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WordPress Dev Utilities

A collection of helper functions to assist WordPress development.

by Jeff Cleverley · github.com/jeffcleverley/wordpress-dev-utilities · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/jeffcleverley/wordpress-dev-utilities/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/jeffcleverley/wordpress-dev-utilities ↗

A collection of useful functions for WordPress Development.

Will be modularised and rolled into a development plugin alongside custom post types, taxonomies and shortcodes modules.

Features

This plugin includes the following functions:

function str_contains_substr_util( $haystack, $needle, $encoding = 'UTF-8' );

function str_starts_with_util( $haystack, $needle, $encoding = 'UTF-8' );

function str_ends_with_util( $haystack, $needle, $encoding = 'UTF-8' );

function truncate_to_char_limit_util( $string_to_truncate, $character_limit = 100, $ending_suffix = '', $encoding = 'UTF-8' );

function truncate_to_word_limit_util( $string_to_truncate, $word_limit = 100, $ending_characters = '...' );

function str_to_lowercase_util( $string_to_convert, $encoding = 'UTF-8' );

function str_to_trimmed_array_util( $string_to_convert, $delimiter = ' ' );

function flatten_nested_associative_array( $array, $return );

Installation

Using Git Clone

  1. In terminal, navigate to {path to your sandbox project}/wp-content/plugins.
  2. Then type in terminal or Git Bash: git clone https://github.com/JeffCleverley/WordPress-dev-utilities.git
  3. Log into your WordPress website.
  4. Go to Plugins and activate this plugin.

Downloading

If you do not have git or SSH setup yet, then you can click on the Download button here in this repository. Install following these steps:

  1. Click on the Download button above.
  2. Move the zipped file into your project's {path to your sandbox project}/wp-content/plugins folder
  3. Unzip the file
  4. Log into your WordPress website.
  5. Go to Plugins and activate this plugin.