Reading and writing settings in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to read a WordPress option named 'site_name'.

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$site_name = get_option([1]);

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Asite_name

B'site_name'

C'get_site_name'

Dsite_name()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the option name

Using a function call instead of a string

The get_option function requires the option name as a string, so it must be in quotes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to update the WordPress option 'background_color' with the value '#ffffff'.

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update_option([1], '#ffffff');

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A'background_color'

Bbackground_color

C'background-color'

DbackgroundColor

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable names without quotes

Using camelCase instead of the exact option name

The option name must be a string, so it needs quotes around it.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to properly add a new option 'footer_text' with value 'Thank you!'.

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add_option([1], 'Thank you!');

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AfooterText

B'footer-text'

Cfooter_text

D'footer_text'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing option name without quotes

Using incorrect option name format

The option name must be a string literal, so it needs quotes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to read the option 'header_text' and provide a default value 'Welcome!'.

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$header = get_option([1], [2]);

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A'header_text'

B'Welcome!'

CWelcome!

Dheader_text

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting the default value

Using variable names instead of strings

The first argument is the option name as a string, the second is the default value also as a string.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to update the option 'footer_color' only if the new value '#000000' is different from the current one.

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if (get_option([1]) !== [2]) {
    update_option([3], '#000000');
}

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A'footer_color'

B'#000000'

D'#ffffff'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting option names or values

Using different strings for option names

We check the current value of 'footer_color' option against the new value '#000000'. If different, we update it.