Method 1 is much more robust and extendable, in my opinion. Method 1: To add or remove forms, or other functionality, you just add or remove functions. In particular, you can do this from other files, such as separate modules of your plugin or other external plugins. I think this is the main argument in … Read more
Your CODE is fine, the reason you are getting 403 error is because $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] returns absolute PATH to your web root, not URL. JavaScript needs to be added as URL. So, you may use Load_Template_Scripts_wpa83855 function in your plugin and then use: wp_enqueue_script( ‘wtd’, plugins_url( ‘/js/wtd.js’ , __FILE__ ) ); CODE to add JavaScript. Note: … Read more
You need to use the template_include filter which is the generic filter for all template inclusions. add_filter( ‘template_include’, ‘my_plugin_templates’ ); function my_plugin_templates( $template ) { $post_types = array( ‘project’ ); if ( is_post_type_archive( $post_types ) && ! file_exists( get_stylesheet_directory() . ‘/archive-project.php’ ) ) $template=”path/to/list/template/in/plugin/folder.php”; if ( is_singular( $post_types ) && ! file_exists( get_stylesheet_directory() . ‘/single-project.php’ … Read more
You can use register_taxonomy_for_object_type() to use a taxonomy with a post type, without having to touch the post type registration code, example: function wpa_categories_for_events(){ register_taxonomy_for_object_type( ‘category’, ‘tribe_events’ ); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpa_categories_for_events’ ); To have events appear on the category pages, I believe you have to modify the default category queries via pre_get_posts to add … Read more
Ask the developer before you start writing code. The feature you need might be implemented already, just not published. Or the plugin API changes in the next version, and your code wouldn’t work anymore. Maybe the author can just add a hook, so you can implement your code as separate plugin without changing the main … Read more
This one is actually surprisingly simple; add this to your wp-config.php file and all automatic updates will be blocked when outside of the specified hours: // Suspend updates when outside of business hours, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM $updates_suspended = (date(‘Hi’) < 0900 || date(‘Hi’) > 1730); define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, $updates_suspended ); You can also use … Read more
WordPress detects a file as plugin when there is a plugin header. So you can store multiple plugins in one directory, and they all will be recognized as different plugins. Each file with at least /* Plugin Name: something */ is a plugin. The reason is that WordPress scans all PHP files in the main … Read more
You can start with something like this: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[page]=1&request[per_page]=400 I think it’s self-explanatory.
register_setting() uses Settings API, which is just an API for options.php, is easier to use, more secure and preffered way of storing options since WordPress 2.7. If you need to store only a few options or doing simple plugin just for yourself – it’s really up to you which one to use 🙂 Here’s the … Read more
Many plugins use /wp-content/custom-plugin-folder/ to store customized plugin data (WPTouch comes to mind). Just use the constants WP_CONTENT_URL and WP_CONTENT_DIR Docs to check for the existence of your folder and retrieve any available skins. The following article, although not directly related to this Question, explains the importance for plugins/themes to search for translations first in … Read more