[wp-hackers] Hacking the Wordpress Core

[J.D. Grimes]

Roger is right, you should try not edit core directly. See if there are any actions or filters that you can hook into first, and if that isn't possible, use JavaScript.

On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Roger Chen <developer at rogerhub.com> wrote:

> I would recommend using JavaScript to insert your element. You should avoid
> editing core files whenever possible.
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Tony Thomas <01tonythomas at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I was trying to edit the Insert Media page in Wordpress in order to add a
>> button near to the search bar. I could do the same very easily using
>> firebug and editing the page source live easily. But when trying to
>> implement the same on the core files, I found out that there weren't any
>> file which contained the same set of html codes as the codes were generated
>> real time as the IRC told. If so, how is it possible to add my HTML element
>> to the core?
>> 
>> Tony Thomas <http://tttwrites.wordpress.com>
>> FOSS at Amrita <http://foss.amrita.ac.in>
>> *
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