Many plugins use /wp-content/custom-plugin-folder/ to store customized plugin data (WPTouch comes to mind). Just use the constants WP_CONTENT_URL and WP_CONTENT_DIR Docs to check for the existence of your folder and retrieve any available skins. The following article, although not directly related to this Question, explains the importance for plugins/themes to search for translations first in … Read more
Eek! A 33% acceptance rate isn’t really going to do you any favours but lucky for you WordPress’ in-built post-thumbnail featured image functionality works for posts, custom post types and pages too. Add the following line into your theme functions.php file: add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’, array( ‘post’, ‘page’ ) ); Then in your page.php file and I … Read more
Actions & Filters The imho best way is to use an action to bring plugin functions into themes. Example #1 Here’s a little plugin to test this. <?php /** Plugin Name: (#68117) Print Hello! */ function wpse68117_print_hello() { echo “Hello World!”; } add_action( ‘wpse68117_say’, ‘wpse68117_print_hello’ ); Inside the theme: <?php /** Template Name: Test »Print … Read more
UPDATE: When I first posted my answer I missed the crux of the question; my answer was about .htaccess security in general and is now listed below the double line (look down if it interests you.) Unfortunately I don’t have specific experience with securing /wp-admin/ using .htaccess so I’ll simply list the two resources I … Read more
I recently started using the Plugin Central plugin for this and it works like a charm. I just install Plugin Central with every initial WP install, keep a text file where all of the direct links to my favorite plugin zip downloads are listed, and paste these links into Plugin Central. My 16 favorite plugins … Read more
Go through each plugin file and remove the plugin header. Create a loader.php file. Something like this: <?php /* Plugin Name: Combined Plugin Description: Contains plugin a, plugin b and plugin c */ include dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/plugin-a.php’; include dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/plugin-b.php’; include dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/plugin-c.php’;
Maybe you should try calling the functions of your plugin using the plugins_loaded action. Plugin A class PluginA { public function func_a() { // do stuff } } Plugin B class PluginB { function functB() { if (class_exists(‘PluginA’)) { //do stuff that depends of PluginA } } } add_action(‘plugins_loaded’, ‘call_plugin_a_using_plugin_b’); function call_plugin_a_using_plugin_b() { PluginB::functB(); } … Read more
Unless the plugin has made significant database changes, you could follow these steps to downgrade it: Download and extract the old version from the plugin repository Disable the plugin Log on to your server with FTP or SSH Upload the old plugin directory to wp-content/plugins/. (You would want to overwrite the newer version.) Reactivate the … Read more
Yes you can. Check this Repo https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker This is a custom update checker library for WordPress plugins and themes. It lets you add automatic update notifications and one-click upgrades to your WP Plugin. All you need to do is put your plugin/theme details in a JSON file, place the file on your server, and pass … Read more
If the plugins are correctly adding their styles via wp_enqueue_style, you simply need to dequeue them: function wpa_dequeue_style() { wp_dequeue_style( ‘plugin-style-handle’ ); } add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘wpa_dequeue_style’, 100 ); Whether or not this works depends on how and where the plugins are adding their styles, so there’s no absolute answer without knowing specific methods the plugins … Read more