Comments on: WordPress plugin template

By: Alexandre P

Alexandre P — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:26:20 +0000

Great, thanks a lot!

Another idea: alongside the widget and the shortcode, maybe add the basic function that enables template tags ?

Super useful work you’ve done.

By: PerS

PerS — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:01:08 +0000

Thank you Alexandre for pointing out this bug. I’ve updated the code generator and the article above with your suggestion:


$mo = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . 'languages/' . $this->localizationDomain . '-' . $locale . '.mo';

By: Alexandre P

Alexandre P — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:07:33 +0000

Is your plugin in /wp-content/plugins/NN or do you use a custom path?
> Yes.

Do you have the error log ? That is, where is my routine pointing compared to where the plugin really is ?
> Unfortunately not. It does not produce an error apart from the fact that the .mo file was not loaded.

By: PerS

PerS — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:36:18 +0000

Interesting. Is your plugin in /wp-content/plugins/NN or do you use a custom path?

Do you have the error log ? That is, where is my routine pointing compared to where the plugin really is ?

I really like to know so I can understand why this bug happens

By: Alexandre P

Alexandre P — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:09:19 +0000

Well, that bit of code generated by your script did not work for me and that is how i fixed it.

Another issue comes up with the translation. I put my languages files in a “languages” folder inside the plugin’s folder.
This is how i managed to have it work:

$locale = get_locale();
$mo= plugin_dir_path(__FILE__).’languages/’.$this->localizationDomain . “-”.$locale.”.mo”;
load_textdomain($this->localizationDomain, $mo);

so: not the plugin_url, but the plugin_dir_path.

Thank you!
a.

By: PerS

PerS — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:27:41 +0000

Nah .. this is what plugins_url() does, and it also finds the url path when a plugin is in WPMU_PLUGIN_URL.

I’m a big fan of using core WordPress functions when possible

By: Alexandre P

Alexandre P — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:17:07 +0000

hi, and thanks!

Slight improvement:

$this->pluginPath   =  dirname(__FILE__);
$this->pluginUrl   =  WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/'.basename($this->pluginPath);

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:48:55 +0000

Oops… sorry PerS

Yes, Pressography is gone and I wonder why: it was quite useful.

About where to call external actions, I’ve found myself just a couple of minutes ago: thank you!

Anyway I’ve ended up using the online tool and customized/commented for my needs.

Thanks again for this tool!

By: PerS

PerS — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:44:38 +0000

I guess you mean PerS and not ~~Eric~~

The code generated is more or less the same as the empty template you could get from Pressography (didn’t know the page is gone). You’ll find reference to where to call external actions etc (in __construct).

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:19:36 +0000

Eric,

thank you for your tool!

I was getting mad trying to retrieve the Pressography template and eventually I’ve realized that the side is gone

I was wondering if you could also provide an empty template (Like Pressography used to do) that we can customize without the online tool

Or instead, add the right places where to call, from the plugin, external action and filters (e.g.: WP, other theme’s or plugins hooks).

Thanks.