Modifying WP Plugin source code in WPMU environment

  • kasperbs

    (@kasperbs)


    14 years ago

    Hi,
    Can you modify the source code of WordPress plugin and adapt it for several individual sites in a Multi Site environment?

    I use the multi site feature in WordPress to host a few sites. One of the sites use a plugin where modify a file in the folder /wp-content/plugins/pluginsname. I’m now writing a new theme that requires the same plugin, but with a different modification. What is the standard way to get around that, so that both themes can use the same plugin independent of each other?

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  • Yes, modify it to save that as an option.

    Thread Starter kasperbs

    (@kasperbs)

    Thanks.
    Would mind ellaborating on the ‘save that as an option’ thing?

    Well, I couldn’t be really specific as I have no idea what plugin you’re using or how it saves info to a file. ??

    You could also modify the plugin to save the file to the blog’s uploads folder as well.

    Thread Starter kasperbs

    (@kasperbs)

    I was actually thinking generally. For example; I have a twitter plugin that consists of one file called twitter.php. In that file I need to specify the number of tweets to show.

    Let’s say I want to activate this plugin on another site but on that site show 5 tweets. How do I do that in a multi site environment? I still only have that file right?

    Then that’s a bad way to do it in a multisite environment. ??

    Like I said above, code the plugin to save that value in the options table. Presto, it will save a different option for each site.

    And the way to code that in woudl be the same way you’d do it for a single site.

    Thread Starter kasperbs

    (@kasperbs)

    Ahh ok. that’s what I thought. I don’t know how to code plugins unfortunately :-(.

    I have a twitter plugin that consists of one file called twitter.php. In that file I need to specify the number of tweets to show.

    I don’t know how to code plugins unfortunately

    Then for this, get a different twitter widget.

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