Like Rarst answered you can really do that without editing core files or remove the page attributes metabox and create your on using the same code with a bit of modification. the code below is the code for the /admin/include/meta-boxes.php and i added the a comment to show where your extra page template options would … Read more
For the benefit of others who find this page, I suggest those wishing to provide their own updates outside the official WP repository check out this project on GitHub, that demonstrates the functionality: https://github.com/jeremyclark13/automatic-theme-plugin-update
How does WordPress determine “the main plugin file” ? It is the file in your plugin that contains the plugin header comment /** * Plugin Name: A fresh example * Plugin URI: http://example.com * Description: Foo makes a bar * Version: 2012-06-14.1426 * Author: John Doe * Author URI: http://example.com * TextDomain: your_textdomain * License: … Read more
Turns out I solved my own question with help from a colleague. The two filters that get called after media is uploaded or when media is being edited are; ‘add_attachment’ and ‘edit_attachment’. Here is the code I am using, I then check to see if the attachment is an image (code omitted from example). function … Read more
Probably not. The recommended way to get your enhancements into the plugin is: Send your fixes to the developer and ask her to merge them into the original. If your changes are rather personal customizations, this won’t happen. If the plugin is written in a strict OOP style you can create a second plugin which … Read more
If the plugin structure is: plugins/ some-plugin/ some-plugin.php data/ GeoIP.dat then for PHP 5.3.0+, you could try the magic constant __DIR__ __DIR__ The directory of the file. If used inside an include, the directory of the included file is returned. This is equivalent to dirname(__FILE__). This directory name does not have a trailing slash unless … Read more
A base WordPress installation probably won’t do what you want it to. You could set up a multi-site instance and allow users to have their own ‘sub’ site, or use something like BuddyPress or Mingle that has a user profile feature.
Themes manage the display and layout of your blog, but can also add functionality. Plug-ins add functionality to your blog, but can also add elements to the layout. There is a lot of crossover between the two, particularly when you being to bundle certain plug-ins with themes. However, the biggest difference lies in the templates … Read more
You just need to enqueue your scripts before plugin does it. You can do it by setting priority to 0 for your hook. For example, do the following: add_filter( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘wpse8170_enqueue_my_scripts’, 0 ); // or if you enqueue your scripts on init action // add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpse8170_enqueue_my_scripts’, 0 ); function wpse8170_enqueue_my_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( ‘myscript’, ‘http://path/to/my/script.js’, … Read more
You can create a plugin or add this to the config file, but for 3.9.2 this worked for me. define(‘ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS’, true);