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update_option does not work in this scenario - how do I fix?
I am attempting to use update_option to add or update an option.
I have created a test below which creates a settings page and when loaded it runs my awd_do_sync function, but the option does not get ...
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Post being duplicated with foreach loop
I am trying to create posts from options in the database, but I am getting duplicates of the posts each time I run the function even though I have added a conditional to check for duplicates.
Here is ...
