So I could understand why you “customized” (i.e. use your own version of) the do_settings_sections() and do_settings_fields() functions — because you want to use div and not table, right? But if it’s just about styling, you could actually just use CSS to style the table so that it doesn’t look like a table; however, you’ll … Read more
That’s not JSON, it’s serialised PHP data. If you try to store a value that isn’t a primitive string/number, such as an object or array, WordPress serializes it using PHP. How do we decode this structure deserialize( … ); However, I do not recommend relying on this for practical and security reasons. Don’t store structured … Read more
The wpmu_new_blog hook is indeed deprecated and shouldn’t be used; however, it works because it runs after the new site has been initialized (see wp_initialize_site()) which means the database tables for that site has been created and filled with the default options. So because you are updating the site’s options like default_comment_status, then you should … Read more
Fixed! function Setting_() { register_setting( ‘Set_my_options’, ‘My_plugin_header_logo’ ); register_setting( ‘Set_my_options’, ‘My_plugin_links_facebook’ ); register_setting( ‘Set_my_options’, ‘My_plugin_links_youtube’ ); register_setting( ‘Set_my_options’, ‘My_plugin_links_email’ ); register_setting( ‘Set_my_options’, ‘My_plugin_links_instagram’ ); } add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘Setting_’ ); settings_fields( ‘Set_my_options’ );
The file wp-admin/options.php handles updates to options submitted via the admin area and filters the submitted option values against a list of allowed options for the option page that submitted the request. The allowed list (called a “whitelist” before WordPress 5.5) uses the value of the variable $option_page to determine the settings that are allowed … Read more
You can create a lock by using flock on one of your existing files (or create a special one fo this. Get the lock before you start the canculation and release it after the result was stored.
Read the codex page on creating options pages, and let us know if you run into any specific issues. It has a complete copy/paste example you can monkey with. If you’re trying to avoid learning WordPress’ options mechanisms in favor of a more generic custom php solution, I understand where you’re coming from, but recommend … Read more
In wordpress that’s a tagline.. maybe a plugin like this http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-tagline/ can help you.
update_user_meta($current_user->ID, ‘description’, $_POST[‘user_description’]); in the form processing function will save the bio. I would keep the form action on the same admin page. As for data validation, I don’t see what there is to validate in the first place. It’s just a string – not an email, address or the like that needs to be … Read more
$mytimestamp = date(get_option(‘date_format’), strtotime($date)) . ‘ at ‘ . date(get_option(‘time_format’), strtotime($date));