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https://github.com/roots/soil
WordPress plugin which contains a collection of modules to apply theme-agnostic front-end modifications
https://github.com/roots/soil
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WordPress plugin which contains a collection of modules to apply theme-agnostic front-end modifications
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/roots/soil
- Owner: roots
- License: mit
- Archived: true
- Created: 2012-07-31T00:09:58.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-01-16T15:14:13.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-09-21T17:45:35.263Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: wordpress-plugin
- Language: PHP
- Homepage: https://roots.io/plugins/soil/
- Size: 286 KB
- Stars: 1,022
- Watchers: 87
- Forks: 179
- Open Issues: 20
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.md
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# Soil
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A WordPress plugin which contains a collection of modules to apply theme-agnostic front-end modifications.
> [!CAUTION]
> This plugin is no longer maintained. Use [Acorn Prettify](https://github.com/roots/acorn-prettify) instead.
## Requirements
Prerequisite
How to check
How to install
PHP >= 5.6.x
php -v
php.net
## Installation
You can install this plugin via the command-line or the WordPress admin panel.
### via Command-line
If you're [using Composer to manage WordPress](https://roots.io/using-composer-with-wordpress/), add Soil to your project's dependencies.
```sh
composer require roots/soil
```
Then activate the plugin via [wp-cli](http://wp-cli.org/commands/plugin/activate/).
```sh
wp plugin activate soil
```
### via WordPress Admin Panel
1. Download the [latest zip](https://github.com/roots/soil/releases/latest) of this repo.
2. In your WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins->Add New
3. Click Upload Plugin
4. Upload the zip file that you downloaded.
## Modules
* **Cleaner WordPress markup**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'clean-up');`
* **Disable REST API**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'disable-rest-api');`
* **Disable asset versioning**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'disable-asset-versioning');`
* **Disable trackbacks**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'disable-trackbacks');`
* **Google Analytics**
`add_theme_support('soil', ['google-analytics' => 'UA-XXXXX-Y']);`
* **Move all JS to the footer**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'js-to-footer');`
* **Cleaner walker for navigation menus**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'nav-walker');`
* **Convert search results from `/?s=query` to `/search/query/`**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'nice-search');`
* **Root relative URLs**
`add_theme_support('soil', 'relative-urls');`
And in a format you can copy & paste into your theme:
```php
/**
* Enable features from Soil when plugin is activated
* @link https://roots.io/plugins/soil/
*/
add_theme_support('soil', [
'clean-up',
'disable-rest-api',
'disable-asset-versioning',
'disable-trackbacks',
'google-analytics' => 'UA-XXXXX-Y',
'js-to-footer',
'nav-walker',
'nice-search',
'relative-urls'
]);
```
### Module options
Soil 4 introduced support for options on some modules.
Full annotated list of features and options
```php
/**
* Enable features from Soil when plugin is activated
* @link https://roots.io/plugins/soil/
*/
add_theme_support('soil', [
/**
* Clean up WordPress
*/
'clean-up' => [
/**
* Obscure and suppress WordPress information.
*/
'wp_obscurity',
/**
* Disable WordPress emojis.
*/
'disable_emojis',
/**
* Disable Gutenberg block library CSS.
*/
'disable_gutenberg_block_css',
/**
* Disable extra RSS feeds.
*/
'disable_extra_rss',
/**
* Disable recent comments CSS.
*/
'disable_recent_comments_css',
/**
* Disable gallery CSS.
*/
'disable_gallery_css',
/**
* Clean HTML5 markup.
*/
'clean_html5_markup',
],
/**
* Disable WordPress REST API
*/
'disable-rest-api',
/**
* Remove version query string from all styles and scripts
*/
'disable-asset-versioning',
/**
* Disables trackbacks/pingbacks
*/
'disable-trackbacks',
/**
* Google Analytics
*/
'google-analytics' => [
/**
* This is to go live with GA.
*
* This should probably be false in non-production.
*/
'should_load' => false,
/**
* Google Analytics ID
*
* This is also known as your "property ID" or "measurement ID"
*
* Format: UA-XXXXX-Y
*/
'google_analytics_id' => null,
/**
* Optimize container ID
*
* Format: OPT-A1B2CD (previously: GTM-A1B2CD)
*
* @link https://support.google.com/optimize/answer/6262084
*/
'optimize_id' => null,
/**
* Anonymize user IP addresses.
*
* This might be required depending on region.
*
* @link https://github.com/roots/soil/pull/206
*/
'anonymize_ip',
],
/**
* Moves all scripts to wp_footer action
*/
'js-to-footer',
/**
* Cleaner walker for wp_nav_menu()
*/
'nav-walker',
/**
* Redirects search results from /?s=query to /search/query/, converts %20 to +
*
* @link http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/nice-search/
*/
'nice-search',
/**
* Convert absolute URLs to relative URLs
*
* Inspired by {@link https://web.archive.org/web/20180529232418/http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201010/how_to_make_wordpress_urls_root_relative/}
*/
'relative-urls',
]);
```
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/roots/guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) to help you get started.
## Community
Keep track of development and community news.
* Participate on the [Roots Discourse](https://discourse.roots.io/)
* Follow [@rootswp on Twitter](https://twitter.com/rootswp)
* Read and subscribe to the [Roots Blog](https://roots.io/blog/)
* Subscribe to the [Roots Newsletter](https://roots.io/subscribe/)
* Listen to the [Roots Radio podcast](https://roots.io/podcast/)