Simple Side Tab

About Simple Side Tab

Simple Side Tab is a plugin that adds a vertical tab to your website, which stays in place as visitors scroll down the page. It can be customized with different text, fonts, colors, and positioning, and is easy to set up. It also has new features such as filters to modify the tab text and conditional display.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Simple Side Tab?

Simple Side Tab is a WordPress plugin that adds a vertical tab to the left or right side of the browser window. It links to any page and stays in place as visitors scroll.

How can I customize the tab?

You can set the tab text, choose from 7 standard screen fonts, and set the URL it links to. You can also assign the tab to the left or right side of the browser window, change its vertical position, and use unlimited colors for tab elements.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes, Simple Side Tab works great on mobile devices.

Are there any filters available for developers?

Yes, a filter has been added to modify the output of the tab text. Another filter allows the tab display to be turned on and off conditionally.

Changelog

2.2.0

Tested up to: 6.7
Updated register_setting()

2.1.14

Update Deploy Action
Update Tags

2.1.13

Tested up to: 6.6

2.1.12

Tested up to: 6.5
Remove support for IE 7-8

2.1.11

Tested up to: 6.4

2.1.10

Tested up to: 6.3

2.1.9

Tested up to: 6.2

2.1.8

Tested up to: 6.1
New filter to alter tab CSS classes
Fix I18N Issues – Merged PR from alexclassroom

2.1.6

Tested up to: 6.0

2.1.5

Tested up to: 5.9

2.1.4

Tested up to: 5.8

2.1.2

FIX: Unparenthesized a ? b : c ? d : e is deprecated (since PHP v7.4)

2.1.1

Tested up to: 5.7

2.1.0

NEW: Internationalization
NEW: Updated settings page layout and styles
NEW: Updated FAQ now links to plugin Wiki for code snippets
UPDATE: tab will not display when required fields are not set
UPDATE: replace farbtastic with WordPress Color Picker
UPDATE: add plugin version number as a comment in the CSS block
FIX: Added conditional to compare Text URL value with the current page URL and check for a match
FIX: default state for all three checkboxs were set to on; setting initial values to NULL
FIX: remove default text and default URL

2.0.0

Refactor code following WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
No breaking changes introduced
New codebase sets foundation for future improvements

1.2.3

Tested up to: 5.6

1.2.1

FIX: Undefined index: ‘text_shadow’ and ‘font_weight_bold’ – when on the settings page

1.2.0

NEW: filter added to modify output of tab text
NEW: filter added so the tab display can be turned on and off conditionally

1.1.3

Tested up to: 4.4
FIX: Undefined index: text_shadow – on line 405
FIX: Right tab not showing in some cases due to length of text in tab
FIX: PHP notices: Undefined index SERVER_PORT and SERVER_NAME when using WP_CLI
FIX: Tab URL with HTTPS was still showing on target page when it shouldn’t

1.1.2

Tested up to: 4.1

1.1.1

Tested up to: 4.0
fix invalid HTML output of “0” when tab was set to open in a new window (hat tip allan23)

1.1.0

FEATURE: option for left or right location for the tab
fix IE8 display issue. made conditional statement for IE8 and IE7

1.0.0

FEATURE: remove tab if active page matches the tab url from the settings page
FEATURE: added a checkbox option to “Open link in new window”; if checked, target=”_blank” is added to the tab anchor tag
Farbtastic is no longer being included on every admin page
changed the label in the settings page from “Text shadow” to “Drop shadow on hover” to properly indicate what the setting does. (box-shadow attribute usage)
optimize option select for font drop down
sanitize option data before it is rendered
sanitize data fields on the settings page
removed unnecessary permissions check
updated plugin uri to point to the proper location

Hat tip to Pippin Williamson for his suggestions from his plugin review. He has a plugin review program for members of his website. See http://pippinsplugins.com/ for details.

0.8.6

Initial plugin release