How can I automatically add child pages to pages in a WP menu?
Simply put: no. If you want dynamic updating of your menu items, you would probably be better-served using wp_list_pages() or wp_page_menu().
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Posting Instagram Photos Automatically
You’ll probably have to do your own integration, but here’s how I would approach it: Grab an Instagram PHP wrapper: http://www.mauriciocuenca.com/blog/2011/02/instagram-api-implementation-in-php/ OR http://instaphp.com OR https://github.com/cosenary/Instagram-PHP-API Authenticate via an admin option page Iterate through your user images using the /users/self/feed method Use the media_sideload_image() function found in wp-admin/includes/media.php to download the images Keep a running cache … Read more
How to incorporate Documentation into wordpress?
WordPress allows you to add help tabs which appear in your Dashboard and on each admin page. $screen = get_current_screen(); $screen->add_help_tab( array( ‘id’ => $id, //unique id for the tab ‘title’ => $title, //unique visible title for the tab ‘content’ => $content, //actual help text ‘callback’ => $callback //optional function to callback ) ); APIGen … Read more
Automate dir and DB stack creation with WP-CLI
WP-CLI has a bunch of helpful commands, including some to perform basic database operations. However, it’s not its job to create new users in MySQL and grant them permissions on a newly created database. So that part of your script can’t really be replaced with WP-CLI. You’re still in luck though. The wp core command … Read more
Is it possible to populate my wordpress site with many random posts for testing purposes?
As I can see you are using Kubernetes. There are few routes you could go. REST API: Write a light script (nodejs or php) that creates fake data and sends to rest route to create posts. You can then use cron hit rest route for creating posts. Plugin: Check Fakerpress plugin, I haven’t used it … Read more
Auto create post title in admin
the_title filter filters the existing title when it’s output on the front end. If you want to set a title when a post is created on the back end, you want to use the title_save_pre filter: function wpa65253_time_title( $title ) { global $post; if ( isset( $post->ID ) ) : if ( empty( $_POST[‘post_title’] ) … Read more
How to Submit Post Via cURL & PHP
Have a look at wp-cli and wp-api they could help you automate your process without you needing to know too much about wordpress.
Auto add content such as pages upon plugin activation?
You can add those without a button: register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘my_plugin_install_function’); function my_plugin_install_function() { //post status and options $post = array( ‘comment_status’ => ‘closed’, ‘ping_status’ => ‘closed’ , ‘post_author’ => 1, ‘post_date’ => date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’), ‘post_name’ => ‘Checklists’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’ , ‘post_title’ => ‘Checklists’, ‘post_type’ => ‘page’, ); //insert page and save the id $newvalue … Read more
Send email to Admin when user/member updates specific user/member data
So, as Bainternet notes, you would need to compare the new field value to what it was right before the edit. In essence, you will need to build in version control for the profile fields. You will need to add a database table to store this info, using the the $wpdb object to write, and … Read more
How to load script-related styles automatically?
How to load script-related styles automatically?