[wp-hackers] Make a function available to other plugins

Alex Hempton-Smith hempsworth at gmail.com
Wed Aug 10 12:08:05 UTC 2011


Thanks Dion,

I've looked into add_action / do_action and it fits my needs perfectly!

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Kind regards,
Alex Hempton-Smith

www.alexhemptonsmith.com
www.twitter.com/hempsworth



On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>wrote:

> Put simply: No plugin should execute any logic upon being included.
> The only real functions you should ever need to call are: add_action,
> add_filter, and register_*_hook.
>
> All code can usually be executed on the init hook, which is the
> earliest you can expect WordPress (and plugins) to be loaded and ready
> for action..
> If you need to run code which is going to affect how WordPress loads,
> the plugins_loaded hook can be useful.
> If you need to run code which relies upon another plugins code running
> first, and they're behaving themselves, running your code LATE on the
> init hook should allow your plugin to run after the other plugin has
> run.
>
>
> On 10 August 2011 21:12, Alex Hempton-Smith <hempsworth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm developing a plugin that other plugins can integrate with, they will
> > need access to a function within my plugin. Obviously, if their plugin is
> > loaded before mine, it will result in an error. How do I ensure that my
> > plugin will be loaded first?
> >
> > Likewise, if I want to build in some compatibility with another plugin
> > (BuddyPress), how do I make sure that is loaded before mine?
> >
> > I could use 'plugins_loaded' with a high priority, but that doesn't seem
> > very foolproof to me?
> >
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> > Kind regards,
> > Alex Hempton-Smith
> >
> > www.alexhemptonsmith.com
> > www.twitter.com/hempsworth
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