SR Projects Advanced

A structured, extensible WordPress plugin for managing and displaying Projects using:

• Custom Post Type (CPT)
• Shortcodes
• AJAX (Load More)
• Filtering & Search
• Custom REST API
• Template override system
• Admin settings panel

📌 Features

• Custom Post Type: sr_project
• Archive & Single template rendering
• Dynamic shortcode builder
• Grid / List layout
• Pagination / Load More support
• Search & Status filter
• Theme template override system
• Custom REST API (srpa/v1)
• Clean folder-based architecture

📦 Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to:

wp-content/plugins/

2. Activate SR Projects Advanced from WordPress Admin.
3. Go to:

Dashboard → SR Projects

to configure settings.

🗂 Project Structure

sr-projects-advanced/
│
├── sr-projects-advanced.php        # Main plugin bootstrap file
├── index.php
│
├── includes/
│   │
│   ├── admin/
│   │   │
│   │   ├── css/
│   │   │   └── srpa-admin.css
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── js/
│   │   │   └── ssrpa-admin.js
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── templates/
│   │   │   └── srpa-admin-dashboard.php
│   │   │   └── srpa-admin-settings.php
│   │   │   
│   │   ├── admin-menu.php
│   │   ├── admin-scripts-and-styles.php
│   │
│   │
│   ├── api/
│   │   └── rest-api.php
│   │
│   ├── common/
│   │   └── cpt.php
│   │   └── metabox.php
│   │
│   ├── frontend/
│   │   └── css/
│   │   │   └── srpa-frontend.css
│   │   └── js/
│   │       └── srpa-frontend.js
│   │   ├── archive-sr_project.php
│   │   ├── ajax.php
│   │   ├── template-loader.php
│   │   ├── shortcode.php
│   │   ├── styles-and-scripts.php
│   │   └── templates/
│   │       ├── archive-sr_project.php
│   │       │── single-sr_project.php
│   │       │── grid.php
│   │       └── list.php
│
└── README.md

🧱 Custom Post Type

Post Type: sr_project Slug: sr-project

Registered in:

includes/common/cpt.php

🌐 Frontend URLs

Archive Page

https://yoursite.com/sr-project/

Generated dynamically using:

get_post_type_archive_link('sr_project');

Single Project Page

https://yoursite.com/sr-project/project-name/

🎨 Template Override System

The plugin loads templates via:

includes/frontend/template-loader.php

It uses template_include filter.

Override Archive Template

Create in your theme:

wp-content/themes/your-theme/sr-project/archive-sr_project.php

Override Single Template

Create in your theme:

wp-content/themes/your-theme/sr-project/single-sr_project.php

If not found, plugin fallback templates are loaded from:

includes/frontend/templates/

🔗 Shortcode

Base shortcode:

[srpa_projects]

Supported Attributes

Example

[srpa_projects template_type="grid" pagination_type="load_more" posts_per_page="6" enable_filter="1" enable_search="1"]

Shortcode logic is defined in:

includes/frontend/shortcode.php

⚙ Admin Settings

Admin dashboard template:

includes/admin/templates/srpa-admin-dashboard.php

Settings are stored in:

get_option('srpa_settings')

The dashboard dynamically generates the shortcode based on saved settings.

🔌 REST API

The plugin registers a custom REST route.

Namespace

srpa/v1

Endpoint

GET /wp-json/srpa/v1/projects

Defined in:

includes/api/rest-api.php

Example Request

https://yoursite.com/wp-json/srpa/v1/projects

Example JS Usage

fetch('/wp-json/srpa/v1/projects')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

🧠 How It Works (Architecture Overview)

1. CPT is registered.
2. Templates are conditionally loaded via template_include.
3. Shortcode queries projects dynamically.
4. AJAX handles load more (if enabled).
5. REST API exposes structured JSON.
6. Admin dashboard manages settings and shortcode generation.

🔐 Security

• All outputs escaped using esc_html(), esc_url(), esc_attr()
• REST endpoint uses proper callback structure
• No direct file access (ABSPATH check)

🚀 Extending the Plugin

You can:

• Add new meta fields
• Extend REST response fields
• Add custom taxonomy filters
• Add Gutenberg block wrapper
• Add custom capabilities
• Add caching for REST endpoints

🛠 Development Notes

• Uses WordPress coding standards
• Modular folder-based architecture
• Separated Admin / Frontend / API
• Easy to scale into enterprise-level plugin

📄 License

GPL v2 or later

👨‍💻 Author

Developed by Satyakee Ray

If you want, I can also create:

• WordPress.org compliant readme.txt
• Composer-ready structure
• Professional marketplace documentation version
• Developer documentation (technical spec)
• API documentation in Swagger format

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