So I’m answering my own question, for those that face or will face the same problem.
I have added two buttons. One opens wordpress’ build-in window to select a post and inserts the link. The other opens wordpress’ build-in media window to select an image. That is what somehow what you get at the end.
You will need two PHP functions and one JS one in a separate file.
In the functions.php, or where ever you have your custom functions add the following:
/**
* Add a custom button to tinymce editor
*/
function custom_mce_buttons() {
// Check if WYSIWYG is enabled
if ( get_user_option( 'rich_editing' ) == 'true' ) {
add_filter( 'mce_external_plugins', 'custom_tinymce_plugin' );
add_filter( 'mce_buttons', 'register_mce_buttons' );
}
}
add_action('admin_head', 'custom_mce_buttons');
// Add the path to the js file with the custom button function
function custom_tinymce_plugin( $plugin_array ) {
$plugin_array['custom_mce_button1'] = get_template_directory_uri() .'PATH_TO_THE_JS_FILE';
$plugin_array['custom_mce_button2'] = get_template_directory_uri() .'PATH_TO_THE_OTHER_JS_FILE';
return $plugin_array;
}
// Register and add new button in the editor
function register_mce_buttons( $buttons ) {
array_push( $buttons, 'custom_mce_button1' );
array_push( $buttons, 'custom_mce_button2' );
return $buttons;
}
And the JS file.
(function () {
tinymce.PluginManager.add('custom_mce_button1', function(editor, url) {
editor.addButton('custom_mce_button1', {
icon: false,
text: 'THE_TEXT_OF_THE_BUTTON',
onclick: function (e) {
editor.windowManager.open( {
title: 'THE_TITLE_OF_THE_POPUP_WINDOW',
body: [{
type: 'textbox',
name: 'title',
placeholder: 'PLACE_HOLDER_TEXT',
multiline: true,
minWidth: 700,
minHeight: 50,
},
{
type: 'button',
name: 'link',
text: 'Insert/Edit link',
onclick: function( e ) {
//get the Wordpess' "Insert/edit link" popup window.
var textareaId = jQuery('.mce-custom-textarea').attr('id');
wpActiveEditor = true; //we need to override this var as the link dialogue is expecting an actual wp_editor instance
wpLink.open( textareaId ); //open the link popup
return false;
},
},
{
type: 'button',
name: 'image',
classes: 'sidetag-media-button',
text: 'Insert Media',
onclick: function( e ) {
jQuery(function($){
// Set all variables to be used in scope
var frame;
//it has to match the "textareaID" above, because it is the input field that we are
//going to insert the data in HTML format.
var imgContainer = $( '.mce-custom-textarea' );
// ADD IMAGE LINK
event.preventDefault();
// If the media frame already exists, reopen it.
if ( frame ) {
frame.open();
return;
}
// Create a new media frame
frame = wp.media({
title: 'Select or Upload Media',
button: {
text: 'Use this media'
},
multiple: false // Set to true to allow multiple files to be selected
});
// When an image is selected in the media frame...
frame.on( 'select', function() {
// Get media attachment details from the frame state
var attachment = frame.state().get('selection').first().toJSON();
// Send the attachment URL to our custom image input field.
var imageContent="<img class="side-tag-image" src=""+attachment.url+'" alt="'+attachment.alt+'" style="max-width:100%;"/>'+attachment.caption;
imgContainer.val( imageContent + imgContainer.val() );
});
// Finally, open the modal on click
frame.open();
});
return false;
}
}],
onsubmit: function( e ) {
// wrap it with a div and give it a class name
editor.insertContent( '<div class="CLASS_NAME">' + e.data.title + '</div>');
}
});
}
});
});
})();
I hope this will help some of you..