Questions tagged [plugin]
A plugin is a kind of Joomla! extension. Plugins provide functions which are associated with trigger events.
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Plugin for two types of events from different plugin types
AS written here Plugin types determine which events a plugin can react to.
I am now in the process of enabling 2 tasks. First via installer that does a check before update a download id and second I ...
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Seeking an extension that displays “Who visited my profile”
Programming is my weakest point; I searched all possible topics, but haven't found what needed.
Joomla 3.9.27 + Easy Profile Pro 2.9.1
I need to add the function to view the visitors of my profile. I ...
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How to enable or disable plugins from manifest file?
I have written a component and it installs fine except that the plugins are all installing as enabled.
What I want to do is enable some and disable others. Here is what I have tried:
<plugins ...
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How to create custom filter type option for a custom field to extend the custom fields in Joomla?
I'm trying to figure out how to add/extend the "Filter" options for a Custom Field. I first started looking to see if I could figure out where I could add my own filter to the list of ...
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Adding Azuracast JSON file to my AM HTML5 AUDIO PRO PLAYER in joomla
I need help for a problem that i didn't found solution.
we have a web radio created with joomla and we start to put our programs 24h/24.
I bought an AM HTML5 AUDIO PRO PLAYER and everything work fine ...
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What does it mean for a user to be 'logged in' to Joomla?
I am having an issue with the ACL of my Joomla API. I created this using the TechJoomla api component.
I have the following code to handle post requests on my api.
<?php
use Joomla\CMS\...
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How to redirect in software after logout
I am seeking a way to trigger a redirect on user logout.
One obvious way to do this seems liable to cause problems. The event of logout can be used to trigger a plugin using the event onUserLogout. It'...
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How to add GET parameter to CSS filename in plugin JCH Optimize (Joomla)
I cannot find an answer to for several weeks. Perhaps my experience in development is not so great :) One site uses the JCH Optimize plugin and I noticed that after clearing the old memory (cache), ...
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How to customize Joomla registration form?
How to create proper override folder for com_user? Apparently, simply copying it to template/html folder doesn't work
What is displayed on registration page is largely controlled by the .xml file, can ...
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Can plugins listen to events in different groups?
I'm trying to trigger some actions for example when a content article is saved (using onContentAfterSave) or when a event from jEvents (https://www.jevents.net/) is saved (using onAfterSaveEvent). The ...
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Custom User plugin for the group
Looking for the info to have a custom User plugin but instead it shows up in the User, it needs to show up in the (User) group (backend Joomla Administrator).
There is a very good example how to ...
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Loading own Composer Stack
I am working on Joomla 3.9.24
I want to globally load my own composer Stack which resides in JPATH_ROOT/vendor
I tried it with a plugin that just includes the autoload and a file for starting some ...
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Techjoomla API using same ACL as site
First Context:
I am making a JS application that needs to call an api.
The application is a form full of multiple choice select elements. Depending on the selected elements data is sent to the api. ...
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Techjoomla's API Module
I am trying to write a plugin to use Techjoomla's api component on my Joomla 3 site.
Their documentation gives sample code which I am altering to fit my needs. I am trying to make a very basic API ...
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Problem with custom Joomla plugin (events usage)
I tried everything I could (yes, searching with google for a long time too) but I can't find what I am doing wrong here. I am trying to write Joomla plugin to change shortcode into list od adverts on ...
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Add a packet with composer
I have seen Joomla has composer build in -in the core- under /libraries/vendor.
Now I want to implement AMP Optimizer with composer for modifying the html output.
Is it possible, and how to add this ...
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confirm dialog, on New Custom Field creation
I am in the process of creating a new type of Custom Field. (Joomla 3.9x)
As a new Field under Plugin.
I need to have a confirm-dialog on beforeSave, but I can't find any proper tutorial on how to do ...
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Save/load a custom form inside a new tab in the article edit view
I have a plugin which loads a custom form in a new tab inside the article edit view. So far, no problem with this part:
public function onContentPrepareForm(Form $form, $data)
{
// Check we are ...
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Can you add a different mail option to Joomla e.g with a plugin?
I'm wanting to create a plugin to send e-mails using API methods (e.g. mailgun API or others)
Is there a recommended way to do this? Can anyone point me at any good practice / hints & tips ?
I'm ...
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How can I place a module position in the midpoint of my content no matter what size
I want to put a call to action in the middle of my content no matter what size the content it.
I know I will need some JavaScript in order to calculate the word count and the mid point. And I know I ...
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Set article attribs on-the-fly via JTable
I am using a CCK (Seblod) that extends com_content and allows adding complex fields, like PHP code to be run on onBeforeRender event.
I need to change the values of some attribs of an article in the ...
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Joomla mkdir() error
I have a problem with the Virtuemart Color Swatch plugin for Joomla 3.
When I add thumbnails to the product, in the admin panel, I get this error:
Warning: mkdir(): No such file or directory in /var/...
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Creating a plugin to insert a Chrome Trial Token
I am trying to create a plugin that will add the following in the of pages:
<meta http-equiv="origin-trial" content="MY_CHROME_TRIAL_TOKEN">
I assume this should be a ...
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Can I load my controller, model and view directly from the plugin?
I am trying to create a plugin that adds a new view to my component (addon).
Can I load my controller, model and view directly from the plugin?
For example:
require_once("/pludins/myplugintype/...
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When exactly is onContentPrepareData triggered?
According to https://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events/Content, it is Called after the data for a JForm has been retrieved. It is not very clear when exactly the event is triggered.
Based on the ...
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Joomla custom SSO plugin
I need to create a custom SSO plugin. The way it should work is:
User authenticates on 3rd party application
3rd party application calls a Joomla URL via POST request
The URL that has been hit deals ...
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Possible to add template file to component on plugin installation?
I am making a plugin for a custom component. It's a basic editor extend plugin that allows users to select an item from custom component using a button in editor. It's simular to native editor extend ...
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Best way to clear a group's cache in Joomla via php, from an administrator plugin?
So background: I'm making a caching plugin that clears our site and CDN caches when content is saved in the administrator backend. In this instance, I want to clear the site cache for one group.
My ...
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Upgrading an Old Joomla 2.5 Site to 3.x Version
I have an old Joomla 2.5 site and am trying to upgrade it to the current version. My problem is I need to update some items but I'm not finding the old versions of them for doing that. They are:
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Overriding RssRenderer via plugin
I have some issues with overriding the RssRenderer found in /libraries/Src/Document/Renderer/Feed/RssRenderer.php. In the past I have used a plugin to override a select html see topic here:
Override ...
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How to pass a JSON file from a Plugin to a Component?
My intended application is to provide a list of products in a simple Joomla list/table display with check boxes where the end user can click on one or more items, press the print button and the data ...
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How to add custom php in plugin settings?
I need to display iframe in plugin settings. Iframe will be have src="https://somepage.../<=$adminEmail?>/<=$domain?>". So i need to show iframe and pass parameters of admin login and page ...
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Load banner in Joomla article
Is there any plugin that can load banner "id x" from banner component? Or is there any other way, but not with {loadmoduleid x}?
Thanks in advance
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Installer cannot find language file, but it does exist
I regularly get an error similar to this:
JInstaller: :Install: File does not exist
/*******/public_html/dev/tmp/install_5e834b10a9f88/en-GB.plg_system_kou_address_mapper.ini
Here is my XML
<...
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Which Event to include in User Plugin that fires on Save button in Plugin manager?
My user plugin, "Myplugin", works. I have extra parameters in the plugin that can be set in the Plugin Manager (Menu: Extensions / Plugins / MyPlugin). Those are stored in the database when using the ...
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How to add the current user's user id in query of a custom field for a plugin?
If I hardwire a created_by clause in a joomla sql custom field, the query works as it should (for this specific userid the clause is, and created_by = 305):
SELECT id AS value, title AS text
FROM #...
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Override JHtml core function select.radiolist
I want to override the output of the select radiolist. I can hack the core, but I'm not really fond of doing that in relation to updates.
So i checked out a system plugin to override the JHTMLselect ...
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Render field in backend record form from plugin xml file
I'm building a component with payment plugins and I need to display the plugins fields in the account form record.
The plugin xml fields section is
<fields name="params">
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JCE plugin to add custom toolbar dropdown list
I am trying to add a dropdown menu in JCE editor. The dropdown will contain a list of items fetched from database. Please find the below code:
(function () {
tinymce.create('tinymce.plugins....
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sending post data in a plugin
When copying a webpage to my Joomla site, there is a big hassle which is dealing with images. We can easily copy text content and its format but we will have to download the images on the webpage, ...
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jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin') - When do I need this when making plugin?
To be honest, I don't know what jimport and jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin') do. So I think an explanation of what they do might as well answer my question.
That being said, I've made a simple plugin ...
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What is the different between JPlugin and \Joomla\CMS\Plugin\CMSPlugin
I was learning plugin development when I came across this.
so for some plugin, I see
class pluginA extends JPlugin
for some others, I see
class plgGantryEasyblog extends \Joomla\CMS\Plugin\...
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Getting user submitted product properties programmaticaly in j2store
So I'm developing j2store plugin to calculate price for item based on product's width and height (these values are entered by the user). The form is rendered as following:
function ...
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How to update database module params
Could someone kindly help please?
I'm creating a plugin and part of its job is to automatically add a 'Menu Class Suffix' to a chosen menu. I know it can be done manually from the advanced tab of ...
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How to add an error message when returning false in the onContentBeforeSave event?
I work in a functionality in which I must validate some fields before saving, if a condition is not met I must indicate abort the save process, according to the documentation of the ...
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How to programmatically set the value of a custom field of type checkbox?
In articles, I have created a series of custom fields, including two date fields and a checkboxes field. Now, through a plugin in the onContentBeforeSave event I need to verify that if date 1 is less ...
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Transfer Custom Code to Module / Plugin / Component
Joomla 3.9.12
I've been using Sourcerer in order to place custom code throughout my site, it's working well so far. I've created a custom html module, within this I have added PHP, JS, HTML and CSS. ...
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how to route url - JRoute get wrong itemid and wrong sef url
Joomla 3.9.12, JoomGallery 3.4
I have a site with joomShopping for e-shop and JoomGallery for portfolio.
The site has 2 menus where some menu items of the first are menu item aliases of the second.
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Joomla4 plugin getBody
In Joomla 3.x versions I use JResponse to get and set the body.
function onAfterRender() {
$content = JResponse::getBody();
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}
But in Joomla4 it returns Class 'JResponse' ...
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Install from web tab fails installation
Install from Web tab initially returned a blank page in both Firefox and Chrome. I disabled then uninstalled plugin. When I click on "Add Install from Web" button, I get the following:
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