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Child Themes & Plugins
Protect your code customizations with an update-safe Clip.
What is a Clip?
A Clip is a plugin-activated directory of custom files which can be used to safely customize WordPress and its installed child themes and plugins. Clips are designed for savvy developers gearing their websites for worry-free updates, ongoing customizations and code protection.
What are the benefits?
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Protection from all theme and plugin updates
A Clip is maintained in an isolated plugin directory, ensuring your code customizations are completely protected from theme and plugin updates. -
Safely customize Genesis and other framework themes
Clips are perfect for customizing themes of base / starter frameworks such as Genesis, where the child theme may be updated instead of the parent. -
Starter plugin is tiny at approx 10kb in size (zipped)
The WP Clips starter plugin contains only the Clip templates, POT file and a couple of skinny plugin files. But, it's a bantam packing a heavyweight punch! -
Plays well with others and doesn't it love the company
Add 'performance tools' from W3 Total Cache and plugins editor 'syntax highlighting' with Ace Edit, and see how well these three play together. -
Translation-ready and update-easy with one file
The starter plugin comes with a translatable POT file. Simply update the file with your translation plugin to include all custom and installed Clips! -
Easy and speedy to back-up, copy and transfer
WP Clips doesn't rely on a database, so no exports or imports are required. Just copy the single plugin folder or individual Clips to back-up or transfer. -
A worry-free deliverable for WordPress developers
A simple, easy-to-install deliverable for your clients. Just download a Precoded Clip template, code it, zip it and email it! (client must have WP Clips installed). -
Simple to install, update and manage all of your Clips
Your Clips can easily be installed, updated, activated or unclipped via 'WP Clips Control' in WordPress admin. Precoded Clips can also be deleted. -
ClipBank™ library of Precoded Clips now available!
Choose from a growing library of easy-to-install Precoded Clips, already charged with helpful styles and functions. You can even submit your own!
And with WP Clips Multisite ...
Benefit from all the features of WP Clips on a WordPress multisite environment, while enjoying the added flexibility of applying either network-wide (core) or site-specific customization. WP Clips Multisite is a recommended tool for customizing Genesis and other framework child themes on multisite.What's New in Version 2?
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WP Clips is now minus Plus
One of the first things you'll notice is that WP Clips Plus has been deleted. Precoded Clips capability is now built into the WP Clips plugin as a default, making life far simpler for new users. If you have been a Plus user in the past, simply update with the standard plugin. -
New custom Clip vitals file
The custom Clip now has a vitals.php file for declaring compatible themes and required plugins. Conditions can be set to dictate whether the custom Clip should or should not be enabled. A helpful feature to prevent site irregularities when switching between themes. -
New core functions Clip
A new addition to WP Clips is the core Clip, which includes a single core-functions.php file for adding WordPress core functions. The core Clip can be unclipped (i.e. disabled), but is otherwise enabled irrespective of themes, plugins or any other conditions.
Ugrading to V2
Visit Updating or Upgrading WP Clips and follow the instructions provided.It's as Easy as ...
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Install WP Clips
Download WP Clips from wpclips.net/installing/ and install the zip file via Plugins > Add New in WordPress admin, or unzip and upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
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Setup the Clips
Login to WordPress admin to auto-install the Clip folders (no further action is required) and add compatible themes and required plugins to the custom Clip's vitals.php file (optional).
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Start Customizing!
Add WordPress core-related custom code (PHP) to the core Clip folder's functions file and add theme-related custom code (PHP, CSS and JS) to the custom Clip folder's custom files.
Refer to the site's documentation and FAQ's for further installation options (e.g. mu-plugin) and instructions.
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