Title: Add a button on WP post-edit page, which when clicked will call a python script. Last modified: March 23, 2021 --- # Add a button on WP post-edit page, which when clicked will call a python script. * [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) * (@uchavarkar) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/) * Hello I’m developing an admin-side plugin for WordPress admin and authors to be involved in the post edit screen when an article is being drafted. I am trying to add a button on the WP post-edit page, which when clicked will send the post’s content to a python script that implements NLP, and uploads the processed data to a MySQL database and finally notify the plugin code running once the data is uploaded. My PHP code will then pull the data from the MySQL DB and display it on a pop-up screen for the author to see. * I want to add the button in the position shown (check out this link [Screenshot of post-edit screen ( button location ) ](https://i2.paste.pics/BYIPF.png)). The flow is similar to any text analysis plugin (but I want to call the analysis functionality only when clicked). I need help with locating the exact documentation that shows how my plugin, when activated can add the button and register the functions to call. Would appreciate a pointer or two on this! Currently I’m looking at the source code of Easy Content Analysis and WProofReader. (And I can call a PHP function in my plugin that can inturn call my python script too.) - This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). - This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [Zack Krida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zackkrida/) * (@zackkrida) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14225179) * Hello [@uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/), * First, here’s a WordPress hook you could use to add content to the post edit page, near the ‘publish’ button: * [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/post_submitbox_misc_actions/#user-contributed-notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/post_submitbox_misc_actions/#user-contributed-notes) * Then, your button would need to make a network request with ajax (likely a POST request) to a url that accepts data and would fire your php script (Which would itself pass the data to your python function). * You could use the WordPress REST API to create this endpoint for your ajax request. You can research and see examples of adding api endpoints here: [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_rest_route/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_rest_route/) * Good luck! * Thread Starter [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) * (@uchavarkar) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14241046) * Thanks [@zackkrida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zackkrida/) I am trying the links and guide you have provided. I am not able to embed the HTML code in the right file. Do you have any suggestions for that ? Thank you for the help!! * [Zack Krida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zackkrida/) * (@zackkrida) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14249440) * Hi [@uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) could you explain a little more the steps you’ve done so far? This is a fairly technical task with a few steps, and I’m not exactly sure what you’ve already done or not. * Thread Starter [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) * (@uchavarkar) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14261246) * I am not following the PHP OOP as of yet. I have one main _plugin.php_ file, which contains the main class of my plugin. This is where, I enqueue javascript file _(plugin folder/assets/plugin.js)_ , which contains the ajax request which will trigger once the button is pressed to run the PHP file _(plugin folder/run- script.php)_ which will call the python script _(plugin folder/assets/python. py)_ . All custom API endpoints are mentioned in _(plugin folder/includes/wp- admin-api.php)_ * I want to know where should I embed the code for adding the button (the one near the publish button), and how should I run the HTML code within it? * I followed some of the links below, but they did not work. [https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-php-in-html-code–cms-34378](https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-php-in-html-code–cms-34378) [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18140270/how-to-write-html-code-inside-php-i-want-write-html-code-within-the-php-sc](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18140270/how-to-write-html-code-inside-php-i-want-write-html-code-within-the-php-sc) - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/). * Thread Starter [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) * (@uchavarkar) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14271334) * Hi [@zackkrida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zackkrida/), would love to hear your expertise on this topic. Awaiting your reply. Thank you Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Add a button on WP post-edit page, which when clicked will call a python script.’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [uchavarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uchavarkar/) * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-a-button-on-wp-post-edit-page-which-will-call-a-python-script/#post-14271334) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics