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WordPress-related jQuery questions are also cool. As to "everything related to WordPress" I'd say maybe "everything 'how to' related to WordPress?" – MikeSchinkel Jun 1 '10 at 23:09

Who is the audience for this site? Please edit the audience to describe the people who will come here, not the mission of the site. – Joel Spolsky♦ Jun 2 '10 at 0:22

"Proposed Q&A site for WordPress development and administration. If you write plugins or themes, or administer your own WordPress site then this is the site for you." – WraithKenny Jun 3 '10 at 19:19

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added by MikeSchinkel Jun 1 '10 at 23:51

This is a great question. I remember fumbling over this problem myself. Its actually quite simple. There are global arrays called $menu and $submenu that handle the admin menus. To remove just use unset(), to change them, re-declare them with the setting you desire. Obviously, to add them you simply add to the global arrays. Look for them the original declarations in wp-admin/menu.php for reference. This is a very poorly documented part of wordpress. And by poorly documented, I mean, I dont think its documented AT ALL. – eddiemoya Jun 2 '10 at 19:27

Quite simple? Hah. You and me differ on the meaning of simple then. After futzing with them all day I finally wrote object wrappers around those arrays, and now it's child's play. But w/o those wrapper's I'd be lost! – MikeSchinkel Jun 12 '10 at 8:10

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I don't know that this is an answerable question as there is no exhaustive answer. – prettyboymp Jun 7 '10 at 2:19

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Living in-between Drupal and WordPress worlds, I get asked this question all the time - would be helpful for this to live on a WP questions forum and to have a place to point people to. I think there's a blog post in this somewhere... – suzecampbell Jun 3 '10 at 14:15

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added by grm Jun 7 '10 at 12:18

While I think WP security questions are great for this site, this one is too broad to be a good question. It's too much like What makes a good theme? or How do I write a good plugin? – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 18:36

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And maybe how to change the UserID of the default admin. – hakre Jun 4 '10 at 18:07

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added by ZaMoose Jun 3 '10 at 13:48

I realize this one might be fraught with the potential for political flamewars, but it certainly is likely to get asked. – ZaMoose Jun 3 '10 at 13:49

Technically, this is more of a GPL question than a WordPress-specific one. However, I vote 'yes' since not everybody understands the ins-and-outs of the GPL, I can see how people might think that the hosting location might matter. This might seem inconsistent with my 'off-topic' vote on @WraithKenny's question about non-GPL scripts. But the added twist of hosting code on your own versus using the wordpress.org repositories makes things a little less black-and-white to some people. – Dougal Campbell Jun 4 '10 at 2:20

This is a very unspecific question with a lot of legal potential. I would tend to say it can be simply answered right away: as long as you do not publish it on wordpress.org or anywhere else, you do not need to. – hakre Jun 4 '10 at 17:30

I think this is a great off-topic example, though I agree it will get asked. It's a perfect example of a question without a definitive answer and one that will likely devolve into a flame war. A better way to get at the info, IMHO, would be to ask "What are the legal/political issues of not licensing plugins under GPLv2?" – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 22:09

The problem to answer this question is that some information is missing. For example where and how are these WP-Code-Extensions to be used - on your own server(s) or are they passed on to a third party? – hakre Jun 14 '10 at 6:11

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This is off topic, as asking about a specific technology implementation rather than anything WordPress related – davemac Jun 2 '10 at 12:22

@davemac I disagree. WordPress has a specific method for using AJAX, and this is a perfectly valid question. – John P Bloch Jun 2 '10 at 13:18

Yeah, I would assume that they are asking about how to use AJAX within WordPress. Though we'd probably need more info about whether it's front-end or admin. – Dougal Campbell Jun 2 '10 at 14:21

@davemac - You misunderstand. The answer to this question is an explanation of the "wp_ajax_*" hooks for implementing AJAX functionality in WordPress. @dougal - I crafted this question as a hypothetical to target an answer of the "wp_ajax_*" hooks. – MikeSchinkel Jun 2 '10 at 15:32

AJAX/programming goes to StackOverflow. It needs to be more WP-specific to be on-topic. – Brett Veenstra Jun 3 '10 at 15:00

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added by Arlen Beiler Jun 1 '10 at 21:57

Not clearly worded, but on-topic. – Dougal Campbell Jun 2 '10 at 0:22

Agreed. The wording is great, but I've seen (and probably asked) similar in other forums. This is one that could spark a decent exchange if the original poster could share more detail. – Anonymous Jun 8 '10 at 19:21

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Use an FTP program (such as Fetch or Transmit) to create a new folder in the /wp-content/ directory. Call it something like 'old-plugins'. Now, move each of the folders contained within the wp-content/plugins/ directory into this newly created folder. This will disable your plugins and allow you to reach your Dashboard. You can re-enable plugins one-by-one by dragging them back into the wp-content/plugins/ folder. – manifestphil Jun 2 '10 at 21:59

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Interesting that Krusty's earlier question about the timeline for WP 3.0 was voted off-topic, while this one was voted on topic. Anyone care to elaborate? – manifestphil Jun 2 '10 at 22:15

There could be a timeframe in which PHP4 questions are allowed, and then considered off-topic later. This could make sense for some sites, even though it wouldn't on others. – Roger Pate Jun 3 '10 at 11:41

I expected that this one would be off topic myself. As a long time lurker on the mail lists it seems the answer to this is extremely undefined and as mentioned on the WP 3.0 question: "Predicting the future is off-topic." – Roger Pate – Krusty Ruffle Jun 3 '10 at 21:50

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added by John P Bloch Jun 2 '10 at 14:46

	I have an answer for that one, but it isn't pretty. :) – Dougal Campbell Jun 2 '10 at 15:24
	:D I know. I've seen some answers; but this is the kind of questions I'd like to see here (not that I don't think there are other very legitimate questions. I'd just be interested in the more advanced ones.) – John P Bloch Jun 2 '10 at 15:29
	@john: Do you mean include? – Arlen Beiler Jun 2 '10 at 17:12
	NB: "enqueue" is a specific term used in the script loading API: wp_enqueue_script(). – scribu Jun 2 '10 at 17:18
	@Arlen & @scribu I definitely meant enqueue. The question shows familiarity with api, but a need for help within it. Because wp_enqueu_(script\|style) needs to be called before wp_head(), it's 'too late' by the time the shortcode functions run. The solution I use is to search for the shortcode in the global posts variable before wp_head runs (usually hooking onto 'get_header'). – John P Bloch Jun 2 '10 at 17:48

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added by Share And Follow Jun 8 '10 at 14:25

Why would this not be a good example? It's on topic, it's not obvious, and it's aimed at the right level person. – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 21:57

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I like this. Warrants a short answer and is a slight food for discussion. – Ekevoo Jun 11 '10 at 4:44

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added by efikim Jun 2 '10 at 1:02

I dont see how this could be off topic. This is a question I am sure many people have, and is very important to wordpress as a whole. – eddiemoya Jun 6 '10 at 14:53

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added by Dougal Campbell Jun 2 '10 at 1:59

This should be off-topic because the answer changes over time. Early in a release cycle it's not but late in the release cycle it might be. I guess the question could be answered that way, but that answer is not definitive and subjective. – MikeSchinkel Jun 2 '10 at 15:26

Very subjective and, as Mike said, changes over time. – scribu Jun 2 '10 at 17:07

I'm torn on this one. I agree that the answer will change over time. However, a question like "should I run 3.0 Release Candidate 1 on my production site?" might be valid (if still temporal). – KeithL Jun 2 '10 at 17:23

I would say this IS on topic, and the answer is,... "it changes over time" – eddiemoya Jun 2 '10 at 19:34