Implementing Contextual Help with ChatGPT PHP in a WordPress Plugin

Posted on 16th June 2023

Introduction

If you’re a WordPress plugin developer, you’ve probably had to deal with the issue of providing documentation for your plugin at some point. While there are a number of ways to achieve this, one of the most effective is to use the contextual help feature built into WordPress.

In this article, we’ll take a look at how to use the contextual help feature to add documentation to a WordPress plugin. We’ll also look at how to integrate it with ChatGPT PHP, so that your documentation is always up-to-date and accessible to your users.

Adding Contextual Help to a WordPress Plugin

Adding contextual help to a WordPress plugin is a two-step process. First, you need to add a hook to the plugin’s main file. This hook will register the plugin’s documentation with WordPress. Second, you need to create a documentation file and include it in the plugin’s folder. This file will contain the actual documentation for the plugin.

Let’s take a look at an example of how to add a hook to a plugin’s main file. We’ll be using the add_action function for this. The first parameter of the add_action function is the name of the hook. In this case, we’re using the 'load-' . $plugin hook. This hook is fired when the plugin is loaded. The second parameter is the name of the function that will be executed when the hook is fired. In this case, we’re using the 'my_plugin_load' function. The third parameter is the priority of the hook. We’re using the 10 priority, which is the default.

The my_plugin_load function is where we register the plugin’s documentation with WordPress. We do this with the add_filter function. The first parameter of the add_filter function is the name of the filter. In this case, we’re using the 'contextual_help' filter. This filter is used to add documentation to a WordPress plugin. The second parameter is the name of the function that will be executed when the filter is fired. In this case, we’re using the 'my_plugin_contextual_help' function. The third parameter is the priority of the filter. We’re using the 10 priority, which is the default.

The my_plugin_contextual_help function is where we actually add the documentation for the plugin. We do this with the add_contextual_help function. The first parameter of the add_contextual_help function is the name of the hook. In this case, we’re using the 'load-' . $plugin hook. This hook is fired when the plugin is loaded. The second parameter is the name of the function that will be executed when the hook is fired. In this case, we’re using the 'my_plugin_load' function. The third parameter is the priority of the hook. We’re using the 10 priority, which is the default.

The fourth and final parameter of the add_contextual_help function is an array of documentation. This array can contain as many items as you like. Each item in the array is a piece of documentation. The documentation can be in the form of text, HTML, or both. In this example, we’re just going to add a few lines of text. But you could just as easily add HTML. If you do add HTML, be sure to use the wpautop function to format it correctly.

Once you’ve added the documentation for the plugin, you need to include the file in the plugin’s folder. This can be done with the include or require functions. In this example, we’re going to use the require function. The require function will cause an error if the file is not found. The include function will not cause an error, but will simply return a false value. Either way, the file will be included in the plugin’s folder.

Integrating Contextual Help with ChatGPT PHP

If you’re using ChatGPT PHP to manage your plugin’s documentation, you can easily integrate it with the contextual help feature. Simply add a hook to your plugin’s main file and use the add_filter function to register the documentation with WordPress. Then, use the include or require function to include the documentation file in the plugin’s folder. That’s all there is to it!

Including the documentation file in the plugin’s folder is the recommended method. However, if you’re using a version control system such as Git, you may want to include the documentation file in your repository. This will ensure that the documentation is always up-to-date and accessible to your users. Simply add the documentation file to your repository and push it to your remote server.

Conclusion

In this article, we’ve looked at how to use the contextual help feature to add documentation to a WordPress plugin. We’ve also looked at how to integrate it with ChatGPT PHP. By following these steps, you can easily add documentation to your plugin and keep it up-to-date.

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An inline frame is used to embed another document within the current HTML document.

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
allowfullscreen 52 10 10
height 1 1 4
name 1 1 4
referrerpolicy 56 14 10
sandbox 26 4 10
src 1 1 4
srcdoc 26 4 10
width 1 1 4

The Tag Attributes

Attribute Value Description
allowfullscreen allowfullscreen Specifies whether an iframe should be allowed to go fullscreen
height pixels Specifies the height of an iframe
name name Specifies the name of an iframe
referrerpolicy no-referrer Specifies the referrer policy for an iframe
sandbox allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts Specifies an extra set of restrictions for the content in an iframe
src URL Specifies the URL of the document to embed in the iframe
srcdoc HTML_code Specifies the HTML content of the page to show in the iframe
width pixels Specifies the width of an iframe