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custom_list_table edit/delete bulk actions

June 1, 2022 by IT Nursery

so… this is a brand new chapter for me, i’ve googled for a solution and found loads but nothing working for me unfortunately. function column_title($item){ $actions = array( ‘edit’ => sprintf(‘<a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/188237/?page=%s&action=%s&ID=%s”>Edit</a>’,$_REQUEST[‘page’],’edit’,$item[‘ID’]), ‘delete’ => sprintf(‘<a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/188237/?page=%s&action=%s&ID=%s”>Delete</a>’,$_REQUEST[‘page’],’delete’,$item[‘ID’]), ); return sprintf(‘%1$s %2$s’, $item[‘ID’], $this->row_actions($actions) ); } above i’ve added a delete and edit action, and i think … Read more

Accepting certain HTML tags in WP List Table column data

May 31, 2022 by IT Nursery

In my Custom Post Type (CPT), I altered the display of the post title using the method mentioned here. But for my custom use case, I need to pass some HTML like <sup></sup>. But by default WP List Table class is designed to suppress any HTML tags using wp_strip_all_tags(). But I can see there might … Read more

Undefined index: hook_suffix

May 31, 2022 by IT Nursery

I am getting “Undefined index: hook_suffix” error in WordPress while trying to execute the below. Here $class_name extends MyRegularClass and MyRegularClass extends WP_List_Table. Please help. $tab_name = substr($tab_name,strlen($wpdb->prefix)); if (class_exists($tab_name.’_class’)){ $class_name = $tab_name.’_class’; $obj = new $class_name(); } else { $obj = new MyRegularClass($tab_name); } Update: Here I am trying to display a table content … Read more

How do I limit the status options for bulk/quick edit to only Published and Draft?

May 30, 2022 by IT Nursery

For my custom post type, I only want to have “Published” and “Draft” as the available options in the bulk edit and quick edit screens, i.e. I tried hooking on to the filter quick_edit_dropdown_pages_args but it doesn’t seem to get fired. I inserted a wp_die() in my callback but the admin screen lists all posts … Read more

How to specify multiple search columns for wp list table search

May 30, 2022 by IT Nursery

I have working search for a created wp_list_table. But i like to know how I can search in more than one column. My current my working search setup in a Visitor class //search something $searchcol= array( ‘visitorCompany’, ‘visitorName’, ‘visitorEmail’ ); $search = !empty($_REQUEST[“s”]) ? mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST[“s”]) : ”; //$search = preg_replace( “^$\**(.*)\**$?#”, “*$1*”, $_REQUEST[“s”] ); if(!empty($_REQUEST[“s”])) … Read more

Custom WP_List_Table: How to create an unapproved row?

May 29, 2022 by IT Nursery

In this Example, let’s assume every item had the attribute $item[‘approved’] with values Zero unapproved and One for approved. How can I get the rows of the “unapproved books” to be yellow? (well, it’s not about the yellow, but about the WP standard compliant procedure of marking rows as unapproved) 1 Answer 1 Well, the … Read more

Redirection to taxonomy posts list after post submit.

May 29, 2022 by IT Nursery

I am able to redirect the user back to the edit.php admin page after they have successfully created/updated a post. However, is it possible to redirect them to the taxonomy term posts page? This way, when a user creates a post, they will be redirected to the admin post list page that only shows that … Read more

Remove Admin Notice on page refresh

May 28, 2022 by IT Nursery

I have a simple question about admin notices. I want to display a message like ‘Record updated successfully’, and when user refresh again same page, then this notice should not be there as no record is updated again. Just like settings Api, there is notice as ‘Settings saved.’ and when we refresh the page the … Read more

Using List Table Filters for ALL Custom Post Types

May 26, 2022 by IT Nursery

Is there a way to create sortable columns for admin tables across ALL post types? I am working on a project with 7 Custom Post Types, and wondering if there is a better approach than using multiple manage_edit-{Post-Type-Here}_sortable_columns filters for each post type. 1 Answer 1 You’re going to have to use the filters for … Read more

How to use custom post type APIs, but use a different db table

May 24, 2022 by IT Nursery

We currently have a plugin that creates a new WP table, but it recreates the wheel when it comes to managing/updating data. It would be a good candidate for custom post types, but we don’t want to pollute the wp_posts table. Use case: We’re creating a specific job board for a company that lists 100s … Read more