Custom Global Variables

Create your own custom variables to manage information on your website such as:

• Phone numbers
• Addresses
• Social media links
• HTML snippets
• And anything else
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Easily access them globally in WordPress and PHP.

Why you need it

Rather than having to change something like an email address across multiple pages, you can do it in one place. Avoid the pitfalls of hard coding information in your WordPress theme that is likely to change.

Why it’s better

• Your variables are stored and retrieved locally without any calls to the database. That means faster load times for your pages!
• Variables can be accessed easily in PHP from the global scope.

Usage

Display your variables using the shortcode syntax:

[cgv variable-name]

Or using the superglobal in PHP:

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Use the Settings -> Custom Global Variables screen to define your variables

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   Settings -> Custom Global Variables

1.1.2

• Updated to be able to use markups in value fields.

1.1.1

• This is a security and maintenance release and we strongly encourage you to update to it immediately.

1.1.0

• This is a security and maintenance release and we strongly encourage you to update to it immediately.

1.0.5

• Updated accreditation
• Updated stylesheet
• Tested up to WordPress 5.1

1.0.4

• Fixed folder path in error message

1.0.3

• Changed file path to where variables are stored

1.0.2

• Support for older versions of PHP that handle object referencing differently

1.0.1

• Support for older versions of PHP (< 5.4) that do not allow the short array syntax