What I would like to do is mimic how WordPress shows an administrator how many new updates there are for installed plugins (a tiny number displayed next to a link). The main difference is that I want to serve this info to a logged-in user on the front end (since they last visited):
- new messages they’ve received (Buddypress)
- new forum posts (Buddypress)
- new posts for “favorited” categories
Not sure where to find the code that provides plugin update notices but that would be a start…
2 Answers
As far as display goes, the admin code does this in several ways.
- Via the ‘message’ class for stuff
that shows once at the top of the
content area. - On the left nav menu,
either on the Plugins tab or up
where it says Dashboard. - And in the list of themes (or plugins).
Items 2 and 3 get their information via a handshake with the api.wordpress.org server.
Item 1’s code can (mostly) be found in wp-admin/users.php. I would go into more detail, but my wife just told me to ‘Get the hell off the computer because we’re going to the beach.’ Bye!
