Hi @BinaryBit: It’s no wonder you are a bit frustrated; the admin menu is one of the most obtuse and frustrating implementations through WordPress core. Honestly, I don’t know what they were thinking when they designed it that way. @EAMann did an excellent job of explaining how the admin menus work in WordPress (I wish … Read more
Here is a list of all of the above answers and a removal of the admin bar link. Just add it to your themes function file or make it a plugin. I will mark this as a community wiki as everyone’s answer is right just no one added it all together. <?php // Removes from … Read more
Maybe WordPress doesn’t have permissions to save the new language files. I had the same problem, and I solved it by adding the following to wp-config.php define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); You might also want to check that your wp-content/-directory is writable for the web server user.
According to WordPress Codex (here): admin_enqueue_scripts is the first action hooked into the admin scripts actions. Example Loading a CSS or JS files for all admin area: //from functions.php //First solution : one file //If you’re using a child theme you could use: // get_stylesheet_directory_uri() instead of get_template_directory_uri() add_action( ‘admin_enqueue_scripts’, ‘load_admin_style’ ); function load_admin_style() { … Read more
I added new field ‘picture’ (input type file) to category with help of these add_action(‘category_edit_form_fields’,’category_edit_form_fields’); add_action(‘category_edit_form’, ‘category_edit_form’); add_action(‘category_add_form_fields’,’category_edit_form_fields’); add_action(‘category_add_form’,’category_edit_form’); function category_edit_form() { ?> <script type=”text/javascript”> jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#edittag’).attr( “enctype”, “multipart/form-data” ).attr( “encoding”, “multipart/form-data” ); }); </script> <?php } function category_edit_form_fields () { ?> <tr class=”form-field”> <th valign=”top” scope=”row”> <label for=”catpic”><?php _e(‘Picture of the category’, ”); ?></label> … Read more
The hooks to create custom columns and their associated data for a custom post type are manage_{$post_type}_posts_columns and manage_{$post_type}_posts_custom_column respectively, where {$post_type} is the name of the custom post type. This example from the documentation removes the author column and adds a taxonomy and meta data column: // Add the custom columns to the book … Read more
Here’s the process to change the labels (I changed posts to “contacts” in my example) function change_post_menu_label() { global $menu; global $submenu; $menu[5][0] = ‘Contacts’; $submenu[‘edit.php’][5][0] = ‘Contacts’; $submenu[‘edit.php’][10][0] = ‘Add Contacts’; $submenu[‘edit.php’][15][0] = ‘Status’; // Change name for categories $submenu[‘edit.php’][16][0] = ‘Labels’; // Change name for tags echo ”; } function change_post_object_label() { global … Read more
You need to use the right hooks (which are not always the same as the URLs/slugs), and it doesn’t hurt to use a hook that runs later (e.g., admin_init): add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘wpse_136058_remove_menu_pages’ ); function wpse_136058_remove_menu_pages() { remove_menu_page( ‘edit.php?post_type=acf’ ); remove_menu_page( ‘wpcf7’ ); } You can use the following to debug: add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘wpse_136058_debug_admin_menu’ ); function … Read more
We’re working on updating http://dotorgstyleguide.wordpress.com/ to have more of this information and reflect the style updates from 3.2. Other than that, I’ve seen a plugin (that I currently cannot locate) that shows a demo page of sorts that displays the various CSS selectors and what they look like, but I believe it was outdated. Other … Read more
For anyone who wants to know more about file uploading, here’s a quick primer covering the major topics and pain points. This is written with WordPress 3.0 on a Linux box in mind, and the code is just a basic overview to teach the concepts. I’m sure some folks here could offer advice for improvement … Read more