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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page CRUD with the WordPress Options Table: Part 1

Posted by Jokūbas Maknavičius
Jokūbas Maknavičius
7,419 Points

maybe somebody can help with the challenge

challange number is 2

plugin.php 
<?php
$options = array();

function my_plugin_options_page() {
    if( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        wp_die( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.' );
    }

    global $options;

    if( isset( $_POST['my_plugin_hidden_field'] ) ) {           
        $my_plugin_username = esc_html( $_POST['my_plugin_username'] );

    }

    require('includes/page-wrapper.php');
}


?>

1 Answer

Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,246 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,246 Points

Underneath the my_plugin_username declaration, add the variable to the options array. Then create an options index of last_updated and assign it the UNIX timestamp for the current time.

To add the $my_plugin_username variable to the $options array, you can just create a new key for the $options array and set it equal to the variable, i.e:

$options['my_plugin_username'] = $my_plugin_username;

To get the current time as a UNIX timestamp, you just use the php time() function without any arguments. Like above, you can assign the value of this to an array key. As the challenge asks to create an options index of last_updated, you would do:

$options['last_updated'] = time();

Hope that helps.