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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building WordPress Widgets, and Shortcodes Adding AJAX To Plugins on the Front-End

Posted by Deborah Speken
Deborah Speken
4,050 Points

Hook in the my_plugin_frontend_scripts so CSS and JS display on the front end of the site. Error in add_action?

function my_plugin_frontend_scripts() {

  wp_enqueue_style( 'my_plugin_frontend_css', plugins_url( 'my-plugin/css/front-end.css' ) );
  wp_enqueue_script( 'my_plugin_frontend_js', plugins_url( 'my-plugin/js/front-end.js' ), array('jquery'), '', true );

 }
 add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_plugin_frontend_scripts' );
plugin.php 
<?php
function my_plugin_enable_ajax() {
     ?> 

        <script>

            var ajaxurl = '<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>';

        </script>

     <?php
     }
     add_action( 'wp_head', 'my_plugin_enable_ajax' );

     function my_plugin_frontend_scripts() {

      wp_enqueue_style( 'my_plugin_frontend_css', plugins_url( 'my-plugin/css/front-end.css' ) );
      wp_enqueue_script( 'my_plugin_frontend_js', plugins_url( 'my-plugin/js/front-end.js' ), array('jquery'), '', true );

     }
     add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_plugin_frontend_scripts' );




?>

1 Answer

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Wowowow do not use this. You should never make a function inside of a function. You can call a function within a function but no make one. <<< Nevermind I read the code wrong. The indentation is so hard to read that the functions almost look nested.

You can ditch both functions for 1. The admin ajax url will pass in the javascript if you view the source on the site now.

<?php


/**
* Scripts And Styles
*
*/

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_plugin_scripts_and_styles' );

function my_plugin_scripts_and_styles() {

  wp_register_style( 'my-plugin-css', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) . '/custom.css',  false );
  wp_enqueue_style( 'my-plugin-css' );
  wp_register_script( 'my-plugin-js',   plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) . '/custom.js', array( 'jquery' )  );
  $settings = array(
    'ajax' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ),
  );
  wp_localize_script( 'my-plugin-js', 'settings', $settings ); //pass any php settings to javascript
  wp_enqueue_script( 'my-plugin-js' );

}

And now anywhere in javascript you can use this to access the ajax url

settings.ajax