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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [As Admin, I Can't Load My Custom Plugin Functions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/as-admin-i-cant-load-my-custom-plugin-functions/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/as-admin-i-cant-load-my-custom-plugin-functions/#post-1746907)
 * Unless the idea is that only menu pages, since we assign a permission level, 
   can be accessed that way (page.php?page=function_name)
 * So, if I want to create 3 unique functions that are not pages, I can’t call them
   separately such as admin.php?function=function2_name? Instead, I must create 
   them and call them in a function that IS part of the navigation menu?
 * I guess I can do that, I just wanted to see if that is something which is forced
   on us.
 * Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [As Admin, I Can't Load My Custom Plugin Functions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/as-admin-i-cant-load-my-custom-plugin-functions/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/as-admin-i-cant-load-my-custom-plugin-functions/#post-1746906)
 * .
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Custom Upload Dir] [Plugin: Custom Upload Dir] Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_userdata()](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-upload-dir-fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-get_userdata/)
 *  [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-upload-dir-fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-get_userdata/#post-1741815)
 * Thank you, for this!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Redirect To Other Page Before Blog Page/Post Loads?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-other-page-before-blog-pagepost-loads/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-other-page-before-blog-pagepost-loads/#post-1646014)
 * Nevermind, I use wp_redirect. I hope this helps. For those not familiar, search
   wp_redirect() and it will give you the code/etc you need. Good luck.
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1618099)
 * The delay is the connectivity issue and then the way I manipulate the entire 
   post of these long pages to look for tokens. I am building functions to use shortcode
   method that you used so I can pull and remove data more efficiently.
 * One method I am experimenting with is
 * $response = wp_remote_get($url3);
 * Problem is when I try to replace a token through $content and
    output it (on 
   a test site) it’s now not showing it:
 *     ```
       function shortcode_plain() {
   
       return 'plain token';
   
       }
   
       # add_shortcode('listings_page','shortcode_plain');
   
       # I'd like to use shortcode to strip out a value somehow
       # turn [total_listings=5] into 5
   
       # Of course, since this api exists, maybe it's best to just change the tokens to apply to
       # what it expects. That is the perfect last resort, I'd wager.
       # It looks as if shortcode_example2 can do it
   
       function shortcode_stripvalue($attr) {
   
       echo "Yes, We Were Able To Strip From [total events]!<br>";
   
       $url3="http://www.site.com/calendar-2/demo_new.php?mo=$mo&yr=$yr&total_listings=$total_events&showCat=$category&view_method=list"
   
       $response = wp_remote_get($url3);
        $content=str_replace("[listings_page]",$r3,$content);
   
       return $content;
   
       }
   
       add_shortcode('total','shortcode_stripvalue');
   
       add_filter('the_content',shortcode_stripvlaue);
       ```
   
 * Now it shows nothing. Strange…
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617942)
 * Yeah, I am not using conditionals with those connectors, such as “If this page
   has this token, connect with this $result.
 * So it’s probably connecting three times (3 connections for 3 unique types of 
   tokens used for 3 types of pages) and causing that delay. If I sniff out the 
   token and use a conditional to assign one connection per page/token, I might 
   see a difference…
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617938)
 * lol, thanks. I appreciate it. I will use a ‘sniffer’ like that as well as continue
   to learn more about the shortcode api
 * The reason I use the http method is because I need to turn the token
    into the
   url and it doesn’t allow me to include dynamic full url’s on the server. I tried
   curl earlier and the load time was horrendous.
 * Ty, for now.
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617931)
 * The dream is to have main.php run most of the pages/posts and do nothing other
   than filter through the_content with the post_loop function.
 * Then, at the same time, detect IF a token exists in a page and if not, I include
   a separate page with their own the_content filter.
 * So it’s not possibly loading 2 at once/etc.
 * It’s the inability to quickly, without a million explode statements/etc, determine
   IF a page that the user visits has a token that is causing me headaches.
 * Ty , again. I hope that I am clear.
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617930)
 * My tokens are not registered as shortcodes. It’s this part of the api i am not
   familiar with.
 * Yeah, each page that has a token is given one so I can use that data to interact
   with the 3rd party calendar script. I’ll research that link.
 * One question. Does having a potential ‘double the_content’ filter, as well as
   explode statements, for posts with a fair amount of text to sift through, cause
   these delays?
 * Pages without the tokens load quickly, btw
 * Thanks. I’ve lost a full weekend dealing with this. I appreciate your time.
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617914)
 * If I need to create 2 txt files with full code I can
    but I figured this helps
   explain why it might be delayed.
 * My theories are:
 * A.) Too poor of a design to strip the token data (explode)
    B.) Two filters for
   these pages. The pages that load slowly are the ones with the TOKENS. Do the 
   two filters for ‘the_content’ add to the load time, maybe?
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [2 Quick Q's Regarding Post Manipulation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-quick-qs-regarding-post-manipulation/#post-1617913)
 * Thanks, Mark. I’ll try the ID trick in a moment. To answer your question, along
   with posting code, here is where I am…
 * I have a page that has a postloop function. What it does is initially look for
   3 page id’s and, if it finds 1 of the 3 pages is loaded, it creates order forms.
   Outside of that loop, I include a page for calendar functionality (using a 3rd
   party calendar script)
 * so I include that page such as
 * include(“calendar_page.php”);
 * I displayed it BEFORE the post_loop.
 * In that page, I try to find 3 types of tokens:
 * [listings_page]
    [total_events=5] // that # is hard coded when a user creates
   a page, it can be 5, 10 or anything they want. [categories_5|10|22]
 * So calendar_page.php runs the functionality to find the tokens, remove them from
   visibility, and strip the values so it can display calendar data. It works, but
   it’s slooow.
 * I also include that code in another post_loop type function (different name) 
   so I am using TWO filters, one for main.php and
    one for calendar pages. I wonder
   if that is causing issues?
 * Anyway, here is some of the code:
 *     ```
       function calendar_replace($content)
       {
       global $user_ID;
       global $post;
       global $category;
       $thePostID = $post->ID;
   
       # Some code to determine variables for the calendar script
   
       # Following code is to determine values in the TOKENS
       $list_category=explode("[category=",$content);
       $category_piece=$list_category[1];
       $list_category_total=explode("]",$category_piece);
       $category=$list_category_total[0];
   
       # Let's do it now for Events
   
       # SAME CONCEPT - Explode/etc to find values in tokens
       # Will save you from reading all of the code..
       # I then use the rest of the code to find other vals I need
       # that are not coming from tokens.
   
       # Now, we create url's that we can include which involves
       # finding a url with the 3rd party calendar script
       # so we can display events based on the tokenized data
       # in this page's post
   
               $url1="http://domain.com/calendar-2/show_listings.php?mo=$mo&yr=$yr&cat=$cat=$category&total_listings=$total_events";
   
               $url2="http://domain.com/calendar-2/demo.php?mo=$mo&yr=$yr&total_listings=$total_events&showCat=$sc&view_method=$ext";
   
       $url3="http://domain.com/calendar-2/demo_new.php?mo=$mo&yr=$yr&total_listings=$total_events&showCat=$category&view_method=list";
   
         $request = new WP_Http;
         $result = $request->request( $url1 );
         $result2 = $request->request( $url2 );
         $result3 = $request->request( $url3 );
   
       # At this point, we just have to tell the script to
       # replace the post's content with the added 3rd party
       # calendar data, which was pulled from the 3 url's above
   
       $content=str_replace("[calendar_events]",$r1,$content);
       $content=str_replace("[calendar]",$r2,$content);
       $content=str_replace("[listings_page]",$r3,$content);
   
       # Then we return $content and add the filter.
       ```
   
 * So it’s main.php loading the normal pages, having it’s own post loop and filter
   for ‘the_content’. Inside this page, outside of the loop (at the bottom, after
   the filter) I include the calendar page
 * The calendar page uses explode/php functions to strip out the values in tokens,
   I create the urls (dynamic urls) to display ‘event data’ for each page and then
   I add that to another filter for ‘the_content’
 * TY for your time!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [My Plugin Is SLowing Down The Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-plugin-is-slowing-down-the-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-plugin-is-slowing-down-the-site/#post-1616709)
 * One thing I noticed. One of the files requires curl commands
    because I have 
   no other way of using a dynamic include (Where I can include a file with querystrings,
   this host doesn’t support it)
 * I wonder if that is what’s causing the delay, as with this plugin, it’s probably
   loading those curl commands each time. I wonder if creating a way to block out
   these functions if it’s not a certain page that they request would help…
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Adding Options For When People Submit A Post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-options-for-when-people-submit-a-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-options-for-when-people-submit-a-post/#post-1282905)
 * Thanks for your reply
 * Since I am developing a plug-in, I can look into how they do it.
    I just am trying
   to learn more the way to tell wordpress “add my fields to your ‘new post’ section
   without me editing your pages
 * I’ve learned how to work with the loop and create admin panels, I guess this 
   is my last ‘challenge’. Ty for the link, I will check out the ‘custom fields’
   to see if it can help.
 * It’s just hard to wrap my brain around what to do as there is so much documentation,
   which isn’t a bad thing 😉
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Adding Options For When People Submit A Post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-options-for-when-people-submit-a-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-options-for-when-people-submit-a-post/#post-1282897)
 * In short, I just need to know which support documentation will show me how to
   edit the single.php/new post template without having to edit the actual page 
   itself when I create my plug-in function.
 * Thanks
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Admin Codex Question – Load Function That’s Not A Page…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281690)
 * Than you. I just can’t believe something so useful, and basic, is so hard to 
   find.

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