here an example of how to manage multiple set of options. it needs to be completed by a nonce to avoid CSRF attack and it needs also a little bit of layout. add_action(“admin_menu”, function () { add_menu_page( “Multioptions” , “Multioptions” , “manage_options” // capability to be allowed to edit options , “MY_PLUGIN__multioptions” , function () … Read more
Thank you for the responses Tom! You got me on track, I should have checked the rendered html earlier. Here’s the answer. The rendered html was showing hidden inputs, for clarity, I’ll just repeat my previous form with the hidden inputs that were being rendered: <form method=”post” action=”<?php echo admin_url(‘admin-post.php’); ?>”> <label>This form wont work</label> … Read more
Hooking into button when using Settings API
The $option_group parameter of register_setting should match the $option_group parameter of settings_fields, which is typically used as part of creating a custom settings page. When you use register settings with register_setting(), your registered settings are added to a global variable of allowed options, where they are grouped by the $option_group parameter. When you submit your … Read more
Add a third parameter, which is an $args array, and add your sanitization callback in there: register_setting( ‘sports_api_key’, ‘sports_api_key’, array( ‘sanitization_callback’ => ‘sanitize_text_field’ ) ); This is enough for your use case, the sanitize_text_field function already exists, so you don’t need to create it. More information here for how to add a sanitization callback and … Read more
Transmit headers and footers via API from one site to another
First you need to catch the input then you can save it from $_POST So i assume your input fields names are myplugin_id , myplugin_api_key and myplugin_checkbox what you are currently doing is just going to replace the option with myplugin_checkbox You can try function register_myplugin_settings() { if ( isset( $_POST[‘myplugin_id’] ) && ! empty( … Read more
How can I use the WordPress Settings API to create a settings page for my plugin?
As mentioned I wasn’t able to find it explicitly mentioned, although it was implied in some articles, that it was being done. When using the settings_fields( string $option_group ) wordpress function you can see from the source code that it includes a nonce field: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/settings_fields/ function settings_fields( $option_group ) { echo “<input type=”hidden” name=”option_page” value=”” … Read more
Before saving the options the first time get_option( ‘rtwhc_settings’ ) returns false as the option doesn’t exist. Saving values, deleting them and then saving again causes the value of get_option( ‘rtwhc_settings’ ) to be an array with the field names as keys, which have empty values. You can see this, if you var_dump() the option … Read more