Jenst

<p>Add settings to your own theme or plugin. As simple as writing an array.</p>
<p>Full documentation at: http://www.wp-load.com/register-settings-api/</p>
<h4>Benefits of the plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li>Work fine as a plugin OR as included to your theme or plugin.</li>
<li>Everything you need is in one single file.</li>
<li>No more fighting the settings API. Just add your settings and you are done.</li>
<li>Tinymce, textarea, checkboxes, radio buttons, url, color, email supported.</li>
<li>It will from the array create a menu and a settings page with tabs and fields.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Full example, placed in functions.php OR your plugin</h4>
<pre><code>add_filter('register_settings_api', 'settings_array');

function settings_array( $options_page ) {
    $options_page['my-menu-slug'] = array(
        'menu_title' => 'My menu',
        'page_title' => 'My page',
        'option_name' => 'my_options_slug',
        'tabs' => array(
            'first' => array(
                'tab_title' => 'My first tab',
                'fields' => array(
                    'my_editor' => array(
                        'type' => 'tinymce',
                        'title' => 'My editor'
                    ),
                    'my_color' => array(
                        'type' => 'color',
                        'title' => 'My color'
                    )
                ),
            ),
            'second' => array(
                'tab_title' => 'My second tab',
                'fields' => array(
                    'my_textarea' => array(
                        'type' => 'textarea',
                        'title' => 'My textarea'
                    )
                )
            )
        )
    );
    return $options_page;
}
</code></pre>


Register Settings API

Add settings to your own theme or plugin. As simple as writing an array.

Synved

<p><a href="http://synved.com/wordpress-options/" title="WordPress Options – add options to your products, the easy way!" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Options</a> is a free WordPress plugin specifically directed at designers and developers who wish to easily and quickly add options to their WordPress products with minimal code while at the same time providing a lot of features for power developers to extend the way the options behave.</p>
<blockquote>
<h4>Eager to get started using the plugin and write some code to see it in action?</h4>
<p>Just hop directly into the <a href="http://synved.com/blog/help/tutorials/introduction-to-using-wordpress-options/" title="Introduction to using WordPress Options" rel="nofollow ugc">introductory tutorial</a>! The most efficient way to learn is by experiment. Also make sure you stay tuned for more tutorials in the future. You can ensure you won’t miss any by following us!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you then also decide you want to provide an intuitive interface in your options panels for your users to easily install premium addons, you might want to consider purchasing the <a href="http://synved.com/product/wordpress-options-addon-installer/" title="Easily distribute premium upgrades for your WordPress products with this addon for WordPress Options" rel="nofollow ugc">Addon Installer</a>.</p>
<p>The plugin provides many different option types that cover most of any designer/developer requirements. The list of option types so far: <em>boolean</em>, <em>text</em>, <em>integer</em>, <em>decimal</em>, <em>color</em>, <em>image</em>, <em>video</em>, <em>media</em>, <em>style</em>, <em>script</em>, <em>user</em>, <em>author</em>, <em>category</em>, <em>page</em>, <em>tag-list</em>, <em>options-page</em>, <em>options-section</em>, <em>addon</em>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Creates all Options UI elements automatically</li>
<li>Automatic submission and storage for options</li>
<li>Uses WordPress Settings API for maximum compatibility</li>
<li>Built-in value type validation ensures reliability and security</li>
<li>Multiple option types to select all kinds of data</li>
<li>Includes option types for WordPress-specific data</li>
<li>Supports custom validation for all option types</li>
<li>Options pages can be placed anywhere in the admin menu</li>
<li>Callback system to dynamically change item data</li>
<li>Optional addon that allows authors to <a href="http://synved.com/product/wordpress-options-addon-installer/" rel="nofollow ugc">sell their own addons</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Related Links:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://synved.com/wordpress-options/" title="WordPress Options – add options to your products, the easy way!" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Options Official Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://synved.com/blog/help/tutorials/introduction-to-using-wordpress-options/" title="Introduction to using WordPress Options" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple tutorial to get you started</a></li>
<li><a href="http://synved.com/product/wordpress-options-addon-installer/" title="Easily distribute premium upgrades for your WordPress products" rel="nofollow ugc">Addon Installer which allows you to distribute your own premium addons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://synved.com/stripefolio-free-wordpress-portfolio-theme/" title="A free WordPress theme that serves as a readable blog and a full-screen portfolio showcase" rel="nofollow ugc">The free Stripefolio theme</a> provides a very good and complete real world example on how to use the WordPress Options framework in your own themes or plugins</li>
</ul>


WordPress Options

Easily add options to your products, themes or plugins! Simple to use for designers but still providing powerful features for developers.

Register Settings API vs WordPress Options