I am trying to develop a WordPress theme with custom theme options. I have added a dashboard option page but jQuery inside that page isn’t working. Here is what I did step by step.
Created a functions.php file with this code:
<?php
//wp_enqueue_script('jQuery UI Core');
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'register_options_page' );
function register_options_page(){
add_menu_page( 'Theme Options', 'Theme Options', 'manage_options', 'merry_options', 'get_theme_options', 'dashicons-share-alt', 99 );
}
function get_theme_options()
{
echo "<h1>MerryPress Theme Options</h2>Version: 1.0 Beta";
$fullDirectoryPath=get_template_directory_uri()."/framework/themeoptions.php";
//echo $fullDirectoryPath;
$optionsContent=file_get_contents($fullDirectoryPath);
echo $optionsContent;
}
?>
In themeoptions.php, I added the jQuery Tab UI code. Here is what I have in that file:
<h1>Holla!</h1>
<?php
function my_scripts_method() {
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery ui core' );
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_scripts_method' ); // wp_enqueue_scripts action hook to link only on the front-end
echo "- end of php functions";
?>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$( "#tabs" ).tabs().addClass( "ui-tabs-vertical ui-helper-clearfix" );
$( "#tabs li" ).removeClass( "ui-corner-top" ).addClass( "ui-corner-left" );
});
</script>
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs-1">Nunc tincidunt</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2">Proin dolor</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-3">Aenean lacinia</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
<h2>Content heading 1</h2>
<p>Proin elit arcu, rutrum commodo, vehicula tempus, commodo a, risus. Curabitur nec arcu. Donec sollicitudin mi sit amet mauris. Nam elementum quam ullamcorper ante. Etiam aliquet massa et lorem. Mauris dapibus lacus auctor risus. Aenean tempor ullamcorper leo. Vivamus sed magna quis ligula eleifend adipiscing. Duis orci. Aliquam sodales tortor vitae ipsum. Aliquam nulla. Duis aliquam molestie erat. Ut et mauris vel pede varius sollicitudin. Sed ut dolor nec orci tincidunt interdum. Phasellus ipsum. Nunc tristique tempus lectus.</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-2">
<h2>Content heading 2</h2>
<p>Morbi tincidunt, dui sit amet facilisis feugiat, odio metus gravida ante, ut pharetra massa metus id nunc. Duis scelerisque molestie turpis. Sed fringilla, massa eget luctus malesuada, metus eros molestie lectus, ut tempus eros massa ut dolor. Aenean aliquet fringilla sem. Suspendisse sed ligula in ligula suscipit aliquam. Praesent in eros vestibulum mi adipiscing adipiscing. Morbi facilisis. Curabitur ornare consequat nunc. Aenean vel metus. Ut posuere viverra nulla. Aliquam erat volutpat. Pellentesque convallis. Maecenas feugiat, tellus pellentesque pretium posuere, felis lorem euismod felis, eu ornare leo nisi vel felis. Mauris consectetur tortor et purus.</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-3">
<h2>Content heading 3</h2>
<p>Mauris eleifend est et turpis. Duis id erat. Suspendisse potenti. Aliquam vulputate, pede vel vehicula accumsan, mi neque rutrum erat, eu congue orci lorem eget lorem. Vestibulum non ante. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Fusce sodales. Quisque eu urna vel enim commodo pellentesque. Praesent eu risus hendrerit ligula tempus pretium. Curabitur lorem enim, pretium nec, feugiat nec, luctus a, lacus.</p>
<p>Duis cursus. Maecenas ligula eros, blandit nec, pharetra at, semper at, magna. Nullam ac lacus. Nulla facilisi. Praesent viverra justo vitae neque. Praesent blandit adipiscing velit. Suspendisse potenti. Donec mattis, pede vel pharetra blandit, magna ligula faucibus eros, id euismod lacus dolor eget odio. Nam scelerisque. Donec non libero sed nulla mattis commodo. Ut sagittis. Donec nisi lectus, feugiat porttitor, tempor ac, tempor vitae, pede. Aenean vehicula velit eu tellus interdum rutrum. Maecenas commodo. Pellentesque nec elit. Fusce in lacus. Vivamus a libero vitae lectus hendrerit hendrerit.</p>
</div>
</div>
I am not getting any error or warning in the dashboard. Just that the code doesn’t run. Debugging is enabled. Where am I going wrong?
Edit: Here is the dashboard screenshot with developer console output:
The main problem is that you’re missing
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui-tabs' );.But there are other issues. This is not ok at all (simplified):
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', etc )does not belong insidefile.phpadmin_enqueue_scriptsjQuery and jQuery UI core are encoded by default at admin side (check the browser dev tools Sources tab), but as said, not UI Tabs. See all included scripts: Default Scripts Included and Registered by WordPress.
Full working code, check comments:
You have to use
$safely as this causes some issues in wordpress, you can try this:and this php part i am getting little confused, seems to me that may be your ui lib is loaded before the jQuery.
if that is the case then you can swap the positions of enqueuing:
other than this you can share if you get any error in console.
$is not defined in wordpress, you can wrap the script in an anonymous function like this