Questions tagged [plugin-development]
Questions having to do with constructing plugins.
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All Plugins Showing "Not Installed" After Promoting Changes From Dev to Stage Environments
We are using the custom exec widget to move the codebase, backend fields, section creations, and images from one environment to another.
We have Dev, Stage, and Production environments. After ...
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How can we create the Martix type field?
In Plugin development, I have created a field, Is it possible to create a field as a matrix field or I will have to create custom add more functionality?
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Posting data from CP to Plugin controller results in server error 500
I am currently trying to write my 1st Craft plugin.
The goal (simplified):
Backend users select a bunch of pages in the CP, and create a PDF. The result is an annual report that's optimized for print (...
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How to display controller response on twig template?
In the plugin, I created a form and after the process, return the below response from the controller and redirect to the template. I am trying to print the response to the template but it's not ...
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Create a channel programmatically
I am diving into Craft plugin development and there is one thing that I want to achieve, but I didn't find any documentation.
I managed to save specific new entries into a channel using saveElement(), ...
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Guzzle fatal error using Craft Guzzle client
Using the code below to get 3rd party API
$uri = $baseUri . '/area/' . $areaId . '.geojson?api_key=' . $mapAPIkey;
$client = Craft::createGuzzleClient();
$response= $client->request('...
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Running a background job in a controller
I am trying to run a background job in a controller but wondering if its actually possible. I'm not sure about namespacing and could do with some guidance on whether the job should be running in the ...
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Running a a join query in a plugin with a background job API call
I'm working on a plugin and need some steering. I have two sets of entries that are linked by a foreign key value. (They are not related entries but lsoaname value corresponds to a field in 2nd set of ...
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Can some one explain Event rules in plugins
So here is what I see in a controller:
$event->rules['cpActionTrigger1'] = 'plugin/default/do-something';
What does the first part 'cpActionTrigger1' refer to and what does the second part refer ...
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Why do i get an Invalid route error in cp when calling plugin action?
I have a plugin that has a menu and in backend which basically has a button that calls the plugins default controller actionXXXX method.
The action does some database / api work then is meant to ...
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Include File In Multiple Plug-Ins
In Craft 2, I would like to share the same include file among several different plug-ins.
Is this possible, and, if so, where in the directory structure would that include file go?
Thanks
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OAuth Client library query
We are looking into extending the venveo/craft-oauthclient plugin to use the TheNetworg/oauth2-azure Provider.
However we need to set this up to authenticate via the client_credentials grant type as ...
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How to loop through specific entries in plugin and edit and save
I want to update some custom field values on my Entries with data from a third-party API, via a Plugin or Module.
How do I load the relevant Entries, and one-by-one set and save the new data in my ...
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Multiple shipping method for a single order
We have a website with Craft CMS. We sell and export goods to different countries.
Our customers can select multiple shipping method. For example if they had 10 different item on cart, they could ...
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How to alter CP entry edit form
On an entry edit form I'd like to alter the options in a multiselect field to be user relative. Is there something like a form_alter hook?
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How can I revert a migrations from the control panel?
Is it possible to revert a migrations from the control panel?
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I have a custom table in my craft plugin at the backend and I have to include custom sorting on each field of the table using javascript
The Table includes this field:
Name
Age
City
State
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Loading JavaScript on Template Load
I'm working on a kiosk-type plugin which will cycle through all news entries, beginning upon template (or page) load.
It needs to load a JavaScript ajax script for this on page/template load.
Would ...
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I am working on a plugin and I have to use a method of one controller in another controller's method?
As I have a method name statistics() in my defaultController and I have to use the same method in viewController is there any way to do so?
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Can't register custom adjuster with Craft CMS commerce
following https://craftcms.com/docs/commerce/3.x/extend/adjusters.html#writing-an-adjuster I am trying to make a custom adjuster:
I placed
class myPlugin extends Plugin{
Event::on(
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"RuntimeException" Could not scan for classes inside "vendor/google/apiclient/src/Google" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
I am using the google-client library in my plugin but it is working in my local system, and when I try to live it on plugin store so only main project composer is updated and then giving this error &...
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Testing adding fields to an entry type field layout
I'm writing unit tests for a plugin that reacts to adding fields to field layouts, I'm trying to add fields to a layout programmatically but can't get anywhere,
In the example below (method ...
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Query date field, timezone not taken into consideration
I'm trying to query a custom table on a DATETIME field. My timezone is UTC+2 and the dates stored in the database are UTC.
shiftEnd in database:
note that the shifts ends at 08:35 UTC, in my timezone ...
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Install a plugin in a unit test
I'm writing some unit tests for a plugin I've made using codeception. I need to test the installation of another plugin during a test.
Defining the plugin in codeception.yml doesn't work, the plugin ...
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Adding column to CP entries without writing plugin?
Is there a way to add a column to the control panel display of entries? I would strongly prefer to not write a plug-in for this. The contents in the column would be nothing more than a button that ...
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UrlManager::EVENT_REGISTER_CP_URL_RULES event not firing in custom plugin
I'm working on building out a custom plugin for Craft 3 to create a new element type called Events. Following the Craft docs for creating edit pages, I hit the point where I'm trying to register my ...
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How to build a custom fieldtype containing multiple nested groups of text and dropdown pairs?
I'm working on what I thought would be a relatively simple plugin; a custom fieldtype that would have 8 "sub-groups", each of which would consist of a numeric text field and a dropdown field ...
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What is the best way to create a designed Facebook feed on Craft CMS website?
Hi I'm looking for recommendations as to how to create a designed Facebook feed on the home page of a Craft CMS website please?
I'm not a big fan of them but the client has requested it and it's a ...
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Check Laravel auth status from Craft
I'm working on a Laravel/Craft integration project, where I have to check if a user is authenticated on a Laravel app running on the same site. So far, I've managed to load Laravel inside a plugin ...
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Sequential numbering from global field
I would like to add sequential numbering to each entry, which is obtained from a global field. After saving the entry, the global field should be assigned the next number (+1). Does anyone have any ...
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Change value before save settings (Plugin Development)
I want to check if an API is succesfully connected if yes then i want to save the connection status on my plugin settings.
inside this class:
class Settings extends Model
i tried this code:
public ...
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Adding A Soft Delete in Craft 2 Entries
I've been thinking of adding a "Soft Delete" or just perhaps a means in which deleting in certain sections (e.g. News) will archive the entry with an update, rather than deleting it.
As I ...
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Retrieving entry just after saving it returns null
I'm having this issue where when I save an Entry and try to fetch right away I get a null.
Example:
$entry = new Entry([stuff here]);
$entry->title = 'foo';
if (!Craft::$app->elements->...
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Programatically create a Neo block with children
I already discovered how to create a neo block programmatically from this post: How can I set a Neo field's values from my plugin/module?
However, I don't know how I can create a neo block with ...
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Commerce module - update purchasable ID on save line item
I'm trying to update a purchasableId against a line item (eg if the variant changes) via a custom module/controller (long story short native controller is not updating options stored against against ...
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Removing or hiding certain fields from the CP new entry for a specific user group
I'm trying to make some fields unavailable for a certain user group when they create or edit a new entry. These fields should only be available to admin users.
I had implemented this by extending the ...
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Is there a way to prompt for confirmation in cp?
I have a custom plugin that checks for assets filename, and I'd like to prompt for confirmation like in the example below.
Is there a way to do that in Cp? If user clicks No then $event->isValid = ...
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Trouble with Custom Command in Custom Plugin. How do I do it?
I found the documentation here very confusing: https://craftcms.com/docs/3.x/extend/commands.html#module-setup
I've scaffolded a simple test plugin from https://pluginfactory.io/ with "Console ...
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Craft warning: Tried to release a savepoint, but it does not exist
I'm working on a plug-in for Craft 3. For this plug-in is a migration is needed.
When this migration runs and adds the entries, fields, and groups then the following warning occurs in the logs.
[...
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Add a form field into the details bar on the entry edit screen and do something with the value
I'd like to add a form field into the details bar on the entry edit page, so that when the entry gets submitted, the form field value gets passed into the data payload so that I can pick it up from ...
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How to remove category link from redactor links but leave assets and entry link
This is a follow up from How to remove Link To Category from Redactor.
I've been able to setup the module and remove all links with this:
Event::on(
RedactorField::class,
RedactorField::...
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How to create a new Tag group and save it?
I'm new to the Craft CMS framework and have a question about tags. How can I create a new tag group?
You can create a tag list by hand via the admin panel > settings > Tag Groups > New Tag ...
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How to create structured elements
I'm quite new here, so I hope this is not a too newbie question:
I'm currently developing a plugin and want a similar view like in Entries > Structures, so I can sort and create children of my ...
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Listening for Change at Entry Save
I want to send an email if/when an entry is saved with a lightswitch switched on after previously being off.
I have the below code in my plugin's init file, but I don't know how to
check for the ...
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Plugin record no dateUpdated and uid
I'm building a small analytics plugin and as such, I don't need the dateUpdated and uid columns in my records, but I dind't find any way of disabling them.
Currently I have tried:
Not setting them in ...
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How to convert custom plugins to custom modules
I have 3 custom plugins that we had someone develop for us a while ago and I would like to convert them to custom modules. Since plugins are based upon modules, I was hoping there might be a cookbook ...
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How do I set site-specific field data via a plugin
I'm writing a custom importer plugin. How do I import localized content into different Craft 3 sites?
Specifically, I'm writing to a Matrix field. I've used https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/1414/...
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Editing SuperTable inside Matrix block
I have a matrix field set up as global (strategies).
Inside each matrix block there is a SuperTable (pairs)
On each row in the SuperTable there is a lightswitch (active)
I need to toggle the ...
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Super table field in the element index table page (defineTableAttributes)
I've built a Custom Element called Contact and I've defined almost all the functions it needs including Contact::defineTableAttributes().
My question is two folds:
How can I have my plugin install ...
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Use .env values in Craft 3 plugin settings
I’m writing a plugin and need some of its settings to be pulled from the .env file. According to the docs the following should work, but the getter isn’t getting called whenever the plugin’s ...
