If your plugin have to completely control the output of the page, i.e. not taking into account the active theme or other installed plugins, than you can simply prevent WordPress handle that url. For example: add_action(‘init’, function() { if (trim(add_query_arg(array()), “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”) === ‘book-search’) { require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . “pages/book-search.php”; exit(); } }); add_query_arg() is … Read more
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The problem was with the huge number of settings I was trying to save and the max_input_vars limit was getting saturated. I have now solved the issue by using jQuery to hide all the unused settings based on user input before submitting the settings form.
The easiest way to follow the “theme style” is not to add CSS of your own. There is really no such thing as “theme color scheme” and if there was, it might be hard coded.
I would suggest looking at using transients for your data. Using transients would also take care of needing to use cron to update the data. Transients are an under utilised function of WordPress and can save considerable loads on resources as sites get busier. Vee
The available templates are returned by get_page_templates(), which mostly forwards it to current theme’s object. There is also more specialized page_template_dropdown(), which you might be able to use in your form.
You can hook the content of any post and request data you want through WordPress HTTP API. Like this: add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘my_content_178750’, 1, 99); function my_content_178750($content) { return wp_remote_retrieve_body(wp_remote_get(‘http://example.com’)); } Also there is possibility to check path you’re on and decide what you want to get depending on that.
Okay, I’ve solved this. I just needed to replace $query->query_vars[‘page_id’] with get_queried_object_id() and everything works! However, I just read Pieter’s response and it appears that indeed, according to the codex, it’s not supposed to work. Weird though, because it IS working. I guess we’ll see if anything breaks…
Creating an archive page listing external data
The user’s email column is user_email. Always develop with debugging enabled to catch errors in your code.