Title: Pulse Storm Launcher
Author: alanstorm
Published: <strong>August 16, 2016</strong>
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Pulse Storm Launcher

 By [alanstorm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alanstorm/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pulse-storm-launcher.1.0.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pulse-storm-launcher/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pulse-storm-launcher/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pulse-storm-launcher/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pulse-storm-launcher/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pulse-storm-launcher/)

## Description

The Pulse Storm Launcher is an admin launcher application, providing navigation-
less access to all your admin pages and posts, including support for products and
orders in popular WordPress e-commerce packages like WooCommerce and WP eCommerce.

Still not sure what we’re about? Watch our [4 minutes introductory screencast](https://vimeo.com/178378720)
where all is revealed.

### WordPress Programmer Note

End users programmers can use the following filter hooks to add their own menus 
to the immediate and ajax launcher results.

    ```
    add_filter('pulsestorm_launcher_ajax_menus', function($links){
        return $links;
    });

    add_filter('pulsestorm_launcher_menus', function($links){
        return $links;
    });    
    ```

Just add items to the `$links` array (`var_dump($links)` for the current format)
and your links will be available.

The launcher will perform a basic text search (via in page javascript) for items
in the immediate array (the `pulsestorm_launcher_menus` hook). Programmers should
use the immediate results sparingly, as they’re loaded into memory on every page
load.

In the ajax results (the `pulsestorm_launcher_ajax_menus` hook), programmers should
use the `terms` request variable to perform a search for their information, and 
only return links that are relevant.

See `pulsestorm_launcher.php` for more usage tips/hints. The launcher plugin code
uses these hooks internally.

## Screenshots

[⌊The Pulse Storm Launcher, searching for WooCommerce Ninjas⌉⌊The Pulse Storm Launcher,
searching for WooCommerce Ninjas⌉[

The Pulse Storm Launcher, searching for WooCommerce Ninjas

[⌊The Pulse Storm Launcher, having a boring settings screen⌉⌊The Pulse Storm Launcher,
having a boring settings screen⌉[

The Pulse Storm Launcher, having a boring settings screen

## Installation

The Pulse Storm Launcher uses WordPress’s standard installation workflow. Just navigate
to `Plugins -> Add New`, enter “Pulse Storm” in the search field, press return, 
and then click the install button.

If you’re more a “install from source type”, we maintain a GitHub repository [with the launcher source](https://github.com/astorm/pulsestorm-launcher-wordpress).
Just drop the source in

    ```
    wp-content/plugins/pulsestorm_launcher 
    ```

and you’ll be good to go.

Once installed

 1. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 2. Use the Settings->Plugin Name screen to configure the plugin’s keyboard shortcut
 3. Use the plugin by clicking the “Pulse Storm Launcher” link in the admin bar, or
    invoking the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl-M by default)

## FAQ

  Why would I want this?

If you, your writers, or your support staff are tired of clicking around the WordPress
admin looking for things.

  Is this the same Pulse Storm Launcher available for Magento?

[Yup](https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/pulse-storm-launcher.html).

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Pulse Storm Launcher” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ alanstorm ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alanstorm/)

[Translate “Pulse Storm Launcher” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pulse-storm-launcher)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pulse-storm-launcher/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pulse-storm-launcher/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pulse-storm-launcher/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pulse-storm-launcher/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.2

 * Fix for breaking Appearance -> Customizations

#### 1.0.1

 * Modified plugin source to better match WordPress best practices

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release
 * I bet we didn’t get something right and we’ll need a 1.0.1

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[ajax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)
   [navigation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/navigation/)[posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pulse-storm-launcher/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ alanstorm ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alanstorm/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pulse-storm-launcher/)

## Donate

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