Common action hooks in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to add a function to the WordPress 'init' action hook.

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add_action('init', [1]);

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A'admin_menu'

B'wp_head'

C'the_content'

D'my_init_function'

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Common Mistakes

Using a hook name instead of a function name.

Not putting the function name in quotes.

The 'init' hook runs after WordPress has finished loading but before any headers are sent. You add your function name as a string to it.

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medium

Complete the code to hook a function to run when the WordPress admin menu is being built.

Wordpress

add_action('admin_menu', [1]);

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A'my_admin_menu_function'

B'template_redirect_function'

C'init_function'

D'wp_footer_function'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a function name unrelated to admin menu.

Confusing hook names with function names.

The 'admin_menu' hook is used to add items to the WordPress admin menu. You provide your function name as a string.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly hook a function to the 'wp_footer' action.

Wordpress

add_action('wp_footer', [1]);

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AmyFooterFunction()

Bmy_footer_function

C'my_footer_function'

D'myFooterFunction()'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing the function name without quotes.

Including parentheses when passing the function name.

The function name must be passed as a string without parentheses to 'add_action'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to add a function with priority 15 and 2 accepted arguments to the 'save_post' action hook.

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add_action('save_post', [1], [2], 2);

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A'my_save_post_function'

B10

C15

D1

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong priority number.

Not passing the function name as a string.

You pass the function name as a string, then the priority number (15 here), and finally the number of arguments (2).

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hard

Fill all three blanks to add a function to the 'template_redirect' hook with priority 20 and accepting 1 argument.

Wordpress

add_action([1], [2], [3], 1);

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A'template_redirect'

B'my_template_redirect_function'

C20

D10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up hook and function names.

Using wrong priority number.

Not passing strings for names.

The first argument is the hook name as a string, second is the function name as a string, third is the priority number (20 here), and fourth is the number of accepted arguments (1).