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wpbp/pointerplus
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Super pointer creation for WP Admin

1.0.4(3y ago)217.5k↓40.5%5GPL-3.0PHP

Since Jun 7Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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PointerPlus
===========

[](#pointerplus)

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Super pointer creation for WP Admin

Install
-------

[](#install)

`composer require wpbp/pointerplus:dev-master`

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Pointer autoposition by selector (WP-Pointer API)
- Remember the Pointer (WP-Pointer API)
- Show by Post Type
- Show by page (ex: users.php)
- Custom dashicon ()
- Hide feature
- Custom button with JS callback
- Custom PHP Code to execute at loading of the page
- Reset the pointer by prefix (by user id)
- Wait the available selector
- Create a wizard-like system

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$pointerplus = new PointerPlus( array( 'prefix' => 'your-pointer-domain' ) );
// With this line of code you can reset all the pointer with your prefix
// $pointerplus->reset_pointer();

function custom_initial_pointers( $pointers, $prefix ) {
	/*
	  Default parameters:
	  $defaults = array(
	  'class' => 'pointerplus',
	  'width' => 300, //fixed value
	  'align' => 'middle',
	  'edge' => 'left',
	  'post_type' => array(),
	  'pages' => array(),
	  'next' => 'the id of the pointer to jump on Next button click',
	  // Or a custom js solution
	  'jsnext' => '' //empty [t = pointer instance, $ = jQuery]
	  'phpcode' => function() //executed on admin_notices action
	  'show' => 'open' //default,
	  'next' => 'id' // On close the pointer show to that pointer
	  );
	 */

	return array_merge( $pointers, array(
		$prefix . '_settings' => array(
			'selector' => '#menu-settings',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus Test', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'The plugin is active and ready to start working.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'width' => 260,
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-admin-settings',
			'jsnext' => "button = jQuery('" . __( 'Open Popup' ) . "');
                    button.bind('click.pointer', function () {
                        t.element.pointer('close');
                    });
                    return button;",
			'phpcode' => custom_phpcode_thickbox()
		),
		$prefix . '_posts' => array(
			'selector' => '#menu-posts',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus for Posts', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'One more pointer.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'post_type' => array( 'post' ),
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-admin-post',
			'width' => 350,
		),
		$prefix . '_pages' => array(
			'selector' => '#menu-pages',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus Pages', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'A pointer for pages.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'post_type' => array( 'page' ),
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-admin-post'
		),
		$prefix . '_users' => array(
			'selector' => '#menu-users',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus Users', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'A pointer for users.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'pages' => array( 'users.php' ),
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-admin-users'
		),
		$prefix . '_settings_tab' => array(
			'selector' => '#show-settings-link',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus Help', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'A pointer with action.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'edge' => 'top',
			'align' => 'right',
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-welcome-learn-more',
			'next' => $prefix . '_contextual_tab'
		),
		$prefix . '_contextual_tab' => array(
			'selector' => '#contextual-help-link',
			'title' => __( 'PointerPlus Help', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'text' => __( 'A pointer for help tab.Go to Posts, Pages or Users for other pointers.', 'your-pointer-domain' ),
			'edge' => 'top',
			'align' => 'right',
			'icon_class' => 'dashicons-welcome-learn-more',
			'show' => 'close'
		)
			) );
}
// Your prefix
add_filter( 'your-pointer-domain-pointerplus_list', 'custom_initial_pointers', 10, 2 );

function custom_phpcode_thickbox() {
	add_thickbox();
	echo '

				 This is my hidden content! It will appear in ThickBox when the link is clicked.

		';
}
```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~572 days

Total

5

Last Release

1389d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/403283?v=4)[Daniele Scasciafratte](/maintainers/Mte90)[@Mte90](https://github.com/Mte90)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

wordpresswordpress-php-librarywordpresspointer

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