Common WordPress APIs_ Settings API
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Added to WordPress in version 2.7, The Settings API allows developers to develop admin pages containing settings forms to be managed semi-automatically. It lets you define settings pages, sections within those pages, and fields within the sections. In this session, you'll learn how to use the Settings API to create settings pages for your plugins or themes.
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- 1. 1 Common WordPress APIs: Settings API Jonathan Bossenger Learn.WordPress.org
- 2. 2 👋🏽 Welcome! As you join, let everyone know in the chat where you’re joining us from, and feel free to share a little about what you do with WordPress. Hello! ○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger ○ From Cape Town, South Africa ○ Developer educator at Automattic ○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team ○ jonathanbossenger.com
- 4. Announcements ○ Welcome and thanks to Tracy for co-hosting. ○ Please let me know if you can’t see this slide! ○ We are presenting in focus mode, but please feel free to enable your video. ○ You are welcome to ask questions. ○ You are welcome to post questions in the chat, or unmute to ask questions.
- 5. Announcements ○ Make sure your local install is ready ○ If I am going too fast, please let me know! ○ We are recording this session and will be posting it to https://wordpress.tv/ afterwards. ○ https://learn.wordpress.org/ - WordPress learning resources ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/news/ - WordPress developer news ○ 2023 Annual WordPress Survey - https://wordpress.org/news/2023/09/help-influence- the-future-of-wordpress-by-taking-the-2023-annual-survey-today/
- 6. Learning outcomes ○ The Settings API • What is the Settings API? • What should the Settings API be used for? • Adding new settings to existing settings pages. • Creating new settings pages. • Add settings error messages. • Advantages and disadvantages of using the Settings API.
- 7. Question time ○ On a scale of 1 to 5, how well do you know this topic?
- 8. Requirements ○ A local WordPress installation ○ A text editor ○ A way to access your WP database • https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/ ○ An empty plugin file
- 9. Let’s go!
- 10. Resources ○ https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/ ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/settings/ ○ https://github.com/sc0ttkclark/wordpress-fields-api ○ https://github.com/hlashbrooke/WordPress-Plugin-Template