A whirlwind tour of how to build options pages for beginning to intermediate themers and plugin-ers. And, since the WordPress.org theme review team has now made options pages a no-no for the theme repository, we’ll extend our tour into the world of the Customizer API.

1. Options Pages
for
Themes and Plugins
Caspar Green

8. Decisions
not
Options

14. Options API
C-R-U-D for the WP Options Table
Create
add_option()
Read
get_option()
Update
update_option()
Delete
delete_option()

17. Page Title

18. Page Title
Menu Title

19. Page Title
Menu Title
Capability

20. Page Title
Menu Title
Capability
Menu Slug

21. Page Title
Menu Title
Capability
Menu Slug
Function to Display

22. Page Title
Menu Title
Capability
Menu Slug
Function to Display

24. Settings API
Groups and Sections and Fields, Oh MY!

25. Settings API
Groups and Sections and Fields, Oh MY!
Group
A Group of options
that will be saved
together in the
options table. Use:
register_setting()
unregister_setting()
settings_fields()

26. Settings API
Groups and Sections and Fields, Oh MY!
Group
A Group of options
that will be saved
together in the
options table. Use:
register_setting()
unregister_setting()
settings_fields()
Section
A sub-group of options that will render
together on an options page. Use:
add_settings_section()
do_settings_section()
Another
Section

27. Settings API
Groups and Sections and Fields, Oh MY!
Group
A Group of options
that will be saved
together in the
options table. Use:
register_setting()
unregister_setting()
settings_fields()
Section
A sub-group of options that will render
together on an options page. Use:
add_settings_section()
do_settings_section()
Another
Section
Field
An individual option.
Use:
add_settings_field()
do_settings_field()
Another
Field
Another
Field

31. Name of group

32. Name of group
Name of group in database

33. Name of group
Name of group in database
Validation function

35. Section Slug (ID)

36. Section Slug (ID)
Section Title

37. Section Slug (ID)
Section Title
Section Callback

38. Section Slug (ID)
Section Title
Section Callback
Page Section Appears On

41. Field ID

42. Field ID
Field Title

43. Field ID
Field Title
Function to render html

44. Field ID
Field Title
Function to render html
Page name

45. Field ID
Field Title
Function to render html
Page name
Section name

46. Field ID
Field Title
Function to render html
Page name
Section name
Array for rendering function

55. Should Have Whitelisted

61. Sanitize on the Front End, too!

69. Caspar Green
@i_Caspar
cg@caspar.green
www.caspar.green
github.com/iCaspar
www.slideshare.net/CasparGreen