How to add a page to a wordpress site and give it a specific shortcode via a custom plugin
davidb3rn
I've made a move that allows pages to be created if the switch in the settings is checked. After confirming, it creates the page but doesn't add the template. How can I get my template to work properly?
add_action( 'admin_init', 'cart_page' );
function cart_page() {
//Add cart page to website
if ( get_option( 'cart' ) === "checked" AND get_option('cart_exist') === false) {
// IF CART HAS BEEN CHECKED
$new_page_id = wp_insert_post( array(
'post_title' => 'Cart',
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_name' => 'Cart',
'comment_status' => 'closed',
'ping_status' => 'closed',
'post_content' => '',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => get_user_by( 'id', 1 )->user_id,
'menu_order' => 0,
// Assign page template
'page_template' => plugins_url('page_templates/cart_template.php', __FILE__ )
) );
wp_insert_post($new_page_id);
update_option( 'cart_exist', true );
}
else if (get_option('cart') === "" AND get_option('cart_exist') === true) {
// IF CUSTOMER DOES NOT WANT CART
update_option( 'cart_exist', false );
}
}
This is how my template page looks in the plugin.
get_header();
echo do_shortcode( '[cart_portal]' );
get_footer();
?>
davidb3rn
In my case, I have found a solution to this simple problem. If I just need to add a shortcode, I can add it to "post_content". I'm still wondering how to add templates. However, you can still use a file to import the entire layout. But it doesn't work with visual composer.
See example below...
$new_page_id = array(
'post_title' => 'Cart',
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_name' => 'Cart',
'comment_status' => 'closed',
'ping_status' => 'closed',
'post_content' => '[cart_portal]',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => get_user_by( 'id', 1 )->user_id,
'menu_order' => 0,
);
wp_insert_post($new_page_id);