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internationalization security the plugin directory detailed plugin guidelines planning plugins using subversion alerts and warnings developer faq developer tools debug bar and add ons helper plugins credits browse home plugin handbook settings settings api settings api topics why use the setting api visual consistency robustness future proofing less work function reference the settings api added in wordpress 2 7 allows admin pages containing settings forms to be managed semi automatically it lets you define settings pages sections within those pages and fields within the sections new settings pages can be registered along with sections and fields inside them existing settings pages can also be added to by registering new settings sections or fields inside of them organizing registration and validation of fields still requires some effort from developers but avoids a lot of complex debugging of underlying options management alert when using the settings api the form post to wp admin options php which provides fairly strict capabilities checking users will need the manage_options capability and in multisite will have to be a super admin to submit the form why use the setting api a developer could ignore this api and write their own settings page without it that begs the question what benefit does this api bring to the table following is a quick rundown of some of the benefits top visual consistency using the api to generate your interface elements guarantees that your settings page will look like the rest of the administrative content your interface will follow the same styleguide and look like it belongs and thanks to the talented team of wordpress designers it ll look awesome top robustness future proofing since the api is part of wordpress core any updates will automatically consider your plugin s settings page if you make your own interface without using setting api wordpress core updates are more likely to break your customizations there is also a wider audience testing and maintaining that api code so it will tend to be more stable top less work of course the most immediate benefit is that the wordpress api does a lot of work for you under the hood here are a few examples of things the settings api does besides applying an awesome looking integrated design handling form submissions let wordpress handle retrieving and storing your _post submissions include security measures you get extra security measures such as nonces etc for free sanitizing data you get access to the same methods that the rest of wordpress uses for ensuring strings are safe to use top function reference setting register unregister add field section register_setting unregister_setting add_settings_section add_settings_field options form rendering errors settings_fields do_settings_sections do_settings_fields add_settings_error get_settings_errors settings_errors handbook navigation settings using settings api about news hosting donate support developers get involved 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