You can use the checked function for this. https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/checked The value attribute just indicates the value to be saved if the box is checked. eg. <input type=”checkbox” class=”custom-control-input” name=”my-option” id=”customSwitch1″ value=”1″ <?php checked( ‘1’, get_option(‘my-option’), true ); ?>>
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You don’t need to escape HTML you wrote. You wrote it and it’s hard-coded a certain way so there’s no way for it to be replaced by malicious or broken code. You only need to escape the external values that are being inserted into the attributes and you’ve done that. Also, note that the purpose … Read more
With a stock WordPress install, you cannot insert server side code like PHP directly into a post, only HTML-compatible text. Using the [code][/code] shortcode only outputs what is inside as PRE and CODE elements of HTML, useful for showing code to your readers. In general, it is a bad idea to put code directly into … Read more
You sanitization callback function get passed all the values that correspond with the setting name. When a POST request is made to the options.php file from the page on which your settings resides, WordPress calls your sanitization callback in a way that would resemble this: <?php boj_myplugin_validate_options( $_POST[‘boj_myplugin_options’] ); Notice that the name attribute looks … Read more
You should use Custom Post Types. No extra table, no missuse of Settings API. Use CPTs with Title field, WYSIWYG/textarea (for caption) & a featured image (for the actual slider image). This way later themes can also make use of it. Just name the CPT “slider”. Here´s a read why sliders & carousels are not … Read more
First add a validation callback to your register_settings: register_setting( ‘settingsapi_optiongroupname’, ‘settingsapi_optionname’,’validation_callback’); then define validation_callback: function validation_callback($input){ //check if all is good //If so then return the wanted value to be saved //If Not then hook your admin notice function and return null to be saved ex: if ($something){ return $input; }else{ add_settings_error(‘unique_identifyer’,esc_attr(‘settings_updated’),__(‘Settings saved.’),’updated’); add_action(‘admin_notices’, ‘print_errors’); … Read more
First off, your input field is missing a name attribute. The id attribute is a unique identifier, mainly used by the visitor’s browser, to target elements via CSS or JS. The name attribute is an identifier for form elements to be used in the POST or GET request on form submission. Also, test is not … Read more
When you call register_setting, the third parameter is the sanitize callback function. You can do whatever data manipulation you need in that function, in order to arrange the user input into the format you need for your code. So after the data validation (integers are integers, sanitize text fields, etc.), you can retrieve the current … Read more
You should use register_setting() to whitelist an option. It won’t affect the UI at all. register_setting( ‘my_option_group’, ‘my_option’, ‘optional_sanitize_callback’ );