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<?php /* Plugin Name: My Test Plugin URI: Description: coding test Version: 0.1 Author: Nobita Author URI: http://www.tenman.info/ License: GPL2 */ ?>< ?php // create custom plugin settings menu add_action( 'admin_menu', 'baw_create_menu' ); /** * Menu Create * * * * */ function baw_create_menu() { //create new top-level menu add_menu_page( 'BAW Plugin Settings', 'BAW Settings', 'administrator', basename( __FILE__ ), 'baw_settings_page',plugins_url( '/images/icon.png', __FILE__) ); //call register settings function add_action( 'admin_init', 'register_mysettings' ); } /** * HTML * * * * */ function register_mysettings() { //register our settings register_setting( 'baw-settings-group', 'new_option_name' ); register_setting( 'baw-settings-group', 'some_other_option' ); register_setting( 'baw-settings-group', 'option_etc' ); } function baw_settings_page() { $mytest_plugin_data= get_plugin_data( __FILE__ ); ?><div class="wrap"> <h2>Plugin Name: < ?php echo $mytest_plugin_data['Name'];?></h2> <form method="post" action="options.php"> < ?php settings_fields( 'baw-settings-group' ); ?> < ?php do_settings_sections( 'baw-settings-group' ); ?> <table class="form-table"> <tr valign="top"> <th scope="row">New Option Name</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_option_name" value="<?php echo get_option( 'new_option_name','fallback value' ); ?/>" /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <th scope="row">Some Other Option</th> <td><input type="text" name="some_other_option" value="<?php echo get_option( 'some_other_option','fallback value' ); ?/>" /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <th scope="row">Options, Etc.</th> <td><input type="text" name="option_etc" value="<?php echo get_option( 'option_etc','fallback value' ); ?/>" /></td> </tr> </table> <p class="submit"> <input type="submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php _e( 'Save Changes', 'PluginPrefix' ) ?/>" /> </p> </form> </div> < ?php //template using like bellow echo 'get_option( \'new_option_name\',\'fallback value\' ); Result: <span style="color:red">'. get_option( 'new_option_name','fallback value' ).''; ?> <h3>link</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.presscoders.com/2010/05/wordpress-settings-api-explained/">tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Options_Pages">Codex:Creating_Options_Pages</a></li> <li><a href="http://pastebin.com/DSWq8aYY">Another snippet</a></li> </ul> < ?php } ?>