serialize representation can be stored in text and reversed JSON representation can be stored in text but cannot always be precisely reversed Run this example: $query = new WP_Query(); var_dump( $query ); var_dump( unserialize( serialize( $query ) ) ); var_dump( json_decode( json_encode( $query ) ) ); After going through serialize accurate WP_Query object is re-created. … Read more
WordPress Tabs are non-standard, static html markup. You can only add the markup within your functions.php theme file or inside your plugin. <h2 class=”nav-tab-wrapper”> <a href=”#” class=”nav-tab”>Tab #1</a> <a href=”#” class=”nav-tab nav-tab-active”>Tab #2</a> <a href=”#” class=”nav-tab”>Tab #2</a> </h2> In this helper plugin (WordPress Admin Style) you’ll find the class references for the default markup of … Read more
The codex defines the function as: register_setting( $option_group, $option_name, $option_validate_function ); $option_group is settings group name. Use when displaying on a settings page for example $option_name is the database entry name $option_validate_function is the callback for this database entry/this option. Most codex tutorials use an array of data in one $option_name but that’s not required … Read more
Use the Settings API and save your data in a single option as an array, WordPress will serialize the data for you.
I just had the same problem but fixed it quickly! 🙂 In my case, my homepage was on draft. Apparently, the settings then can’t find the homepage anymore. It thinks it’s gone and disables the option to set a default homepage. So turn on your homepage to visible. (also name it “Home”) Hope it works … Read more
Amazon CloudFront Amazon CloudFront is an CDN ‘wrapper’ around Amazon’s S3 service. Distributions can be created from existing S3 buckets, and when a file is requested from it’s CloudFront URL it is either served from the nearest edge locations’s cache or fetched from S3 and cached. Plugins My CDN – handles URL rewriting of JS, … Read more
The shortest way is to load wp-load.php and abort the loading of the template engine (Note: You couldn’t do that, if you’d be loading the header file, like you see it on many sites in the interweb). # No need for the template engine define( ‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false ); # Load WordPress Core // Assuming we’re … Read more
@JonathonByrd’s answer is probably ‘best’ – certainly you should using get_option if at all possible, since there’s no guarantee the option name will stay the same between WordPress versions. Similarly – @JonathonByrd also relies on using a global variable which may be removed/renamed (though perhaps very unlikely). Unfortunately there are no public wrappers which we … Read more
The Options API is primarily a database API, allowing you to get and store values in the options table of the database easily. The Settings API is an interface API. It allows you to build settings screens in a manner that will adapt with future changes to the WordPress interface, as well as to handle … Read more
I didn’t find much information about how the autoloaded values are used. There is no special case for autoloaded options, they are used in the same way as else regular options, but lets figure out what autoload column of the options table means. This column determines do we need to fetch an option at the … Read more