Hi there,
The ct_pre_render_testimonial filter is designed to allow you to completely override how a testimonial is displayed. It passes through two variables. The first is the WP_Testimonial object and the second is the context in which the testimonial is being displayed. EG, a shortcode.
The below example will output just the testimonial title, instead of the default display. This isn’t very useful, but should illustrate how the filter is used.
The code should go somewhere in your themes functions.php file.
function render_my_testimonial ( $testimonial, $context ) {
return '<p>' . $testimonial->post_title . '</p>';
}
add_filter( 'ct_before_render_testimonial', 'render_my_testimonial', 10, 2);
The code above has not been tested.
Filters like this are for advanced developer use only. We can’t provide support or examples beyond this, given it is only a free plugin 🙂
Hope that helps!
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Thanks heaps this is exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the good support.
Now time to rate your plugin. 😉
cheers
hummm after modifying your snippet I was only able to output a string on echo and not return. But Testimonials are still getting printed in addition to my code. Did you recently test this feature in your dev (filter hook)?
Return doesn’t show anything…
There’s no further documentation in the forum or git so last resort is here.
I’ll buy you a beer 😉
Hi there,
You need to return the output. Not echo it. Rule of thumb.
* Filters require a return value. If it’s a filter, you MUST return something
* Actions don’t expect a return. Do whatever you want.
If you would like to donate, head on over to https://plugify.io and click the Donate button in the Clean Testimonials section 🙂
Regardless, would be more than happy to continue to help you out.
Hi Luke,
Thank-you for the great plugin. It really is exactly what I was looking for!
I know you don’t want to provide any support on this but I just wanted to mention that I am also having problems getting the filter example you posted above to work.
Displaying a testimonial via shortcode or widget simply do not appear to fire the ct_before_render_testimonial event. Either that or the example posted is not being correctly parsed in my functions.php file. Other filters I have implemented are working properly though…
Can you please confirm that this should be working under wordpress 3.9.1?
I would love to properly customise the output of the testimonial without hacking the class.wp-testimonial.php file.
Thanks for any advice you can provide,
Tim
