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Che cosa, perché e come creare un plugin WordPress specifico per un sito?

Volete aggiungere un plugin specifico per il vostro sito WordPress?

Un plugin specifico per il sito consente di aggiungere facilmente snippet di codice al vostro sito WordPress senza dipendere dal tema.

In questo articolo spiegheremo come creare un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito e perché è importante.

Site Specific WordPress Plugin

Che cos’è un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito?

Un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito è un plugin autonomo che si può utilizzare per aggiungere tutti gli snippet di personalizzazione che non dipendono dal tema.

Quando si lavora sul proprio sito web, spesso si trovano tutorial di WordPress che chiedono di aggiungere codice al file functions.php del proprio tema o a un plugin specifico per il sito.

WordPress non è dotato di un plugin specifico per il sito. È necessario crearne uno proprio e poi installarlo e attivarlo.

Perché creare un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito?

Come abbiamo detto in precedenza, spesso ci si imbatte in tutorial che mostrano un codice da aggiungere al file functions.php del proprio tema o a un plugin specifico per il sito.

Questi codici personalizzati possono essere utilizzati per aggiungere nuovi tipi di post, tassonomie, shortcode e tonnellate di hack per migliorare il vostro sito web.

Se si aggiunge il codice personalizzato al file delle funzioni del tema, esso scomparirà se si aggiorna o si cambia tema.

È possibile creare un tema figlio e utilizzare il file di funzioni del tema figlio per salvare il codice. Tuttavia, il codice scomparirà comunque se si cambia tema.

Un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito consente di aggiungere facilmente snippet di codice personalizzati al sito WordPress e di assicurarsi che siano indipendenti dal tema. Si tratta di un plugin WordPress autonomo, il che significa che non dipende dal vostro tema e che siete liberi di aggiornare o cambiare il vostro tema.

Detto questo, vediamo come aggiungere facilmente codice personalizzato utilizzando un plugin specifico per il sito. Vi mostreremo due modi per farlo e potrete scegliere il metodo più adatto a voi (suggerimento: il metodo #2 è più facile per i principianti).

Metodo 1: Creare manualmente un plugin WordPress specifico per il sito

Sappiamo che per i principianti tutto ciò può sembrare un po’ da smanettoni, ma cercheremo di renderlo il più semplice possibile.

Innanzitutto, è necessario creare una nuova cartella sul desktop e assegnarle il nome del proprio sito web. Ad esempio: mywebsite-plugin.

Creating your site-specific plugin folder

A questo punto, aprire un editor di testo semplice sul computer, come Notepad o TextEdit.

È necessario creare un nuovo file e salvarlo come mywebsite-plugin.php nella cartella dei plugin sul desktop.

Creating the plugin file for your site-specific plugin

Il file del plugin ha bisogno di un codice di intestazione specifico, in modo che WordPress possa riconoscerlo come plugin. Aggiungete il seguente codice al file mywebsite-plugin.php:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Site Plugin for example.com
Description: Site specific code changes for example.com
*/
/* Start Adding Functions Below this Line */

/* Stop Adding Functions Below this Line */
?>

È possibile sostituire example.com con il proprio nome di dominio. Una volta fatto questo, il plugin specifico per il sito è pronto.

Ci sono due modi per caricare il plugin specifico per il sito sul vostro sito web. Potete caricarlo tramite il pannello di amministrazione di WordPress o utilizzare l’FTP.

1. Installare il plugin specifico per il sito dall’area amministrativa di WordPress (consigliato)

Questo metodo è più semplice e consigliato a tutti gli utenti.

Per prima cosa, è necessario creare un file zip della cartella del plugin specifico del sito.

Gli utenti di Windows possono semplicemente fare clic con il tasto destro del mouse sulla cartella del plugin e selezionare Invia a ” cartella compressa (zip).

Creating zip file in Windows

Gli utenti Mac devono fare clic con il tasto destro del mouse.

Quindi, selezionare “Comprimi il mio sito-plugin”.

Creating a zip folder on Mac

Una volta ottenuto il file zip del plugin, andare alla pagina Plugin ” Aggiungi nuovo nell’area di amministrazione di WordPress.

Quindi fare clic sul pulsante “Carica plugin” in alto.

upload plugin

Quindi, fare clic sul pulsante “Scegli file” per selezionare il file zip creato in precedenza, quindi fare clic sul pulsante “Installa ora”.

WordPress caricherà e installerà il plugin per voi. Una volta caricato, è necessario fare clic sul pulsante “Attiva plugin” per iniziare a utilizzare il plugin specifico del sito.

Activate plugin

2. Caricare il plugin WordPress specifico per il sito tramite FTP

Per questo metodo, non è necessario creare un file zip. Il plugin verrà caricato tramite FTP.

Per prima cosa, è necessario collegarsi al proprio sito web utilizzando un client FTP.

Una volta connessi, andare alla cartella /wp-content/plugins/ nella colonna del sito remoto. Successivamente, è necessario selezionare la cartella dei plugin specifica del sito e caricarla sul proprio sito web.

Uploading plugin via FTP

Il vostro client FTP trasferirà ora la cartella del plugin specifico per il sito al vostro sito web WordPress. Questo installerà il plugin sul vostro sito web.

Tuttavia, è necessario attivare il plugin per iniziare a utilizzarlo. È possibile farlo accedendo alla pagina “Plugin” nell’area di amministrazione di WordPress e facendo clic sul link “Attiva” sotto il plugin specifico del sito.

Activate plugin

È tutto. Il vostro plugin specifico per il sito è ora pronto per essere utilizzato.

Aggiunta di snippet di codice personalizzati al plugin specifico del sito

Ci sono due modi per modificare il plugin e aggiungere snippet di codice personalizzati.

Il primo metodo consiste nel farlo tramite l’area di amministrazione di WordPress. Si può andare alla pagina Plugin ” Editor.

Verrà visualizzato un messaggio di avviso ed è necessario fare clic sul pulsante “Ho capito” per continuare. In alternativa, se volete un modo più sicuro per modificare i file, passate al secondo metodo qui sotto.

Heads up warning in the plugin editor tool

Successivamente, è necessario selezionare il plugin specifico del sito dal menu a discesa “Seleziona il plugin da modificare”.

L’editor caricherà il file del plugin e sarà possibile aggiungervi degli snippet di codice.

Select a plugin to edit in the plugin file editor tool

Al termine, fare clic sul pulsante “Aggiorna file” per salvare le modifiche.

Se manca qualcosa nel codice o se questo ha il potenziale di rompere il sito web, l’editor del plugin annullerà automaticamente le modifiche apportate.

Tuttavia, se l’editor non funziona e viene visualizzata la schermata bianca della morte, è possibile utilizzare FTP per modificare il file del plugin e annullare le modifiche.

Il secondo metodo consiste nel modificare direttamente il file del plugin tramite FTP. È sufficiente accedere alla cartella del plugin utilizzando il proprio client FTP. Fare clic con il tasto destro del mouse sul file del plugin e selezionare “Visualizza/Modifica”.

Editing plugin file via FTP

È anche possibile scaricare il file del plugin sul computer, modificarlo e caricarlo nuovamente.

Metodo 2: Aggiunta di codice personalizzato con WPCode (consigliato)

Questo metodo è molto più semplice e offre un modo migliore per gestire i singoli frammenti di codice in WordPress utilizzando WPCode.

La prima cosa da fare è installare e attivare il plugin gratuito WPCode sul vostro sito web. Per maggiori dettagli, consultate la nostra guida passo-passo su come installare un plugin di WordPress.

Dopo l’attivazione, il plugin aggiunge una nuova voce di menu con l’etichetta “Code Snippets” al menu di amministrazione di WordPress. Facendo clic su di essa si accede a una pagina in cui è possibile gestire tutti i codici personalizzati.

Per aggiungere il primo frammento di codice, fare clic sul pulsante “Aggiungi nuovo”.

Click the Add New Button to Add Your First Custom Code Snippet in WordPress

Si accede così alla pagina “Aggiungi snippet”. Qui è possibile scegliere uno snippet di codice dalla libreria predefinita o aggiungere il proprio codice personalizzato.

Per aggiungere il codice personalizzato, passare all’opzione “Aggiungi il tuo codice personalizzato (nuovo snippet)” e fare clic sul pulsante “Usa snippet”.

Add your new custom code snippet in WPCode

Ora è possibile inserire un titolo per lo snippet di codice personalizzato. Può essere qualsiasi cosa che aiuti a identificare il codice.

Dopodiché, si può procedere a incollare lo snippet di codice nel boxed. È inoltre necessario selezionare il tipo “Snippet PHP” dall’elenco a discesa “Tipo di codice” sulla destra.

Adding custom code

È inoltre possibile aggiungere note al codice nella sezione “Informazioni di base”.

In quest’area dovreste scrivere cosa fa questo codice, dove lo avete trovato e perché lo state aggiungendo al vostro sito web. Questo aiuterà il “futuro” a ricordare perché il “passato” ha aggiunto questo codice.

Add notes and tags to identify and organize your code snippets

È inoltre possibile assegnare dei tag agli snippet di codice, che possono aiutare a organizzare gli snippet di codice per argomento e funzionalità.

Il plugin consente anche di selezionare la modalità di esecuzione dello snippet di codice. Nella sezione “Inserimento”, è possibile selezionare il metodo “Inserimento automatico” per inserire ed eseguire automaticamente il codice sul sito.

È possibile scegliere tra le opzioni dell’area di amministrazione, del front-end o di tutto il mondo. Se non si è sicuri, mantenere l’opzione predefinita “Esegui ovunque”.

Pick the insertion method for your custom code snippet

Oppure si può scegliere il metodo ‘Shortcode’. Con questo metodo, lo snippet non viene inserito automaticamente. Una volta salvato lo snippet, si otterrà uno shortcode da inserire manualmente in qualsiasi punto del sito.

È inoltre possibile utilizzare la sezione “Logica condizionale intelligente” per mostrare o nascondere gli snippet inseriti automaticamente in base a una serie di regole.

Use smart conditional logic to decide when snippets should load

Ad esempio, è possibile caricare gli snippet di codice solo per gli utenti che hanno effettuato l’accesso, caricare gli snippet di codice PHP solo su URL di pagine specifiche, mostrare snippet di codice in base al tipo di pagina e altro ancora.

Infine, è possibile spostare l’interruttore da ‘Inattivo’ ad ‘Attivo’ e quindi fare clic sul pulsante ‘Salva frammento’.

Save and activate your custom code snippet

Se si desidera salvare lo snippet di codice senza attivarlo, è possibile fare clic solo sul pulsante ‘Salva snippet’.

Una volta salvato e attivato uno snippet di codice, questo diventerà automaticamente effettivo sul vostro sito web, se questo è il metodo di inserimento che avete scelto.

Per maggiori dettagli, consultate la nostra guida su come aggiungere facilmente snippet di codice personalizzati in WordPress.

Speriamo che questo articolo vi abbia aiutato a capire perché e come creare un plugin WordPress specifico per un sito. Potreste anche voler consultare il nostro elenco di utili suggerimenti per i file di funzioni e gli hack WordPress più ricercati per utilizzare al meglio il vostro plugin specifico per il sito.

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  2. BSubra

    Is it possible to add code snippets like Google Analytics Code, Adsense code in Site Specific Pliugin. Or only possible to add codes we generally put in functions.php file.

    I mean, is it possible to add codes in site-specific plugin what we generally put in Header.php file.

    • WPBeginner Support

      You can do that if you would like, you can also use the insert headers and footers plugin.

      Admin

  3. Bola Oussou

    hi
    Thanks for this tuto
    however is there a way to make this plugging(not to be visible) not in plugging list and also in a specific folder (not wp-content folder) ?

    Thanls

    • Tor-Bjorn Fjellner

      Actually yes, there is:
      Instead of placing the plugin in …/wp-content/plugins/ you put it in …/wp-content/mu-plugins/ (You may have to create that directory, if it’s not there yet.

      Plugins that are placed in mu-plugins are ALWAYS run, so the only way to deactivate a MU plugin (MU currently is construed as “must use”) is to delete it (or remain the directly mu-plugins to something else…).

  4. Judith

    Hi I tried to do the Site-specific plugin, but it is not working, I get this message “The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found.

    Plugin installation failed.”
    What do I do?

    • WPBeginner Support

      Hi Judith,

      This usually means that the plugin header information is incorrect. You can try again and make sure that your plugin header is exactly in the format displayed in the tutorial.

      Admin

      • Jonathan Manheim

        I get this same error. I have tried maybe 10 times. Uploaded through admin and on FTP. Cannot get it to upload. I am using TextEditor to paste the code. Notice several things you don’t mention in the post that I wonder could be an issue. First, won’t let me save the file as .php. I have to save it as .php.rtf OR .rtf then go back and rename the file after it is saved.
        Second, not sure what you mean by making sure the format for the plugin header is exactly the same. Should the line number be in there? If so, I can’t get that to work. If I copy and paste with the line numbers, the green vertical line doesn’t show up and there is no space between the line numbers and the code. Or am I supposed to just copy the code (without the line numbers)? Either way, I’ve tried everything I can with my current Textedit application and it will not work.
        Any ideas? I can send you screen shots of exactly what I have if you would like

        • WPBeginner Support

          Hi Jonathan,

          You will need to save file as .php. Please use a different text editor on Windows you can use Notepad or download Notepad++. On Mac, you can use TextEdit or download and install TextWrangler.

          You don’t need to copy and paste line numbers.

        • Kacper

          In my case the issue was that the file had Unicode encoding. Changing it to ANSI fixed the issue.

  5. Ikram

    Hi,
    Good day!
    Would like to know how to set a white paper in my blog post article to download it with add email address from the visitor.
    Thanks, Ikram

  6. Alain Fradette

    Great info! Thanks so much. I have been using WordPress for years and this little gem made it so much easier!

  7. Abhijeet

    I have edited some code in Style.css . Will it be overwritten if i update a theme?
    is it possible to create style css file in this site specific plugin?

  8. dave

    White screen on publishing pages.
    The code works to show child pages on a parent page using the shortcode however I am getting white screen. Anyone know why?

  9. Tommy

    The plugin generated 3 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.

  10. Saurin

    I believe best approach to add custom code to site is child theme. No matter if we need to customize theme or not. I mad a practice to always use child theme even if there is no customization. This habit saved my time & effort many times. I dont think it is good to create extra plugin for such customization.

    I believe in minimum use of plugin no matter how simple you created one.

  11. Jason

    Which is better, site-specific plugin or Child Theme? or both?

    I need to create a custom post type to add some major functionality to my site so is the plugin better or the child theme and its functions.php?

    Thanks!

    • Josh

      The thing is, is that you’re creating the plug-in yourself, using the functions the same exact way. So the answer to your question would be that neither is better, because you should be using them WITH each other.

    • Josh

      Think of the site-specific plug-ins as functions that are independent of your theme.

  12. Vickey

    How would I create a create a new plugin directory in Azure? I have Wordpress running on Azure using MS SQL Server, which I activated using Project NAMI.

  13. vishal

    not working on multisite with publisher theme can you help me this is my site and also tell me how can i remove featured image inside the post not from front page latest post

  14. Nadia Khan

    Hi there,
    You WP Beginners are rock. and I want to thank you for your Struggles for us.
    Now come to the point. I have installed an theme and in that theme, there is an function that is showing wp toolbar for guests, I have tried so many times to find this function in theme files to remove this, but i can’t. So please help me to remove that toolbar, that is showing to every visitor with wordpress logo and wordpress’s own link to their website. Screen Shot is attached.

  15. Manuel

    Does something like this work for plugins too? Im finding that I am making a few changes to plugins that I add to my site….many times deleting certain lines of code I dont want. I’m assuming that after I update that plugin, all my changes will be erased. How can I avoid this?

  16. Elizabeth

    Hi, thanks for the post. I’m getting an error when I activate the plugin for some reason:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘*’, expecting identifier (T_STRING) on line 9

    Any ideas what I’ve done wrong?

    Thanks!

    • WPBeginner Support

      Hi Elizabeth,

      There is an unexpected asterisk sign in the code on line 9 which is blocking the php script. Edit the file again and copy the code exactly as it is shown above. Make sure that you don’t copy line numbers in the code click on the Copy button at the top right corner of the code snippet box

      .

      Admin

  17. Steven Denger

    I tried naming the new folder as you did in the example but I got an error that said something in the way of you cannot use a name like this. This Instruction may be helpful to some – but it is very difficult and confusing to me and does not help at all. As I said – you need to explain this down to the fine details or otherwise these tutorals will not help. The name of this site is wp BEGINNER – and that is what I am. You project these tutorals to the more experienced.

    I guess I will have to start going elswhere to get beginners instructiions because, most of time, wp beginner is not helpful – it is more like a techs only club.

  18. Steven Denger

    How do you get to the /wp-content/plugins/yoursitename-plugin/ in wordpress and upload a file there? I am lost on the first line of instruction. You guys always assume that we know these things in your instructions but they are not clear enough.

    I went to cpanel and opened up the wpcontent > plugins – and it shows a list of plugins – but I am lost from this point. How do I go about uploading a file in here? I am a beginner – and you guys seem to always explain things like your instructing experienced techs. I am not but I go to WP Beginner to try to learn. It is usually difficult to follow your instructions and I end up having to go somewhere else in google search to find things explained down to a beginners level.
    If you want to be more helpful try breaking things down a little more simple.

    • Manuel

      Hey Steven,

      I know the feeling! I’m far from a expert with wordpress and I pretty much live on google searches and this site trying to learn. I know a little bit and was able to get this to work. Send me your email and I’ll send you the steps with screenshots. I havent tested putting actual code into the plugin so we’ll see if that works….but I was able to see the newly created plugin on my admin page

      • Steven Denger

        thank you manuel

      • NiceRazer

        Hello, can you please tell me how to do that to? I’ve tried finding posts that would help me with this same prob but still didnt found it.

  19. JoAnn Chateau

    Thank you for the great advice and simple how-to instructions. I easily created a Site-Specific WordPress Plugin for my site and enabled shortcodes for widgets. Now I have less worry when changing themes, and I didn’t need to install another plugin. Again, thanks!

  20. george

    hi i followed the instruction on how to make a site plugin for my site. ive uploaded it but cant see it in my list of plugins.

    any ideas why?

  21. Dawn

    I cannot find where the folders live in the plug in directory. I tried searching for: /wp-content/plugins/yoursitename-plugin/ (with my site name).

  22. Kara

    Never mind, I figured it out and got it activated. My hosting server was acting up, must have timed out or something…cheers!

  23. Kara

    I followed your instructions but i don’t know how to activate it. It doesn’t show in my list of plugind in my wp-admin. Can you help?

  24. Sheyejinkazama

    Thank you. Thank you so so much.

  25. Molly

    How do you get the plugin to “Network Activate” on a multi-site?

  26. Stephanie

    I’m getting the same error as Sonya above. Does anyone have a fix?

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/statisu0/public_html/wp-content/plugins/statisticshowto-plugin/statisticshowto.com-plugin.php on line 10

  27. Susan

    Hi again. I’ve been reading through all of the comments above and, while some show your answer and resolution to the problem, many don’t. So it’s hard for me to learn from how others resolved their problems! Anyway, here’s what I’m wondering: if by following the instructions in this post to create a folder within my “plugins” folder, how will I be able to see my new site-specific plugin file?
    For example, I followed the instructions to create a folder called susansinthegarden-plugin. Then I put my plugin code in a file called susansinthegarden-plugin.php. I can’t see the plugin when I go to plugins on my dashboard.
    Is this because the new plugin text file exists in a sub-folder under “plugins”? I can’t figure out what I’m missing but really need to resolve this. Is there anyone out there who can help me? Thanks so much!

      • emy

        Hi,
        What is a plugin header and how do I format it?

        • WPBeginner Support

          Hey Emy,

          The plugin header is the part that tells WordPress that this file should be treated as a plugin. It also tells WordPress the name of the plugin, version, and other information.

          In the code shown above, the header part begins right after the first line and ends at line 5. It contains plugin’s title and description.

    • Susan

      OK, I resolved my program. Not being a code-writer, I didn’t realize that there was a separate header to wrap around the code I was borrowing. Duh. Thanks for your help.

  28. Susan

    I followed your instructions to create a folder under wp-content/plugins etc. and put the file containing the code into that folder but I can’t see my new plugin when I go to my dashboard and look under plugins. Did I miss a step? Thanks in advance for your help!

  29. Edgar Ramirez

    Hello

    I created the directory and the php file but i cannot see the plugin at all

    /wp-content/plugins/yoursitename-plugin/
    Open a blank file and save it as “yoursitename-plugin.php”

    dont see it on the dashboard plugin list and neither in the Plugin>editor

    Can you please help me

  30. Sonia Lacasse

    Never mind! Looks like I found the problem. Thanks for your awesome work! :)

  31. Sonia Lacasse

    When I try to activate the plugin, I get the following error message:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ’06’ (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/domain/wp-content/plugins/ETK-PLUGIN/ETK-PLUGIN.php on line 10

    Can you please help?

    Thanks!

  32. Catherine Argyros

    hi there, when i put this in the directory

    I received this error message

    The plugin generated 2 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.

    but my plug in is activated….. please help me understand what is going on?
    thank you

      • error message

        wonderful, thats exactly what the problem was. Thank you for helping me create my first plugin!

  33. xin a day

    “All you have to do is create a new folder in the plugins directory. Example: /wp-content/plugins/yoursitename-plugin/
    Open a blank file and save it as “yoursitename-plugin.php”
    Put the following code in the file:”

    i hv few question on these .

    1. i can’t create a folder onthe plugin directory.
    2. where to open a blank file ?
    3. the plugin diretory cant install that file.

    thank you

  34. Sacha

    Awesome idea! I’ve always found functions.php a pain, so this method works great!

  35. Alan Shapiro

    This is a really useful post–thank you! Perhaps someone else asked this and I just missed it in all the comments, but: will a site-specific plugin override a function that is in the theme’s functions.php? For instance, if there is a “remove_action” in the functions.php, will the same “add_action” in the plugin take precedence?

    • WPBeginner Support

      Both functions.php file and site-specific plugin are treated as plugins. Functions.php file loads after plugins but they do not have precedence over eachother. This is why using the same function in both files can cause unexpected results. The best way to override pluggable code is by using hooks and filters.

      Admin

  36. Robert Masters

    I’m building a plugin at the moment for a multisite network and I need certain functionality available only in specific sites, so this is a perfect article for me right now.
    I have one question though…..how do I name the site plugin folder for a site that is created as a subdomain? Example: subdomain.mainsite.com would it be subdomain-mainsite-plugin or just subdomain-plugin?
    Hope this makes sense, question based on your tutorial.

  37. hans

    very good. when you create a second instance don’t forget do give the “register and load” function an own name, like i did ;)

  38. Eric Ellis

    That’s great. I always figured it was pretty simple. Thank you for the information.

  39. Jide

    Nice one there. Kindly update the post to inform readers that after activating the plugin, they will have to click on the “edit” link on the plugins page, to add their codes.

    Most newbies might not know this…

    • WPBeginner Support

      Actually we do not recommend editing plugins and themes from WordPress admin area. Instead, we would recommend editing your plugins in a text editor via FTP client. This way in case of an error you would be able to quickly fix it without losing access to admin area for too long.

      Admin

  40. Mark Holland

    Thank you thank you thank you!! This has solved an issue that’s been puzzling me for weeks – and now solved in less than 1 minute.

    Can’t express how grateful I am for you sharing your knowledge – thanks again!

  41. Luca

    Thank you for the advice! But now I’m confused: what’s the difference between this method and the plugin “Code Snippet”? Is the result the same? Or do they accomplish the same thing in a different way?

  42. Malcolm

    Three years later this post is still giving – It’s changed the way I think about customising wordpress – Thank you!

    I tried this today and created a a site-specific-plugin with code to hide the wordpress menu bar for non-admins, and to add my latest post to a ‘Current issue’ menu item. Both worked perfectly.

    But the third snippet I added to the plugin failed to work. When I copied the code to the child theme’s functions.php it worked as expected.

    Can you explain why this would happen?

    I’m trying to modify the effect of the plugin “Restricted Site Access” by allowing access to more than a single page. The code I tried in my site specific plugin and the functions.php was:

    //
    add_filter( ‘restricted_site_access_is_restricted’, ‘my_restricted_check’ );
    function my_restricted_check( $is_restricted ) {
    global $wp;
    if (
    $wp->query_vars[‘pagename’] == ‘contact’ ||
    $wp->query_vars[‘pagename’] == ‘subscribe’ ||
    $wp->query_vars[‘name’] == ‘aplr-2013-volume-21-number-2’
    )
    $is_restricted = false;

    return $is_restricted;
    }

    Any advice or comment would be welcome. I’m confused!

  43. harklord

    after trying this. My site is opening blank… Please help.. Av tried deleting the files i created but still blank

  44. WPBeginner Staff

    Make sure that your stored the plugin’s php file in /wp-content/plugins/ folder and not in your theme directory.

    • Mohammed Amine

      Fixed, actually it is necessary to add that php comment in the php file, or else it wont appear on the admin panel.
      That php comment is used to show the discription of the plugin in the admin panel.

  45. Paolo Bergomi

    Hello,
    This is Paolo, i am building my website and theme with WP last edition 4.1.1.
    i Am trying to learn custom type fields and I found your website very useful. i hav ea issue, though: even if following this post i created the folder my theme plugin and with the related file .php you mentioned here, for the site specific plugin, copy all in localhost using WAMP server. i opened then my dashboard, went to plugins but my new plugin dont appear. what is going on? did i miss anything? thanks
    paolo

  46. WPBeginner Staff

    You can try and fit your modifications in site-specific plugin by using filters. However, since you had to edit specific files we doubt that all your edits can be implemented in a site-specific plugin using filters. In that case you should make those changes into a child theme. All your custom CSS should also go into your child theme’s stylesheet. You can also use your site-specific plugin to enqueue a custom stylesheet.

  47. Bas van der Linden

    Hmm, looks like my last post went missing while registering for this annoying disqus plugin.

    Anyways:
    At first I’d like to thank you for sharing this information.

    Secondly I do have several questions regarding this post.

    1) Is it possible to also make site specific plugins for other .php’s where I’ve added some codes?
    Such as front-page.php post-page.php and post-archives.php

    2) Is it possible to do something like this for .css codes?
    I run genesis as framework(Parent theme) and a child-theme that I’ve downloaded.
    Now since there are no grand-child theme’s in wordpress I’ve made my alterations in the child-theme’s folder

    This includes a lot of different .css edits, Is there a way to make site specific .css files/plugins like this, so I can maintain the origional child-theme (and perform an update if any updates are released)?

    3) When I create a site-specific plugin to change the footer and activate it, I will see both the origional footer and my own footer on the site.
    Is there a way to go around this?

    My plugin looks like this:

    Once again thank you for sharing this information on site-specific plugins, and I hope to hear soon from you guys.

  48. Chelsey

    Thank you for your patience… I’m still trying to figure out how to ‘create a new folder to plugins directory’ :-)

    • Rodney Lacambra

      Hi Chelsey. Consider this guide:

      Go to “File Manager”. It will take you to “/public_html” directory. Click on “wp-content >> plugins” . This is where you will “create” a folder called “yoursitename-plugin”. After that, create a file using some text editor(notepad++), paste the code given above and save the file as “yoursitename-plugin.php”. Upload it to “yoursitename-plugin” folder and activate it in your wordpress admin area. Easy as that!

      Hope it helps you a lot.

      Regards,
      NomadTech

      • Benjamin Mukasa

        This is a great post. I followed the instructions but the plugin is not appearing in my plugin list.

        • Paolo Bergomi

          me same..where did we make wrong? thanks in advance for any tips to solve this

  49. WPBeginner Staff

    Your code seems to be correct. Here is what you can do:

    Make sure you have saved the plugin file in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

    Make sure that your plugin file name is correct. We recommend using yoursitename.php format. For example if your domain name is black-circles then your plugin file name should be black-circles.php

    • SteveMTNO

      I originally had the plugin file (bc-plugin.php) in its own directory called blackcircles/wp-content/plugins/bc-plugins. That didn’t work.

      Then I tried moving the bc-plugin.php file from that folder to the blackcircles/wp-content/plugins folder. Still doesn’t show up in my admin panel.

      Do I have to “enable” it first before it shows up or something?

      Confused….

      • WPBeginner Staff

        If the file is correctly placed in your plugins folder then you will see it in your WordPress admin area under Plugins. If you see your plugin there, then you will have to click on the activate link below the file to activate the plugin.

        Did you try renaming the file to something else?

        • SteveMTNO

          Tried renaming it 3 times – none of them show up….

          I must be doing something wrong (or not doing something that I should be doing)…

        • SteveMTNO

          So can I use this one site-specific plugin for multiple functions, or is it best to do something similar to this for each one?

    • Michael Cuomo

      I’m having a similar issue with mine. I’ve created a site specific plugin to create a custom content type, but the custom content type is not showing up in my admin panel underneath pages like it should.

  50. SteveMTNO

    I posted this yesterday, but it seems to have vanished… :(

    Anyway, I followed the instructions above, but can’t see the site-specific plugin in my admin panel.

    Here’s a link to my code:

    http://pastebin.com/fbeGr8gh

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