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WordPress Development Environment Setup and Ongoing Development

  1. Setup local version for site development using LocalWP
  2. Create github repositories to store repo’s for folders you will develop, typically a plugin you are developing
  3. Create a file changelog.md
  4. Add all changes to the change log
  5. After each development stage, commit changes to the Github Repo
  6. When ready, create a dev site on the hosting server and test on dev site
  7. Only when dev site is updated to match live site ( if it exists), update live site

Filed Under: Web Development, WordPress Development June 12, 2023

wp_get_current_user()

Purpose

  • Retrieves the current user object.

Implementation

  • Include in
    • Plugin
    • functions.php of active theme
<?php
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

Example of output of Object $current_user

WP_User Object
(
    [data] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 8
            [user_login] => subscriber
            [user_pass] => {Users Password}
            [user_nicename] => subscriber
            [user_email] => subscriber@sblik.com
            [user_url] => 
            [user_registered] => 2023-05-02 19:41:27
            [user_activation_key] => 
            [user_status] => 0
            [display_name] => Subscriber Sblik
        )

    [ID] => 8
    [caps] => Array
        (
            [subscriber] => 1
        )

    [cap_key] => wp_capabilities
    [roles] => Array
        (
            [0] => subscriber
        )

    [allcaps] => Array
        (
            [read] => 1
            [level_0] => 1
            [subscriber] => 1
        )

    [filter] => 
    [site_id:WP_User:private] => 1
)

Filed Under: User Functionality, WordPress Development May 2, 2023

WordPress Get Logged In User Info for Front End

Objective

Get logged in user information to use in javascript.

  • In order to use user information on the front end with Javascript or jQuery, you can use wp_localize_script
  • wp_localize_script creates a Javascript object that can be accessed by javascript.
    • function: wp_localize_script($handle, $nameOfObject, $dataStoredInObject)
    • $handle: script handle the data will be attached to
    • $nameOfObject: Name of Javascript Object
    • $dataStoredInObject: single or multi-dimensional array
    • Reference

Step 1: How to include wp_localize_script in a plugin

<?php

/**
 * Plugin Name: Bliksem Sandbox Plugin
 * Version: 1.0.0
 * Description: Sandbox development for
 * Author: Andre Nell
 * Author URI: http://www.simplifysmallbiz.com/
 *
 *
 * @package Bliksem
 * @author Andre Nell
 * @since 1.0.0
 */

if (!function_exists('get_option')) {
  header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
  die; // Silence is golden, direct call is prohibited
}

// DEFINE CONSTANTS
define('BS_NAME_VERSION', '1.0.1');
define('BS_NAME_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__));

// IMPLEMENTATION
function bs_enqueue_bs_frontend_scripts()
{
    global $current_user;
    $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); 
    
    wp_register_script('bs-sandbox-js', BS_NAME_PLUGIN_URL . 'js/sandbox.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', true);
    wp_enqueue_script('bs-sandbox-js');

    wp_localize_script('bs-sandbox-js', 'theUser', array(
        'roles' => $current_user->roles,
    ));

}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'bs_enqueue_bs_frontend_scripts');

Step2: How to access the data stored in the Javascript Object created in Step 1

jQuery(window).load(function ($) {
    var user_roles = theUser.roles;
    console.log(user_roles);
    if (jQuery.inArray("Subscriber", user_roles)) {
        console.log("is in array");
    } else {
        console.log("is NOT in array");
    }
});

Filed Under: User Functionality, WordPress Development May 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Install MySQL Database in SiteGround

  • Do Items
    • Go to https://login.siteground.com
    • Login
    • Navigate to Websites
    • Select ‘Site Tool’ for desired domain
    • From menu on left, navigate to ‘SITE/MySQL
    • Select ‘DATABASES’ in main content section
    • Select ‘CREATE DATABASE’
    • From the newly created database, click on Actions on far left column
    • Select ‘Change Label’ and add a descriptive label to identify the database, for example, the subdomain address
    • Select ‘CONFIRM’
    • Select ‘USERS’ in main content section
    • Select ‘CREATE USER’
    • From the newly created user, click on Actions on far left column
    • Select ‘Change Label’ and add a descriptive label to identify the user, for example, the subdomain address
    • Select ‘CONFIRM’
    • From the top of the main section, select ‘MANAGE ACCESS’
    • Select the desired database
    • Select ‘All Privileges’
    • Select ‘CONFIRM’

Filed Under: Web Development, WordPress Development August 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

Install fresh site from Duplicator Pro Archives

  • Do Items
    • Go to https://login.siteground.com
    • Login
    • Navigate to Websites
    • Select ‘Site Tool’ for desired domain
    • From menu on left, navigate to ‘SITE/File Manager
    • Select public_html folder the desired domain or subdomain
    • If folder is not empty, delete contents
    • Upload Installer file from Duplicator Pro Archive
    • Upload Archive file form Duplicator Pro Archive
    • Copy the name of the installer file including the suffix
    • Open a new browser tab
    • Enter the domain or subdomain followed by /~name_of_installer_file.php
    • Enter the name of the newly created or existing database
    • Enter the name of the newly created or existing user
    • Enter the password for the newly created or existing user. If necessary, navigate to the user, select ‘actions’, ‘Change Password’, ‘Generate’, ‘Copy’, and ‘CONFIRM’
    • Select ‘VALIDATE’
    • Check ‘I have read and accept all terms & notices*’
    • Select ‘Next’
    • On popup ‘Install Confirmation’ select ‘OK’.
    • Files will extract and install
    • Select ‘Admin Login’
    • Login using admin credentials

Filed Under: WordPress Development August 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

How to install a site from Duplicator Pro to Local

  • Do Items
    • Open Local app
    • Add new site
    • Name new site (best to name local site same as site you are uploading from Duplicator Pro)
    • Choose Your Environment – choose ‘Preferred’
    • Add username, password, and email for site
    • Change web server to ‘Apache’Navigate to Local sites folder in your computer files (Finder)
    • Go to your Local site folder /app/public and delete all files in the public folder
    • Navigate to the folder that holds your Duplicator Pro backup files
    • Copy the latest installer and archive files of the site you want to put in Local
    • Navigate back to your local site public folder
    • Paste the installer and archive files into the public folder
    • Navigate to your site in the Local app
    • Click ‘Open Site’
    • Click on the installer.php file in the webpage that opens
    • Database is localhost
    • User is root
    • Password is root
    • Click ‘Validate’
    • Click ‘I have read and accepted all terms and notices’
    • Click ‘Next’

Filed Under: WordPress Development August 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

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