This drove me mad for a while, but I got it to work by adding them with the full arguments that are used in the admin script loader rather than just referencing the handle. When I print the $wp_scripts global on the front end, iris and wp-color-picker are nowhere to be found, though all of … Read more
WordPress hooks work like Hollywood: you don’t call them, they call you. But unlike Hollywood, they keep calling everyone on the list. It’s normal for an action or a filter to have multiple functions hooked to it, from different plugins, or even just different functions in the WordPress core that all do something specific. It … Read more
In general: Yes, wait for a dedicated hook to start your own code. Never just throw an object instance into the global namespace. But init is rarely necessary. You hook in as late as possible. If your first code runs on wp_head do not use an earlier hook. You can even cascade hooks: add_action( ‘wp_head’, … Read more
Turns out the answer was simply to use url_to_postid like this: $keyword = get_post_meta( url_to_postid( “http://”.$_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’].$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] ), ‘_wpg_def_keyword’, true ); Works perfectly even from init.
after_setup_theme action hook is fired before the actual $wp->init(); which Set up the current user and only then init action hook is fired which means that they are pretty much the same with one major difference and that is at after_setup_theme the user is not authenticated, and at init he is (assuming that we are … Read more
Sometimes certain hooks need to be fired at certain times. Example, some hooks need to be fired upon init. Add this to your __construct() add_action(‘init’, array(&$this, ‘init’)); Then add this function, which will contain all hooks that need to be fired upon init. public function init(){ add_action(‘hook_name’, array(&$this, ‘your_method_name’)); add_action(‘hook_name’, array(&$this, ‘your_method_name’)); add_action(‘hook_name’, array(&$this, ‘your_method_name’)); … Read more
If you look at woocommerce/templates/content-single-product.php you’ll see that the product summary is constructed using hooks with different priorities. Here’s the relevant section: <?php /** * woocommerce_single_product_summary hook * * @hooked woocommerce_template_single_title – 5 * @hooked woocommerce_template_single_rating – 10 * @hooked woocommerce_template_single_price – 10 * @hooked woocommerce_template_single_excerpt – 20 * @hooked woocommerce_template_single_add_to_cart – 30 * @hooked … Read more
First can you please confirm that you don’t have any caching plugins enabled? Caching plugins can interfere with cron jobs because your visitors are not served a live page but a cached version of your page. If you have a caching plugin enabled, you can choose one of your pages, add an exclussion to your … Read more
Use do_action( ‘unique_name’ ) to create your own actions. You can use that to offer an API for your plugin, so other plugins can register callbacks for your custom action. Example: Do I need to call do_action in my plugin? But you can use custom actions (or filters) in a theme too. Example: Best practice … Read more
The action hook wp_login runs when the user logs in – it can run a simple function. function do_anything() { //do stuff } add_action(‘wp_login’, ‘do_anything’); documentation : https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_login The real breadwinner here is wp_authenticate which has a bit of documentation. It passes an array with the given username and password, which gives you the opportunity … Read more