You can’t. If you’re using the settings API correctly, here’s what happens when you try to save your options: Form posts to options.php WordPress handles $_POST and runs update_option on your registered settings Your sanitize callback from register_setting is applied Any data that fails/you don’t return in your callback isn’t saved WordPress redirects back to … Read more
You hadn’t included how had you arrived at this concept, but the whole “presets” branch of logic is pretty strange. Post-filtering vs pre-filtering WordPress filters are de-facto centered on filtering results. Your my_plugin_get_options filter follows that model — the results are produced and offered for modification. Sometimes that is undesirable, what if we do all … Read more
In the codex the group is implied to be unique. However, since I am adding this field to the general options menu, it is in fact this group I must use. register_setting( ‘general’, ‘home_banner’ );
wp_editor content in plugin options page
wp cron job fires at every second or so, if callback is wrapped with DOING_CRON check it never fires at all
Usually with proper server config the wp-config.php file should not be able to be edited from a theme or plugin. It’s usually fired first before your plugin/theme files. Here is a similar discussion on the topic.
update object options on option form
Why is MySQL receiving such a large serialized object?
Well, the error message kinda explains itself. The plugin probably want to create some tables but your woedpress user, the one indicated in wp-config.php, do not have a table create permissions. You will have to go into your MySQL administration panels and give the user the create permission as well.
Looks like it’s possible to use a placeholder tag, the following is the PHP code using a _custom_link value of http://somelink.com/?ref=%%title%%. <?php // must be within the Loop $ref_slug = strtoupper(sanitize_title_with_dashes(get_the_title())); $regex = ‘(\%\%title\%\%)’; $ref_link = ( get_option(‘_custom_link’) ) ? preg_replace( $regex, $ref_slug, get_option(‘_custom_link’)) : null; echo $ref_link; ?>