On the WordPress side of things, Basic WordPress Vagrant Environment is ready to work with any WordPress version (with a little help). You would still need to find a way to configure the PHP but there is a hint in https://github.com/ideasonpurpose/basic-wordpress-box/blob/master/ansible/roles/php/tasks/php.yml. To use it out of the box; Download or clone the project to wplatest-php55.dev/ … Read more
I have no idea if WP API has limits, but, you should always cache your requests every time you deal with a third party API access. it is a good practice to cache the response for an hour or whatever, it will help optimizing the site which will use your plugin, thus it loads faster … Read more
I’ve did a quick test on just changing the option and it seems to work. What I did is: Wrote a widget that has just 2 fields: “Title” and “Name”. Add several instances of this widget to my sidebars. Been sure that they are shown correctly in frontend. Edited the class to use 3 fields: … Read more
I rarely deal with cookies and not sure about complete mechanics there, but here is basic working example of passing current user’s cookies to retrieve preview page source: $preview_link = set_url_scheme( get_permalink( $post->ID ) ); $preview_link = esc_url( apply_filters( ‘preview_post_link’, add_query_arg( ‘preview’, ‘true’, $preview_link ) ) ); $cookies = array(); foreach ( $_COOKIE as $name … Read more
Ok, finally got to the core of WP Native Dashboard basic concept and it’s working now. The file is being used as a mu-plugin, and whenever I have to work in the site I rename it from set-user-locale.phpa to set-user-locale.php, and then back again. Thus activating and deactivating without the plugin being on the client’s … Read more
Searching inside all uninstall.php files that I have in my hard-drive, I’ve found two that had the function is_multisite(): User Role Editor and Add Code to Head. Both use a $wpdb loop. Simplified: <?php /** * Plugin Uninstall Procedure */ // Make sure that we are uninstalling if ( !defined( ‘WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN’ ) ) exit(); // … Read more
There is the filter: “views_plugin-install” (see here). You can find it in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php (currently) at line 226: $views = apply_filters( “views_{$this->screen->id}”, $views ); Use it like: add_filter( ‘views_plugin-install’, ‘my_filter’, 10, 1 ); function my_filter( $views ){ //Do your stuff return $views; }
If each plugin/theme functions on its own, then you should probably drop the the library in every theme/plugin. Then just check to see if it a class or function from the third-party library exists before requiring it. <?php if( class_exists( ‘SomeClass’ ) ) { // require/include here } or <?php if( function_exists( ‘some_function’ ) ) … Read more
The best way to use your class without knowing the object is an action. You register the action before the theme files for presentation are loaded, WordPress will handle the rest. Sample code: <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- /** * Plugin Name: Plugin Action Demo */ add_action( ‘init’, array ( ‘Plugin_Action_Demo’, ‘init’ ) ); … Read more
To answer your question, Yes In fact, there are many other functions you can override in that file, it’s included as the first line of “wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php” & there are many functions inside to be overridden Unfortunately, there is not too much information available regarding drop-in plugins but i’ll try to put a few points They … Read more