WordPress Ideas » Topic: Child Plugins

parentsneedlisa on "Child Plugins"

parentsneedlisa — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:13:24 +0000

Is it not easy just to edit the child plugin directly and block any auto updates?

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Child Plugins"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 20:48:29 +0000

Yes, which is why you ASK the developer if it's possible to allow you to invert the div via a filter :) Or if it's possible to add a class so you can override it with your own CSS.

Does that make sense?

VincentLB77 on "Child Plugins"

VincentLB77 — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:56:24 +0000

Cause i only did some small modifications to the html, invert some div, add some classes to fit my html and the plugin working with shortcodes would'nt allow this.

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Child Plugins"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 16:35:43 +0000

Indeed. A child theme works because there is little code being replaced, just templates. A plugin would replace both.

But again, that's why you ask the plugin developer about possibly adding in features or options or filters :) so you can override smartly.

Edits to the plugin, even with disabling updates, is not smart.

VincentLB77 on "Child Plugins"

VincentLB77 — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 11:13:04 +0000

Well i thought a child plugin would just replace one file with another i modified??

BTW i did modify directly the plugin and blocked the plugin update, it's dirty but it's a small plugin and i did just change the html it creates.
I guess that even with a child the update would have mess everything.

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Child Plugins"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:22:26 +0000

Even a child plugin wouldn't help you there, since the HTML may require you to fully edit and replace a whole function.

Have you asked the plugin dev about putting in options?

VincentLB77 on "Child Plugins"

VincentLB77 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:19:06 +0000

Hi, I'm looking forward to use a plugin child only to modify the HTML that the plugin creates.
I could modify directly the .php and prevent the plugin for updating but i'd like to know if there is a cleaner option.

I'v red Hinnerk Altenburg solution that looks great cause created from a WooCommerce option i had used and felt it was a WP core option but i can't figure his example code out, there is nothing like the wordpress pluggin folder in it and i'm not a great dev just a Tweaker.

So any news or help on plugin child ?

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Child Plugins"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 14:53:04 +0000

You can also use https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_plugin_active

Jan Dembowski on "Child Plugins"

Jan Dembowski — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:20:48 +0000

The solution for plugins is really simple. Ask the plugin author to make their plugin hookable via actions or filters.

Filters get my vote BTW.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API#Create_a_Filter_Function

Their really easy to implement and by doing that the plugin output can be easily modified or outright changed.

Web Based Help desk on "Child Plugins"

Web Based Help desk — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:42:53 +0000

I have one parent plugin named X. This will work independently (like other existing plugins).

Now I decided to add some extra features to that plugin X (think of it as an upgrade). So I want to create extra features by way of another plugin Y, which will depend on (and inherit from) X.
This plugin Y will not work with out plugin X.

How can I do this?