Options Framework Plugin: Easy and Free Options Panel for WordPress Themes

About Options Framework

The Options Framework Plugin is a tool that allows developers to easily add an options panel to their WordPress themes. It includes various options such as text input, checkboxes, select menus, and more. It is free to use and can be used in both commercial and personal projects.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Options Framework Plugin?

The Options Framework Plugin simplifies the process of adding an options panel to any WordPress theme. It allows developers to focus on theme creation rather than building an options panel from scratch.

What types of options does the plugin support?

The plugin supports various option types including text input, textarea, checkbox, select, radio button, upload (image uploader), images, background, multicheck, color, typography, and editor.

Is the Options Framework Plugin free to use?

Yes, the Options Framework Plugin is free to use for both commercial and personal projects, similar to WordPress itself.

Where can I find more information about using the plugin?

You can visit http://wptheming.com/options-framework-plugin for a full description of how to define and use the theme options.

Changelog

1.8.5

Update: Style headers to look nice in WordPress 4.4

1.8.4

Update: Include link button in tinyMCE (props @rosswintle)

1.8.3

Update: sanitization of info option and description field
Update: Sanitization of editor field

1.8.2

Fix for translation textdomain

1.8.1

Fix for colorpicker spacing
Better sanitization of upload option
Update translation .pot
Updated Portuguese translations by @pedro-mendonca
Indonesian translations props @aryaprakasa)
Use filtered values for optionsframework_admin_bar

1.8.0

Increase default width of text inputs
Rename add_options_page function to resolve automatic theme check conflicts
Check isset for $value[‘desc’] in info option
Only load styles on options page (props @AndorChen)
Fix loading of translation files (props @weslly)
Update Portuguese (BR) translations (props @weslly)
Add Danish translations (props @Tosak)
Allow menu parent to be filtered (props @nvsnkv)

1.7.1

Fix to use option name if set in options.php

1.7.0

Update to class based plugin (large code refactor)
Drop color picker support for older versions of WordPress
Better support for new admin interface in WordPress 3.8
Allow option pages without tabs

1.6.1

Fix for update notice location
Use selected and checked functions more consistently
Reuse media modal for uploads
Portuguese translations (props @xipasduarte)

1.6.0

Allow media buttons in the editor option
JS/CSS should only load on options page
Menu tabs should be filterable
Menu settings filter
Fix js bindings for upload modal (props @themeblvd)

1.5.2

Removed update routine to remove “optionsframework” post type

1.5.1

Temporarily removed update routine

1.5.0

Updated width of text input
New media uploader
Dropped custom post types for file attachments
Update routine to remove unused ‘optionsframework’ post types
Updated IDs for .tabs and .groups
Italian translations (andreabersi.com)
Russian translations (verha.net)
Swedish translations (kjeell.se)

1.4.0

Add missing sanitization to typography color (@weplantmedia)
New colorpicker (props @mattweibe for getting this in WordPress core)
Farsi translations (@vahidd.com)
Added password option type (props @neojp)
Allow ids to passed to tabs (props @themeblvd)
Added optionsframework_after_validate hook (h/t @vanpop and @pryley)

1.3.0

Allow options to save when set by theme customizer
Save checkbox options to boolean false rather than “0”
Added optionsframework_after hook
Hungarian translations by kardiweb.org

1.2.0

Fix for font_size santization
Added internationalization support (@weslly)
Portuguese translations (@weslly)
Spanish translations (@sksmatt)
Make uploader post type non-public (@samargulies)
ID can now be passed on info option for styling purposes

1.1.0

Added support for wp_editor
Updated textarea settings to allow rows parameter
Updated cursor:default for h3 metabox, props @yurifedorov
Filtering of typography options (@mattwiebe)
Updated methods for typography options

1.0.0

Added filters for entire options array (props @inxilpro)
Added a filter for options.php location (props @mattwiebe)
Option header (h4) will not display in panel if name !isset (props @alepee)

0.9.0

Load thickbox using site_url() to allow for https (props @samargulies)
Change santization to use $allowedposttags for textarea and info
Display notice if theme doesn’t support the Options Framework
Single checkboxes now use labels
CSS updates for formatting long labels
Allows dashes in the options id (props @mantone)
Uses add_theme_page over add_submenu_page (props @enile8)

0.8.0

Saves tab states using local storage
Style updates WordPress 3.2 release
Added sanitization filter for info (of_sanitize_allowedtags)

0.7.0

Added filtering for recognized arrays (like Font Face)
Using isset rather than !empty to return of_get_option
Significant updates for setting and restoring defaults
Background option outputs no-repeat rather than none

0.6.0

Introduces validation filters (props @_mfields)
Better data sanitization and escaping (props @_mfields)
Updates labels in options-interface.php
Changes how checkboxes saved in database (“0” or “1”)
Stores typography, backgrounds and multichecks directly as arrays
For full description, see: http://wptheming.com/2011/05/options-framework-0-6/

0.5.0

Fixed errors when more than one multicheck options is used
Updated optionsframework_setdefaults so defaults actually save on first run
Require that all options have lowercase alphanumeric ids
Added link to options from the WordPress admin bar

0.4.0

Updated multicheck option to save keys rather than values
Unset default array options after each output in optionsframework_setdefaults

0.3.0

White listed options for increased security
Fixed errors with checkbox and select boxes
Improved the multicheck option and changed format

0.2.0

Uploaded to the WordPress repository

0.1.0

Initial release

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