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Luke Williams
February 21, 2013
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Embracing the Customizer
Luke Williams
February 21, 2013
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Transcript
Embracing The Customizer @luke_redroot red-root.com
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Then (April 2012)
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DEMO
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Settings
Controls text text checkbox
# mytheme/functions.php require("lib/customizer.php"); # mytheme/lib/customizer.php add_action("customize_register",function($wpc){ // code here });
// PHP 5.3 add_action("customize_register",function($wpc){ // code here }); // equivalent
to add_action("customize_register","named_function"); function named_function($wpc){ // code here }
add_action("customize_register",function($wpc){ $wpc->add_section(); $wpc->add_setting(); $wpc->add_control(); });
$wpc->add_section("heading_section",array( "title" => "My Heading Section", "priority" => 35, "capability"
=> "edit_theme_options" ));
$wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type" => "option", "capability" =>
"edit_theme_options" ));
# mytheme/lib/customizer.php $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type" => "option"
)); # mytheme/index.php $options = get_option("mytheme_options"); $heading = $options["heading"];
# mytheme/lib/customizer.php $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options_heading",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type" => "option",
)); # mytheme/index.php $heading = get_option("mytheme_options_heading");
# mytheme/lib/customizer.php $wpc->add_setting("heading",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type" => "theme_mod"
)); # mytheme/index.php $heading = get_theme_mod("heading");
$wpc->add_control(“mytheme_options[heading]",array( "label" => "Custom Heading", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" =>
"mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "text" ));
# text $wpc->add_control("mythemes_option[heading]",array( "label" => "Custom Heading", "section" => "heading_section",
"setting" => "mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "text" )); # checkbox $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "label" => "A Checkbox", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" => "mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "checkbox" ));
# select $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "label" => "A Checkbox", "section" => "heading_section",
"setting" => "mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "select", "choices" => array( "value 1" => "text for 1", "value 2" => "text for 2" ) )); # radio $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "label" => "A Checkbox", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" => "mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "radio", "choices" => array( "value 1" => "text for 1", "value 2" => "text for 2" ) ));
add_action("customize_register",function ($wpc){ $wpc->add_section("heading_section",array( "title" => "My Heading Section", "priority" =>
0 )); $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type" => "option", "capability" => "edit_theme_options" )); $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[blue]",array( "default" => "false", "type" => "option", "capability" => "edit_theme_options" )); $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[subheading]",array( "default" => "Hot Fuzz", "type" => "option", "capability" => "edit_theme_options" )); $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "label" => "Custom Heading", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" => "mytheme_options[heading]", "type" => "text" )); $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[blue]",array( "label" => "Make It Blue?", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" => "mytheme_options[blue]", "type" => "checkbox" )); $wpc->add_control("mytheme_options[subheading]",array( "label" => "subheading?", "section" => "heading_section", "setting" => "mytheme_options[subheading]", "type" => "select", "choices" => array( "Hot Fuzz" => "Hot Fuzz", "Shaun of the Dead" => "Shaun of the Dead", "The World Ends" => "The World Ends" ) )); });
# Remove default sections $wpc->remove_section("title_tagline"); $wpc->remove_section("static_front_page");
$colour_control = new WP_Customize_Color_Control( $wpc, 'mytheme_options[blue]', array( 'label' => "Heading
Color", 'section' => 'heading_section', 'settings' => 'mytheme_options[blue]', ) ); $wpc->add_control($colour_control);
$image_control = new WP_Customize_Image_Control( $wpc, 'mytheme_options[image]', array( 'label' => "Heading
Image", 'section' => 'heading_section', 'settings' => 'mytheme_options[image]', ) ); $wpc->add_control($image_control);
class WP_Customize_Category_Control extends WP_Customize_Control { public $type = 'dropdown-category'; public
function render_content() { $dropdown = wp_dropdown_categories(array( "selected" => $this->value(), "name" => $this->settings["default"]->id, "echo" => 0 )); $dropdown = str_replace( '<select', '<select '.$this->get_link(), $dropdown); ?> <label> <p class="customize-control-title"><?php echo esc_html($this->label);?></p> <div> <?php echo $dropdown; ?> </div> </label> <?php } } gist.github.com/redroot/4997131
# use postMessage transport $wpc->add_setting("mytheme_options[heading]",array( "default" => "Default Heading", "type"
=> "option", "capability" => "edit_theme_options", "transport" => "postMessage" ));
# mytheme/lib/customizer.php if($wpc->is_preview() && !is_admin()){ add_action("wp_footer", function(){ get_template_part("lib/views/customize_preview_js.php"); }); }
# mytheme/lib/views/customizer_previews_js.php <script> (function($){ wp.customize('mytheme_options[heading]',function(value){ value.bind(function(to){ $('h1').html(to); }); }); })(jQuery); </script>
CORESITES
Resources: https://github.com/redroot/wp-customizer-example http://ottopress.com/2012/how-to-leverage-the-theme-customizer-in- your-own-themes/ http://ottopress.com/2012/theme-customizer-part-deux-getting-rid-of- options-pages/ http://ottopress.com/2012/making-a-custom-control-for-the-theme- customizer/ https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Customization_API
Thanks! @luke_redroot red-root.com