Reading Guide Latest Updates WordPress Plugin

Description

A WordPress plugin that allows you to manage and display latest updates with navigation functionality. The plugin creates a custom database table to store updates and provides an admin interface for managing them, plus a shortcode for displaying them on the frontend.

Features

• Custom admin menu entry "Reading Guide Updates"
• Custom database table for storing updates (id, date, text)
• Admin interface with text/HTML input form
• DataTable display of all updates in admin
• Shortcode [rglu] for frontend display
• Navigation arrows to browse through updates
• Responsive design
• Text overflow handling to prevent line wrapping

Installation

1. Upload the reading-guide-latest-updates folder to your WordPress /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. The database table will be created automatically upon activation

Usage

Admin Interface

1. Go to Reading Guide Updates in your WordPress admin menu
2. Enter text or HTML in the "Update Text/HTML" field
3. Click "Save Update" to add it to the database
4. View all updates in the DataTable below the form
5. Delete updates using the "Delete" button in the Actions column

Frontend Display

Use the shortcode [rglu] in any post, page, or widget to display the updates bar.

The shortcode displays:

• A light grey bar containing the latest update
• Date in dd/mm/yyyy format
• The update text (truncated to prevent overflow)
• Navigation arrows (< >) to browse through updates
• Disabled state for arrows when at first/last items

Database Table

The plugin creates a table wp_rglu_updates (prefixed with your WordPress table prefix) with:

• id: Auto-increment primary key
• date: Timestamp (automatically set to current time)
• text: The update content (text/HTML)

File Structure

reading-guide-latest-updates/
├── reading-guide-latest-updates.php    # Main plugin file
└── assets/
    ├── admin.css                       # Admin interface styles
    ├── admin.js                        # Admin interface JavaScript
    ├── frontend.css                    # Frontend shortcode styles
    └── frontend.js                     # Frontend navigation JavaScript

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0+
• PHP 7.4+
• jQuery (included with WordPress)

Browser Compatibility

• Chrome (latest)
• Firefox (latest)
• Safari (latest)
• Edge (latest)

Changelog

Version 1.0

• Initial release
• Admin interface with DataTable
• Shortcode display with navigation
• Database table creation
• Responsive design
• Text overflow prevention