NetBeans WordPress Plugin

This is NetBeans plugin for WordPress.

How to enable

enabled option is unchecked as default. Please check it on project properties > Frameworks > WordPress

Environment

NetBeans 8.0+
WordPress 3.5+

Features

badge icon
important files
create new WordPress project
code templates
zip compress action
template files
display and change debug status
code completion for filter and action
create new theme action
hyperlink navigation
create new plugin action
custom content name
run command (wp-cli)
upgrade notification
create a .htaccess file for permalink
create a new child theme action (create a style.css for child theme)

Impotant Files

It contains wp-config.php

Create New WordPress Project

You can create a new WordPress project with Wizard.

set Tools > Options > PHP > WordPress > download url(e.g. http://wordpress.org/latest.zip) or local file path(e.g. /path/to/wordpress.zip)
check New Project > PHP > PHP Application > ... > Framework > WordPress PHP Web Blog/CMS
select options (url / local file / wp-cli)
finish

Custome Content Name

If you want to use custom content name(default is wp-content), please set your content name to the project properties. (project properties > Framework > WordPress)

options

Set format to project : set format option to project.properties
create wp-config.php : copy from wp-config-sample.php

Code Templates

wpph : wordpress plugin header
wpgpl : wordpress license comment

e.g. please type wpph [Tab]

Zip Compress Action

You can compress specified pluign or theme directory as Zip file to the same hierarchy.
Right-click active plugin or theme node > Zip compress

Template Files

You can create a pluign file and readme file with new file wizard.

Right-click directory > New > Others > WordPress > (WordPress Plugin | WordPress Plugin Readme)

Code Completion for Filter and Action

This feature is available the followings:

add_filter, remove_filter
add_acttion, remove_action

first parameter: action or filter name, second parameter: function name

For example:

add_action('[Ctrl + Space]', 'function_name');
add_filter('the_content', 'w[Ctrl + Space]'); // e.g. start with 'w'

Display And Change Debug Status

WP_DEBUG value(wp-config.php) is displayed on bottome-right of IDE. If you click there, you can change WP_DEBUG value. WordPress version number is also displayed.

Create New Theme Action

Right-click Project > WordPress > Create Theme

Underscores

Create theme from Underscores | A Starter Theme for WordPress. Underscores is awesome! This plugin uses Automattic/_s · GitHub.

Please notice that license of created theme is GPLv2

Barebones

Create theme form welcomebrand/Barebones · GitHub.

Create New Child Theme Action

Right-click Project > WordPress > Create Child Theme

Create a new directory for child theme
Add style.css for child theme

Create New Plugin Action

Right-click Project > WordPress > Create Plugin

This is very simple feature.

input plugin name(plugin_name)
create new plugin directory(plugins/plugin_name)
add main plugin file (plugins/plugin_name/plugin_name.php)
add readme file (plugins/plugin_name/readme.txt)

Hyperlink Navigation

This feature is available the followings:

add_filter, remove_filter
add_action, remove_action

Hold down Ctrl key on first or second parameter. If text color is changed to blue, Click there.
Then caret position go to function. (first parameter is available when there are the same function names as parameter name : in this case, caret doesn't necessarily go to right position)

Run Command

We can run wp-cli commands. Please notice that this action needs so much time to get command list at first time.

Set wp-cli script path to Options. Tools > Options > PHP > WordPress
Select WordPress Project node
Right-click > WordPress > RunCommand...

wp-cli

Please see the followings:

Upgrade Notification

Check whether new versions (for core, plugin and theme) are available when WordPress project is opened. Furthermore, we can upgrade(run core update, core update-db, e.t.c.) WordPress with notification window if we are setting wp-cli.

If you don't want to check that, please uncheck Check new version when project is opened at Options.

Create a .htaccess file for permalink

Right-click project node > WordPress > Create .htaccesss for permalink

Note

.htaccess file for permalink can be also created with template.

Version Number

	stable	dev
pattern	n.n.n	n.n.n.n
e.g.	1.0.1	1.0.1.2

Stable version

Available on Plugin Portal.

Development version

If development version exists, it will be available in the same archive as stable version.

License

Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) v1.0 and GNU General Public License (GPL) v2

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