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

[Stephen Rider]

Note that you can also add custom actions and filters to your plugins.  That is, you can put a do_action in your plugin, which other plugins can hook into by using the equivalent add_action.

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Stephen Rider
http://striderweb.com/


On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Alex Hempton-Smith 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
> 
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