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  • June 5, 2020 at 8:40 PM #20237
    badabingbredabadabingbreda
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    Hi there,

    I wonder if this is possible:

    I have a selectbox on a settings page that lets the user select a certain API network.
    When the user has selected a API to work with, I want to show a button that allows them to import data into the site. However, I don't want to use a condition-logic 'visible' parameter, but add the button at runtime.
    I need it at runtime, because after the option is saved, it has to prepare some other stuff first.

    I know how to add fields to the array using wp-filter-hooks.

    I need a button to appear RIGHT AFTER saving the options. The problem that I'm facing however is that the options are saved only after the rwmb_meta_boxes filter has ran.
    The button is thereby only shown after a reload of settings page.

    Even more confusing is when you turn off using any of the API's again. After clearing the API-setting, the button is still shown, solved after a reload.

    I wonder if there is a solution to this?

    June 7, 2020 at 9:53 AM #20249
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    It is impossible to add a new field right after saving changes. For a better experience, I recommend using MB Conditional Logic to show/hide a field base on the select option.

    June 8, 2020 at 3:36 PM #20271
    badabingbredabadabingbreda
    Participant

    Thanks Long,

    I already looked into the MB Conditional Logic but because the button performs an action that requires the wp_option to already be set that makes it a very confusing experience. The text on the button is "synchronize" and it fetches data from one of several different API's that runs a script to convert it into a CPT, taxonomies and terms.

    Maybe you can point me to an action- hook that gets called after setting the wp_option, that I can exploit to reload the page using javascript?

    June 8, 2020 at 5:18 PM #20274
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    These hooks maybe help you fire an action after updated an option

    • update_option_{option_name}: Fires after the value of a specific option has been successfully updated.

    • updated_option: Fires after the value of an option has been successfully updated.

    For more information, please follow documentations
    https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/updated_option/
    https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_option_option/
    https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/177272/hook-if-somebody-saves-plugin-options/177280

    June 8, 2020 at 5:23 PM #20276
    badabingbredabadabingbreda
    Participant

    Thank you, for some reason I had totally forgotten about those! I can work with this!

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