admin - Read For Learn

Customize the upload screen

You will need to hook into attachment_fields_to_edit and unset them for a role. You can use current_user_can(‘author’) http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/current_user_can Example to remove image alt field function remove_caption($form_fields) { if (current_user_can(‘author’)){ $form_fields[‘image_alt’][‘input’] = ‘hidden’; return $form_fields; }} add_filter(‘attachment_fields_to_edit’,’remove_caption’, 15, 2); My initial post used unset but I tried it and it did not work, from the example … Read more

Making Media Library “Alternative Text” Field Required

I’ve managed to make it work of sorts… The requirement is not checked in the Media Library upload /wp-admin/media-new.php, but instead in the Media Upload thickbox iframe /wp-admin/media-upload.php. The following is the code that works in the thickbox and displays an alert box making mandatory filling the Alt text field. IMO, it won’t be easy, … Read more

How to remove “Super Admin” from All Users for those that are not a “Super Admin”?

This list of filters at the top of admin screens are called Views. You can manage views using the views_{$this->screen->id} filter. Where you’d replace {$this->screen->id} with the name of the screen you’d like to manage. In order to filter the Users screen, you can try the following: // filter the ‘users’ views add_filter( “views_users”, “wse57231_filter_user_views”); … Read more

Possible to create placeholder images in WordPress editor that are clickable (should bring up uploader)?

such an answer would likely become unworkable/unusable after a WordPress update, as TinyMCE get updated and APIs change – by @TomJNowell While I agree with Tom, there still an be a general answer that explains the general concept and the parts that aren’t moving. The PHP plugin to set the default content First there has … Read more

WordPress last login foreach user

This will add a new column to the Users admin and show their last login. <?php /* Plugin Name: (#158276) WPSE | Last user login */ // Add user meta `last_login` that saves the UNIX time stamp // to identify the exact time when a user logged in add_action( ‘wp_login’, ‘add_login_time’ ); function add_login_time( $user_login … Read more

Better search for WordPress admin backend [closed]

The Search Everything plugin works pretty well for me on the front end. I’ve never tried it, but you should be able to fork it and add is_admin() conditionals to all of the functions it uses. Or better yet, just allow the frond-end to be search-able too. A visitor who can find what they are … Read more

Daily notices of failed login attempts for non-existent admin user

Yes, you can safely ignore it, especially if your site has no “admin” user. The brute-force attack will never accomplish anything. I also use Limit Login Attempts – mainly for this very purpose. It lets me know when manual brute-force attempts are being made on my back-end login. (Last time I bothered to WHOIS the … Read more

Is there a way to prevent author change when editor/administrator edits a post?

Both, quick edit and the regular post edit screen, offer an author field. Just take care to set the correct author when you edit something. To see this field you have to enable it in the screen option in the upper right corner:

Making the thumbnails in the backend Media section bigger

I don’t see any way of hooking into this. Following the lead of wp_get_attachment_image takes nowhere… // wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php // line 200 case ‘icon’: $attributes=”class=”column-icon media-icon”” . $style; ?> <td <?php echo $attributes ?>><?php if ( $thumb = wp_get_attachment_image( $post->ID, array( 80, 60 ), true ) ) { if ( $this->is_trash || ! $user_can_edit ) { … Read more

Integrate post tags in Post Edit page with qTranslate

When user starts typing something into tag input, JavaScript makes request to admin-ajax.php with action set to ajax-tag-search to receive list of suggestions (if any). In that file that action is recognized as belonging to core and wp_ajax_tag_search() function is added to dynamically generated wp_ajax_ajax-tag-search hook, which fires almost immediately after that. Looking at source … Read more

+ More