In Memoriam (Light a Candle)
by nsfetcu 4.5 (4 reviews)

In Memoriam (Light a Candle)

Light a candle and pray for a loved one, for a cause, or for yourself.

In Memoriam (Light a Candle) ranks #14,857 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,766 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Mar 16, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.7 (Current: 7.1.4)
v2.0 Current Version v2.0
Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 16 Mar, 2017
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,766 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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5.7K
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Rating
90%
Review 4.5 out of 5
4.5 (4 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Overall 90%
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Security History

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No known vulnerabilities on record for In Memoriam (Light a Candle). Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want visitors to light virtual candles in memory of a person, for a cause, or for themselves. It solves the problem of providing an easy, admin-integrated way to collect and display these candle submissions via shortcodes, a widget, or PHP code.

  • Candles admin menu
  • Shortcodes for displaying candles
  • Candle categorization
  • Candle Widget for sidebars
  • Random candle display
  • CAPTCHA support (optional)
  • Developer customization support
  • WP-Paginate support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about In Memoriam (Light a Candle)

Yes. On top of your ability to add and edit candles in the WordPress admin area, you can also use a shortcode to display a form on any page you like. This form will create a new candle when a user fills it out. The shortcode to do this is [candle-submission-form]
To display all candles with pagination, use the [candles] shortcode.
To display a single candle you can use the [candle id="xyz"] shortcode, where "xyz" is the ID of the candle you wish to display. You can copy and paste the candle shortcode complete with ID from your Candles admin page in WordPress.
To display a category of candles (with pagination!), you can use the [candles category="xyz"] shortcode. where "xyz" is the ID of the candle category you wish to display. You can also display candles from multiple categories by using [candles category="xyz,abc"] where "xyz" is the first ID and "abc" is the second. You can pass in as many ID's as you like, just separate them with commas. You can copy and paste this shortcode complete with ID from the Candles -> Categories admin page in WordPress.
Yes, you can use the Candle Widget and specify the "random" option, or you can use the [candle id="random"] shortcode.
Yes. Specify the "per_page" attribute when using the [candles] shortcode. EG, [candles category="10" per_page="5"]. Available filters The following filters are available in In Memoriam (Light a Candle) so you can customise it to your liking. new_candle_notification - Filter whether an email notification should be sent to the administrator when a new candle is submitted. new_candle_email - Filter which email address which the new candle notification email is sent to. Defaults to administrator email. new_candle_confirmation_message - Filter the text which is displayed when a new candle is received. new_candle_failure_message - Filter the text which is displayed when a candle submission fails. ct_disable_captcha - Return true to disable captcha on the candle submission form Available actions The following actions are available in In Memoriam (Light a Candle) so you can customise it to your liking. 1. ct_before_render_candle - Fires before a candle is rendered. Passes in $candle and $context 1. ct_after_render_candle - Fires after a candle is rendered. Passes in $candle and $context Information The following information might be handy for you to know.
The Candle widget class name is "Candle_Widget" and of course extends WP_Widget.

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