Extremely Basic Plugin Created

- created basic foundation for plugin using Chat GPT
- many formatting issues need to be addressed, but it looks like core functionality is there
- current post content looks to be raw HTML, it would nice if this were block content?

Author: FeXd

quick-weblog.php

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+<?php
+
+/*
+Plugin Name: Quick Weblog
+Plugin URI: https://fexd.com/wordpress/plugins/quick-weblog
+Description: Create new weblog posts quickly and easily.
+Version: 0.0.1
+Author: Arlin Schaffel
+Author URI: https://fexd.com
+License: GPL2
+License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+Text Domain: quick-weblog
+Domain Path: /languages/
+*/
+
+function quick_weblog_form() {
+  ?>
+  <form method="post" action="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url('admin-post.php') ); ?>">
+    <label for="title"><?php _e( 'Title', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <input type="text" name="title" id="title" required>
+
+    <label for="image_url"><?php _e( 'Image URL', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <input type="text" name="image_url" id="image_url" required>
+
+    <label for="image_description"><?php _e( 'Image Description', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <textarea name="image_description" id="image_description" required></textarea>
+
+    <label for="quote"><?php _e( 'Quote', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <textarea name="quote" id="quote" required></textarea>
+
+    <label for="url"><?php _e( 'URL', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <input type="text" name="url" id="url" required>
+
+    <label for="category"><?php _e( 'Category', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <?php wp_dropdown_categories( array( 'name' => 'category', 'orderby' => 'name', 'taxonomy' => 'category' ) ); ?>
+
+    <label for="tags"><?php _e( 'Tags', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></label>
+    <input type="text" name="tags" id="tags" required>
+
+    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="quick_weblog_submit_form">
+    <?php wp_nonce_field( 'quick_weblog_submit_form', 'quick_weblog_form_nonce' ); ?>
+    <input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Submit', 'quick-weblog' ); ?>">
+  </form>
+  <?php
+}
+
+function quick_weblog_add_form_to_page() {
+  add_shortcode( 'quick-weblog-form', 'quick_weblog_form' );
+}
+add_action( 'init', 'quick_weblog_add_form_to_page' );
+
+function quick_weblog_add_menu_page() {
+  add_menu_page(
+    __( 'Quick Weblog', 'quick-weblog' ), // Page title
+    __( 'Quick Weblog', 'quick-weblog' ), // Menu title
+    'manage_options', // Capability required to access the page
+    'quick-weblog', // Menu slug
+    'quick_weblog_menu_page', // Callback function to render the page
+    'dashicons-admin-post', // Icon
+    30 // Position in the menu
+  );
+}
+add_action( 'admin_menu', 'quick_weblog_add_menu_page' );
+
+function quick_weblog_menu_page() {
+  ?>
+  <div class="wrap">
+    <h1><?php _e( 'Quick Weblog', 'quick-weblog' ); ?></h1>
+    <?php quick_weblog_form(); ?>
+  </div>
+  <?php
+}
+
+function quick_weblog_submit_form() {
+  // Check the nonce to verify the form submission
+  if ( ! isset( $_POST['quick_weblog_form_nonce'] ) || ! wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['quick_weblog_form_nonce'], 'quick_weblog_submit_form' ) ) {
+    wp_die( __( 'Error: Invalid nonce.', 'quick-weblog' ) );
+  }
+
+  // Get the form data
+  $title = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['title'] );
+  $image_url = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['image_url'] );
+  $image_description = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['image_description'] );
+  $quote = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['quote'] );
+  $url = esc_url_raw( $_POST['url'] );
+  $category = intval( $_POST['category'] );
+  $tags = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['tags'] );
+
+  // Create a new post
+  $post_data = array(
+    'post_title' => $title,
+    'post_content' => sprintf( '<blockquote>%s</blockquote><img src="%s" alt="%s"><p><a href="%s" target="_blank">%s</a></p>', $quote, $image_url, $image_description, $url, $url ),
+    'post_category' => array( $category ),
+    'tags_input' => $tags,
+    'post_status' => 'publish'
+  );
+  $post_id = wp_insert_post( $post_data );
+
+  // Redirect to the new post
+  wp_redirect( get_permalink( $post_id ) );
+  exit();
+}
+add_action( 'admin_post_quick_weblog_submit_form', 'quick_weblog_submit_form' );
+
+?>