You can take advantage of a WordPress feature called “Pointers”. Pointers can be used to explain important features to users.
Instructions: Add the following code to the functions.php file of your WordPress theme.
After that you can change the pointer variables with the information that you want to show and replace ID with jQuery to assign it to the pointer.
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'my_admin_enqueue_scripts' );
function my_admin_enqueue_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-pointer' );
wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-pointer' );
add_action( 'admin_print_footer_scripts', 'my_admin_print_footer_scripts' );
}
function my_admin_print_footer_scripts() {
$pointer_content = '<h3>wpsnipp.com | Notice</h3>';
$pointer_content .= '<p>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</p>';
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
$('#menu-appearance').pointer({
content: '<?php echo $pointer_content; ?>',
position: 'left',
close: function() {
// Once the close button is hit
}
}).pointer('open');
});
//]]>
</script>
<?php
}
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Hi, just wondering if this works on the front end of a website or if you know of a plugin for WordPress that allows this functionality? Thanks.
No support for the front end yet… But I think it may be coming. I know my company is developing API for a front end version and we may contribute it to the core.
No support for the front end yet… But I think it may be coming. I know my company is developing API for a front end version and we may contribute it to the core.
No support for the front end yet… But I think it may be coming. I know my company is developing API for a front end version and we may contribute it to the core.
I agree, there has to be a way to only show this once.
Yes, I wish the same!
Nice little function! However I noticed that even if you click “Dismiss” the notice comes back your next page. Are we missing some sort of save function to make sure it is dismissed permanently?