Introducing WPCodeBox 2 Version 1.1.0

Generate custom WordPress plugins from your WordPress Code Snippets.

I am excited to announce the release of WPCodeBox 2 Version 1.1.0. This release includes a number of new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

This release makes WPCodeBox the only Snippet Manager Plugin that offers you the option to run the snippets from a custom WordPress plugin, and not from the Database. This is a major step forward in terms of security, performance and portability.

You can also generate custom WordPress plugins from your code snippets, so you can use them on other websites, or share them with others.

A Video of the main new features

Major New Features

• Run your WordPress Code Snippets from a custom WordPress plugin, and not form the Database.
• Generate WordPress plugins from your WordPress Code Snippets
• Code Signing go the Functionality Plugin
• Whitelabel the Functionality Plugin

Run your WordPress Code Snippets from a custom WordPress plugin, and not form the Database.

In the latest release, the WPCodeBox Functionality Plugin is not experimental anymore. You can now run your WordPress Code Snippets from a custom WordPress plugin, and not from the Database. When you enable the Functionality Plugin, WPCodeBox will work just as it did before. The only difference is that it will create a custom WordPress plugin, called WPCodeBox Functionality Plugin, and run your WordPress Code Snippets from there. Everytime you make a change to a snippet, the functionality plugin will be updated automatically.

You can also download the functionality plugin, in case you want to use it on another website. Or you could use it as a backup of your code snippets.

Generate WordPress plugins from your WordPress Code Snippets

In the latest release, you can now generate WordPress plugins from your WordPress Code Snippets. This is useful if you want to use your code snippets on another website, or if you want to share them with others. When you generate a plugin, WPCodeBox will create a zip file containing the plugin. You can then download the zip file and install it on another website. You can also select the snippets you want to include in the plugin.

This is very useful if you don't want to use a Code Snippets plugin on your site. You can use WPCodeBox 2 on a staging site, and then generate a plugin to use on your live site.

Code Signing go the Functionality Plugin

When you use the Functionality Plugin, all its code will be signed in a file called signatures.php, which is located in the plugin's folder. This file contains the signatures of all the snippets in the plugin. This is useful if you want to make sure that the code in the plugin has not been tampered with.

This should be transparent to the user, and you should not have to worry about it. You will only see the notice if a snippet was tempered with outside the WPCodeBox UI. In this case, a notice will appear in the UI letting you know that a snippet in the database was modified outside of WPCodeBox.

If you use the Functionality Plugin, snippets don't execute from the Database, the Database is used just as a cache to render the UI. So even if a snippet is tempered with, it will not affect your website, until you save it from the UI.

Whitelabel the Functionality Plugin

You can change the default name and description of the Functionality Plugin. This is useful if you want to use the plugin on a client's website, and you want to brand it with your own name and description.

To do this, make sure the Functionality Plugin is turned off and add these two lines to your wp-config.php file:

/* Add any custom values between this line and the "stop editing" line. */

define('WPCB_FP_PLUGIN_NAME', 'My Agency Functionality');
define('WPCB_FP_PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION', 'This plugin contains the custom functionality created by My Agency');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

Then you can turn on the Functionality Plugin, and the plugin will be branded with your custom name and description.

Conclusion

Besides these major new features, there are also a number of other improvements and bug fixes in this release. You can see the full list of changes in the changelog.