Vagrant script to setup all the common PHP / WordPress version combinations

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

Passing current cookies in wp_remote_get to get Draft Post Preview

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

Add a new tab to WordPress Plugin install Listing

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; }

Where to put third party PHP library?

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

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