I have always thought it was a little odd that the Comments menu in the WordPress dashboard did not have any sub menu items. For example, I think it makes sense to include sub menu items for each of the comment status: Approved, Pending, Spam, and Trash. But since WordPress doesn’t include these, it is [...]
View Post commentsThere has been a lot of talk over the last two days about loading scripts, particularly jQuery, correctly in WordPress themes and plugins, and anyone who follows me on Twitter probably knows that this is an issue I bring up a lot. When providing support for my plugins, I discover themes (and plugins) that are [...]
View Post admin_enqueue_scripts, jquery, wp_enqueue_script, wp_enqueue_scriptsOne of the very first things people tend to learn when writing plugins is how to attach custom HTML to the bottom of their WordPress posts using the filter called “the_content”. This is good, as it is an extremely useful filter, but rarely do tutorials really explain how to use this filter well, and how [...]
View Post add_filter, the_contentEasy Digital Downloads is a plugin I have been building for selling digital downloads through WordPress. It is completely free and very flexible. Due to a large number of actions hooks and filters, there are many ways that you can customize the plugin to best suit your needs. This tutorial will walk you through the [...]
View Post add_action, add_filter, easy digital downloads
Campaign Monitor is an email newsletter service built primarily for designers. It is definitely one of the most used email list services, along with Mail Chimp and Aweber. This tutorial is going to cover the basics of working with Campaign Monitor’s API by creating a basic newsletter signup form. You must be logged in and [...]
View Post campaign monitor, emails, newslettersWhile working on a user badge system for the CG Cookie network, I came across the need to add a custom link to the action links, such as Edit and Delete, present for each user on the WordPress Users page. After a quick google search, I was able to find a simple filter than can [...]
View Post add_filter, page_row_actions, post_row_actions, user_row_actionsThere are several plugins and “app” themes available for job board / job posting websites, but what if you want to roll your own? A lot of people would go about thinking that building such as system would be extremely complex and expensive, and some of the time they would be right. However, if we [...]
View Post Brad Vincent, easy content types, gravity forms
At this point in the series, we have a payment form that allows for users to submit a one-time or recurring payment, but it’s not very flexible. The payment amount is currently hard coded into our plugin, which makes almost useless for people that want to have multiple payment forms for different amounts. In this [...]
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You have probably noticed the Screen Options tab in the top right corner of many WordPress admin pages. This tab brings down a configuration panel that you can generally use to control what elements are displayed on the current amin page. One of the really great things about the Screen Options tab is that which [...]
View Post add_filter, add_screen_option, Chris Marslender, get_current_screenAfter watching a Twitter discussion this morning (shown in the image below), Helen Hou-Sandi, a WordPress developer and core-committer mentioned a function I had never heard of that can be used for finding the name of the current action or filter hook. It is called current_filter() and is extremely useful. Check out the snippets below [...]
View Post add_action, add_filter, current_filter