PHP

Prevent publish status/date saved on transition_post_status hook

I think that hook fires after the post status has been updated. Try this add_action( ‘pre_post_update’, ‘intercept_adherence_publishing’, 10, 2); function intercept_adherence_publishing ($post_ID, $data ) { if (get_post_type($post_ID) !== ‘protocol-adherence’) { return; } $post = get_post($post_ID); $adherence_status = $_POST[‘_adherence_status’]; if ( ( $data[‘post_status’] === ‘publish’ ) && ( $post->post_type == ‘protocol-adherence’ ) && ( $adherence_status !== … Read more

Can we have a php “page” without a WordPress “page”?

Well, inside your directory just keep a normal php file like my-page.php, and then create a vanity URL for it using .htaccess. Open your .htaccess file (if present in the nstallation directory) or create one RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^my-page-slug my-page.php Should be good update if you want to access WP posts and other objects, you … Read more

Jquery ajax to custom php file: returning blank data

You are going on the wrong way.This will create difficulties and is NOT WORDPRESS STANDARD.Wordpress has a ajax technique to implement this. Call the ajax from your page <script> var data = { ‘action’: ‘insert_data_customtable’, ‘first_name’: firstname, ‘last_name’: lastname }; // since 2.8 ajaxurl is always defined in the admin header and points to admin-ajax.php … Read more

How to create different menu’s for not logged in visitors and for logged in members?

You can do that by using 2 different menus (wp_nav_menu). use is_user_logged_in conditional tag and apply a different menu accordingly: if (is_user_logged_in()) { wp_nav_menu(array(‘theme_location’ => ‘logged_user’ )); } else { wp_nav_menu(array(‘theme_location’ => ‘new_user’ )); } Edit This code goes where you’d usually put your regular menu in the theme – probably header.php Also, make sure … Read more

populate dropdown wordpress form from database custom table

Thanks everybody for your answers. You bring me value clues. Finally I opted to make the query directly from wordpress page with the wordpress sintax for the defaults wordpress tables, using a little trick: Including my custom tables in wp-includes/wp-db.php. wordpress code: <?php global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); $user = $current_user->ID; global $wpdb; global $result; $courses = … Read more

Create a new user using WP REST API and declare meta object

Just found the solution in another question of Stack Overflow. Using the function register_meta(): register_meta(‘user’, ‘icq’, array( “type” => “string”, “show_in_rest” => true )); Now I can make a request using: { “username” : “johndoe”, “email”: “[email protected]”, “password”: “qwerty”, “meta”: { “icq”: “11223344” } } And the response are: { “id”: 49, “username”: “johndoe”, “name”: … Read more

The best way to customize “nav-menu-template.php” to add if the ‘link_before’ is “checkbox”

The best way to customize a navigation menu is to use a custom ‘walker’ function.. Here are the steps how to achieve the customization that you want! Create a “wp-custom-nav-walker.php” file in your theme directory for a new custom ‘walker’ class. Extend the Walker_Nav_Menu class and copy the class’ function that you want to modify … Read more

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