The easiest way is a two step approach: Release your plug-in to the public. Once it’s live, you’ll start getting feedback from end users in addition to developers. If you want, release it as a “beta” version and heavily emphasize that in the readme file. Ask. There are veteran WordPress developers everywhere: here, on the … Read more
Use an auto-loader and let PHP resolve that problem for you. Then only one class will be loaded, and you don’t have to worry about doubled declarations. Example I have an (unfinished) plugin Post Notes with the following file structure: – plugin.php – php/ – Nonce_Validator.php – Save_Post_Request_Validator.php – Textarea.php – … and more This … Read more
The benefit of uninstall.php, and the reason that it was introduced, is that it allows you to isolate your uninstallation code from the rest of your plugin’s code. This means that your entire plugin doesn’t have to be loaded when it is uninstalled. That minimizes the chance that your plugin will inadvertently run code during … Read more
WordPress doesn’t provide any specific data validation functions for SUPERGLOBALS. I use the PHP filter_input function then escape it as I would any untrusted variable. $url = filter_input( INPUT_GET, ‘some_query_string’, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL ); echo ‘<a href=”‘. esc_url( $url ). ‘”>Click Me</a>’; The PHP filter input accepts: Validate filters Sanitize filters Other filters Additional Filter flags
You will need to start reading about the setting and options API, and then pull your CPT and Taxonomies into it. Have a start here: Creating Options Pages « WordPress Codex Settings API « WordPress Codex WordPress Settings API (options page) Generator Class Reference/WP List Table « WordPress Codex Custom List Table Example Plugin – … Read more
I have worked on your issue and found a solution after some Google. Note: Add the below mentioned code to theme’s functions.php or any plugin’s file. Code: This filter function will add a custom tab to the Products Data metabox <?php add_filter( ‘woocommerce_product_data_tabs’, ‘add_my_custom_product_data_tab’ , 99 , 1 ); function add_my_custom_product_data_tab( $product_data_tabs ) { $product_data_tabs[‘my-custom-tab’] … Read more
@david: Both @Adam Backtrom and @Viper007Bond give some good advice so I thought I’d take their advice and see if I couldn’t implement something, see below. What follows iS a plugin called WP Active Plugins Data that parses the header metadata for all active plugins anytime any plugin is activated and it stores all the … Read more
Return values of the three mentioned functions 1. plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) returns the servers filesystem directory path pointing to the current file, i.e. something along the lines of /home/www/your_site/wp-content/plugins/your-plugin/includes/ This can be used for loading PHP files. 2. plugins_url() returns the web address of the current WordPress installation’s plugin folder, i.e. something along the lines … Read more
First you need to import the component – const { PanelColorSettings, } = wp.editor; then inside the InspectorControls you call the component <PanelColorSettings title={ __( ‘Color Settings’ ) } colorSettings={ [ { value: color, onChange: ( colorValue ) => setAttributes( { color: colorValue } ), label: __( ‘Background Color’ ), }, { value: textColor, onChange: … Read more
admin-post.php is like a poor mans controller for handling requests. It’s useful in the sense that you don’t need to process your request on an alternative hook such as init and check to see whether or not special keys exists on the superglobals, like: function handle_request() { if ( !empty($_POST[‘action’]) && $_POST[‘action’] === ‘xyz’ ) … Read more