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WordPress Development Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 31, 2014

WordPress Development Weekly Newsletter

Top new questions this week:

Get entered value of customiser field for live preview

As per the codex, this question an probably any tutorial on the theme customiser out there, you get the value of a customiser field with the following code: ( function( $ ) { //Update site …

<theme-development> <theme-customizer>  
asked by Stephen Harris 5 votes
answered by Weston Ruter 1 vote

Is it a good idea to edit an already existing plugin to add more functionality?

I need to add a relatively small bit of functionality to a Wordpress plugin and I have the option to either edit the plugin directly, or scrap the plugin completely and repurpose PHP code from another …

<plugins> <plugin-development> <customization>  
asked by Rambo8000 3 votes
answered by Pieter Goosen 4 votes

javascript onload calling a function of a plugin

A friend created a plugin for me which allows the users to mark posts as read or unread. The code of this plugin is the following : edit of the code ! <?php /** * @package Read-Unread * …

<plugins> <javascript>  
asked by boulgour 2 votes
answered by still_learning 0 votes

Filter Media Library by author or post_parent

I am trying to filter the Media Library so only media items that are uploaded by the current user OR children of the post being edited are visible. I've had no problem doing it if the conditions are …

<images> <filters> <wp-admin> <query> <media>  
asked by fizzbang 2 votes
answered by bonger 0 votes

Is there a way for a plugin to add an attribute to the <html> tag of a theme?

I'm currently working on an appcache plugin for WordPress. One thing that it should do is add a manifest reference in the <html> tag of the site. It has to resemble something like this: …

<php> <plugin-development>  
asked by Jack Lenox 2 votes
answered by moraleida 1 vote

How can I store page ID in a post instead of other selected permalink?

We're using Wordpress as a knowledge base. We just left mediawiki and jekyll for Github pages and reduced the amount of different systems from four to just one. One Wordpress installation for blogging …

<permalinks> <pages> <links>  
asked by hans2103 2 votes
answered by Katrina 0 votes

Send Data to Wordpress from kiosk

I need to get a data from kiosk (think specific ATM machine) to wordpress database. Kiosk service providers told me to give them Gateway URL and Request format to send data. Im stuck on this, I dont …

<plugins> <api>  
asked by Dave 2 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

How make top level menu item not have link, but have sub-menus that are linked?

I'm building a horizontal menu and some of the entries on that menu will have dropdowns (sub-menus), and some won't. Those that have sub-menus are not actually pages. They're just meant to be guides …

<menus>  
asked by PVA 7 votes
answered by BandonRandon 6 votes

Advanced search form with filters for custom taxonomies and custom fields

I'd like to build an advanced search form for a specific custom post type, having filters for that custom type's custom fields and custom taxonomies AND for another custom type's properties (fields …

<custom-post-types> <custom-taxonomy> <custom-field> <plugin-recommendation> <search>  
asked by pax 15 votes
answered by Brady 11 votes

Can you answer these?

How to set a custom path, for ajax image upload folder in admin?

I am coding my first Wordpress plugin that handles some data for a custom (shop-like) post type. It also has an image uploader within a metabox, where you simply drag in your images and it …

<php> <plugin-development> <filters> <ajax> <hooks>  
asked by Raphael 1 vote

Change label of title field for posts in the backend

I am trying to add some HTML to the title label in the backend of WordPress. Attempt 1: I am using the following (simplified) function: function change_post_titles() { global $post, $title, …

<posts> <wp-admin>  
asked by user6669 1 vote

Wordpress editor spacing very unreliable

Firstly I apologize for the vague question. But Im wondering can someone help. I have been developing on WordPress for approximately 2 years now, and I have yet to come up with a reliable solid …

<editor>  
asked by Adrian 1 vote
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