Deprecated. Use WP Better Settings instead.

WordPress Settings Module

WordPress Settings Module is a standardized, organized, object-oriented foundation for building extendable WordPress Plugins.

Features

• The Module is based on the Settings API, Options API, Coding Standards, and Documentation Standards.
• A set of hooks come out of the box. So that your plugin can be extended by other add-ons. See hooks & filters list.
• A static class for retrieving saved settings. See get options.
• (TODO) All classes, functions, and variables are documented so that you know what you need to be changed.

Installation

Check out this blog post for a more detailed installation guide.

Here is an short example of using WordPress Settings Module on a fresh WordPress Plugin Boilerplate

1. Clone the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate repo. And, follow its installation instructions but leave Plugin_Name unchanged. git clone https://github.com/tommcfarlin/WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate.git

2. Clone the WordPress Settings Module repo git clone https://github.com/wphuman/WordPress-Settings-Module.git

3. Copy these files into the thier counterparts in /trunk/:

• WordPress-Settings-Module/admin/partials/*
• WordPress-Settings-Module/admin/settings/*
• WordPress-Settings-Module/admin/class-plugin-name-admin.php
• WordPress-Settings-Module/includes/class-plugin-name-option.php
• WordPress-Settings-Module/includes/class-plugin-name.php

Important: Be careful when you replacing existing files. Review what is new from the WordPress Settings Module since it is not only intended for WordPress Plugin Boilerplate.

4. Here is a screenshot of the file structure. Arrows indicate files from WordPress Settings Module.

5. Open the new options page for a full list of settings avaiable.

Changing Plugin Names

Besides changing the file names, these lines must be changed:

• admin/settings/class-plugin-name-settings-definition.php

  $plugin_name = 'plugin-name'

• includes/class-plugin-name-option.php

  $plugin_options = get_option( 'plugin_name_settings', array() );

Get Options

You can rertive saved settings by Plugin_Option::get_option( $field_key, $default )

Hook & Filter List

For add-ons to extend the settings page:

• plugin_name_settings_tabs
• plugin_name_settings_<tab_slug>

During settings saving:

• Filter: plugin_name_settings_sanitize_<tab_slug>
• Filter: plugin_name_settings_sanitize_<type>
• Filter: plugin_name_settings_sanitize
• Action: plugin_name_settings_on_change_<tab_slug>
• Action: plugin_name_settings_on_change_<field_key>
  • Eg: $this->loader->add_action( 'plugin_name_settings_on_change_my_tab_name', $plugin_admin, 'my_tab_name_settings_save', 10, 2 );

Limitation

• tab_slug cannot be the same as field_key

Is it a must to use WordPress Settings Module with WordPress Plugin Boilerplate?

No.

Tom McFarlin's WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is a great skeleton to build WordPress plugins. Strongly recommanded. However, it is not required for WordPress Settings Module.

Credits

The WordPress Settings Module was started in December 2014 by Tang Rufus from WP Human.

Inspired by Pippin Williamson's How I Built the Easy Digital Downloads Settings System.

Documentation, Tutorials, FAQs, and More

Not yet completed. If you’re interested, please let me know and we’ll see what we can do.