Yoast’s plug-in is actually a very good example if all you want to do is add menus. Basically, the admin bar is just an alternate set of links to the same plug-in admin pages you have in the sidebar. To add the top-level SEO menu, Yoast does the following: $wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array( ‘id’ => ‘wpseo-menu’, ‘title’ … Read more
In a previous tinymce plugin I made – I set up a custom ajax transport so I could just use the blob right from the image src of a remote img instead of base64 on a data attribute, and then used the REST API to upload the image to the media library in js. Base64 … Read more
The WordPress way of doing this is by not using the admin_post hook at all. Since this question was asked quiet a while ago I wonder if option was available back then. Anyway you should create a custom settings page. Have a look at the complete example in the linked post. You will have to … Read more
On the WordPress side of things, Basic WordPress Vagrant Environment is ready to work with any WordPress version (with a little help). You would still need to find a way to configure the PHP but there is a hint in https://github.com/ideasonpurpose/basic-wordpress-box/blob/master/ansible/roles/php/tasks/php.yml. To use it out of the box; Download or clone the project to wplatest-php55.dev/ … Read more
I have no idea if WP API has limits, but, you should always cache your requests every time you deal with a third party API access. it is a good practice to cache the response for an hour or whatever, it will help optimizing the site which will use your plugin, thus it loads faster … Read more
Ok, finally got to the core of WP Native Dashboard basic concept and it’s working now. The file is being used as a mu-plugin, and whenever I have to work in the site I rename it from set-user-locale.phpa to set-user-locale.php, and then back again. Thus activating and deactivating without the plugin being on the client’s … Read more
Searching inside all uninstall.php files that I have in my hard-drive, I’ve found two that had the function is_multisite(): User Role Editor and Add Code to Head. Both use a $wpdb loop. Simplified: <?php /** * Plugin Uninstall Procedure */ // Make sure that we are uninstalling if ( !defined( ‘WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN’ ) ) exit(); // … Read more
There is the filter: “views_plugin-install” (see here). You can find it in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php (currently) at line 226: $views = apply_filters( “views_{$this->screen->id}”, $views ); Use it like: add_filter( ‘views_plugin-install’, ‘my_filter’, 10, 1 ); function my_filter( $views ){ //Do your stuff return $views; }
If each plugin/theme functions on its own, then you should probably drop the the library in every theme/plugin. Then just check to see if it a class or function from the third-party library exists before requiring it. <?php if( class_exists( ‘SomeClass’ ) ) { // require/include here } or <?php if( function_exists( ‘some_function’ ) ) … Read more
The best way to use your class without knowing the object is an action. You register the action before the theme files for presentation are loaded, WordPress will handle the rest. Sample code: <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- /** * Plugin Name: Plugin Action Demo */ add_action( ‘init’, array ( ‘Plugin_Action_Demo’, ‘init’ ) ); … Read more